Instructional Coach English Language Arts

ELA Instructional Coach

The ELA Instructional Coach's job is to build the capacity of APS teachers to consistently deliver engaging, relevant and challenging instruction to students that results in achieving positive academic and social-emotional learning growth. Instructional coaches accomplish this goal at APS primarily through two levers:
1) Coaching teachers to master core behaviors outlined in APS' Definition of Teaching Excellence and
2) Supporting the implementation of all components of APS' Academic System Framework (Coaching, Data-Driven Instruction, Instructional Planning and Professional Learning).

Essential duties include building own instructional knowledge of standards, curriculum, assessment and instructional practices, developing teachers' capacity to master APS' Definition of Teaching Excellence via implementing all components of APS' Academic System Framework, and performing other instructional and school support duties at the direction of the principal.

Qualifications include commitment to APS' Core Values, lead academics, build culture, and develop talent. Education requires a Master's degree in Education or related field, certification/license of a valid Georgia PSC Teaching Certificate SRT5
-SRT7 in a core academic content area, and work experience of at least 3 years of successful experience as a teacher, instructional coach or similar role in a K-12 educational setting. Compensation is within Salary Grade: IS 5- IS 7 Salary Range:
Salary Schedules - Atlanta Public Schools Work Days: 211.