DW Instructional and Behavior Coach; Part-time - CROFTON Elementary

DW Instructional and Behavior Coach (Part-time) – Crofton Elementary ()

Location: Crofton Elementary School

Employment Conditions: 185-day employee with flexible calendar. Salary determined by adopted teacher's salary schedule of the Christian County Board of Education.

Background Check Requirement: State law requires a national and state criminal history background check and a letter from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services stating the employee is cleared to hire based on no findings of child abuse or neglect.

• Meet the requirements of a criminal record check as specified by Kentucky State Law
• Meet health requirements as specified in the district personnel policy

Provide professional development and coaching around Response to Intervention and identified needs to fully implement the District Improvement Plan; model academic and behavioral interventions; assist with data analysis and progress monitoring; provide coaching, mentoring, and technical assistance/consultation for classroom teachers and students, with emphasis on effective instructional practices; assist in developing, implementing and monitoring the district curriculum and benchmark assessments at the building level.

• Kentucky teacher certification and a Rank II/Master's Degree
• Minimum of six years successful teaching experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of state and national standards
• Deep knowledge of reading, writing, literacy development, and/or math
• Deep knowledge of and experience in content, instructional strategies, conditions of learning, and assessment-driven instruction (teaching/learning process)
• Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills for building an environment with a common instructional focus, promoting initiatives, and conveying expectations
• Ability to design and deliver quality professional development for administrators and teachers
• Ability to model lessons demonstrating best practice instruction
• Ability to support teachers in development of differentiated lessons
• Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated strength in organization, communication skills and efficiency in meeting deadlines
• Experience in analyzing data to plan for instruction
• Demonstrated ability to function as a positive collaborative member of a team
• Demonstrated interest and engagement in professional learning and reflection

Chief Instructional Officer

• Facilitate curriculum and benchmark assessment development/refinement work at the district and building levels
• Assist teachers in developing and implementing formative assessment practices that are aligned to curriculum maps and pacing guides
• Provide individualized, classroom-based coaching with participants to support them in implementing good instructional practices
• Assist teachers in aligning their teaching with appropriate standards, curriculum and assessments
• Assist teachers in their professional learning as a trained peer observer in the Professional Growth and Evaluation System
• Assist teachers in analyzing formative assessment data to inform instructional practices
• Assist teachers and school leadership in implementing a Response to Intervention program through professional development, coaching, and monitoring
• Model effective, differentiated instruction and how to appropriately intervene in a Response to Intervention program
• Assist new teachers, in a collaborative model of observation, conversation, and lesson demonstration, to analyze and reflect on their practice to promote quality instructional practices
• Support the principal in facilitating professional learning community groups and/or grade-level teams among teachers in which issues related to implementing effective content instruction are considered, current research and writing on effective practice is read and discussed, engaging lessons are planned, and student work and data are reviewed to inform instruction
• Provide comprehensive/balanced training in and across given subject areas and curricular areas
• Implement a…