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About the Role

The Program Quality Coach is a site-based leadership role responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing high-quality educational and enrichment activities in an after-school program across 3 school sites. This role ensures all program components align with DYCD requirements, New York State Learning Standards, and youth development best practices. The coach provides curriculum leadership, staff coaching, and continuous quality improvement to support positive academic and social-emotional outcomes for youth.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee age-appropriate, project-based curricula in literacy, STEM, arts, leadership, and other enrichment areas, aligned with DYCD COMPASS/SONYC framework and NYS Learning Standards and SEL competencies.
• Develop and maintain pacing guides, lesson plan templates, and unit plans for group leaders and activity specialists.
• Integrate social-emotional learning, culturally responsive practices, and youth voice/choice into all activities.
• Coordinate academic support (homework help, tutoring, test prep) in collaboration with school-day staff.
• Observe program activities regularly and provide constructive feedback, modeling, and coaching to group leaders and specialists.
• Lead weekly or bi-weekly planning meetings with staff to review lesson plans, materials, and group management strategies.
• Provide training and professional development sessions on lesson planning, facilitation, classroom management, behavior support, youth engagement, trauma-informed practices, and inclusive practices for English Language Learners and youth with IEPs/504s.
• Support staff in differentiating instruction to meet varied learning levels and needs.
• Implement DYCD-required assessment tools to track youth progress and program impact.
• Review lesson plans and activity documentation for quality, alignment, and compliance with DYCD guidelines and SACC/DOHMH regulations.
• Use data to inform program improvements.
• Promote a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment that reflects positive youth development principles.
• Support staff in implementing consistent behavior expectations, restorative practices, and de-escalation strategies.
• Assist with intervention plans for participants who need additional academic or behavioral support, in collaboration with families and school partners.
• Collaborate with school-day teachers, administrators, counselors, and support staff to align program academic support and homework help.
• Attend school meetings as appropriate to coordinate support for participants.
• Represent the program professionally with all partners.
• Assist with program-wide structures, including daily schedules, transitions, and use of space to maximize learning and safety.
• Support recruitment, orientation, and ongoing evaluation of program staff as requested by the Program Director.
• Complete 15 hours of professional development each calendar year to remain in compliance with SACC license.
• Attend all meetings, training workshops, and special events as required, inclusive of those outside of program hours.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Youth Development, Social Work, Child Development, or related field.
• Minimum 2–3 years of experience working with school-age youth in after-school, classroom, or youth development settings.
• Demonstrated experience in curriculum development, lesson planning, and/or instructional coaching.
• Strong understanding of positive youth development, social-emotional learning, and culturally responsive practices.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced, after-school environment.
• Proficiency with basic technology (Microsoft Office/Google Workspace; comfort with data systems such as DYCD Connect or willingness to learn).

Skills

• Curriculum development
• Lesson planning
• Instructional coaching
• Positive youth development
• Social-emotional learning
• Culturally responsive practices
• Facilitation
• Communication
• Writing
• Time management
• Microsoft Office
• Google Workspace
• DYCD Connect
• Bilingual (e.g., Spanish, Mandarin, Bengali, etc.)
• Knowledge of tennis

Location

• Brooklyn
• Queens
• The Bronx
• Manhattan

Work Type

• Part Time

Experience Level

• 2-3 years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• New York State Teacher Certification

Salary/Compensations

• $39 - $41.50 per hour

About the Company

• For over fifty years, New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) has honored its founder Arthur Ashe’s legacy by celebrating the diversity of children, encouraging them to reach their highest potential through free tennis and academic programs.
• NYJTL is the largest provider of youth tennis and education programs in the nation, providing services in 100 unique sites across all five boroughs while reaching nearly 90,000 kids.
• NYJTL designed, funded (with NYC), built and operates the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the South Bronx.
• All NYJTL community tennis and after school programs are offered at no cost to its participants.
• The mission of NYJTL is to develop the character of young people through tennis and education for a lifetime of success on and off the court.
• NYJTL believes life skills gained through tennis, academics, healthy living, and character development are a catalyst for long-term achievement.

Equal Opportunity

• NYJTL values the diversity of the people we hire and inspire. Diversity at our organization means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation/affectional preference, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• We center equity in all our work and in our hiring practices.