Instructional Science Coach; Grades 6-12

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30+ days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $55,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Signing bonus available for certified candidates!

New Paradigm For Education (NPFE) is a non-profit Charter Management Organization (CMO) composed of educational practitioners, community advocates, and business leaders who have dedicated years of service to children. NPFE serves 2,100 students in Detroit, Michigan. We specialize in maximizing student learning potential through proven education practices and managing all phases of school design, planning, and program implementation.

NPFE is on a mission to ensure that all students in Detroit achieve at the highest levels, supporting educational transformation through increased student achievement, fiscal responsibility, and community support. NPFE's Mission is to provide a quality education through shared responsibility in a safe supportive environment for all students to meet the needs of a global society. We are committed to excellence and strive to offer a new educational paradigm evident by increased student achievement, fiscal responsibility, and community support.

New Paradigm for Education seeks educators who have a relentless belief that all students, regardless of their race and economic or social circumstances, can perform at high levels, deserve a quality education, have access to high quality instruction and curriculum, and can attain post secondary success. Educators who are driven bv academic achievement, continuous growth, and excel working in a rigorous and supportive environment.

We seek culturally responsive educators who have experience working with diverse communities and strong relationship-building skills that they apply to understand their students, families, and communities.

The Instructional Science Coach will support teachers and instructional staff implementing high quality curriculum. Grounded in high quality instructional curriculum, strong instructional practices, and knowledge of adult learning, the Instructional Science Coach will support teachers inside and outside the classroom, developing their craft and driving student achievement growth. A successful Instructional Science Coach will help close student achievement gaps in science and accelerate all science learning for all students by building teacher capacity through implementation of effective math instructional practices.

Through productive struggle, academic discourse, and performance tasks, NPFE students become problem solvers, collaborators, communicators, and owners of mathematics, to ensure college and career readiness. Instructional coaches will work under the supervision of the Executive Director of Academics aligned with the needs of the building principal in which they are assigned.

Must possess a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in education

Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate (in assigned content area/s of coaching)

5+ years of teaching experience.

Experience teaching secondary students or supporting secondary teachers (preferred)

Be skilled at using data to ground conversations about instructional practice.

Be skilled at using student work to ground conversations about instructional practice.

Have experience leading adult learning, deep understanding of math expertise of conceptual understanding, and ability to develop teachers resulting in improved student outcomes.

Understanding the instructional needs of Multilingual Learners and thinking and learning differences of students.

Provide teachers and other staff with the instructional leadership necessary to develop proficiency and success in implementation of core curriculum

Coach and develop teachers on lesson planning, classroom management, instructional practices, and the effective use of data to guide instruction, providing real time instructional support in the classroom whenever possible.

Design and host targeted professional development opportunities for teachers and other instructional staff

Conduct regular curricular pedagogy meetings with specific goals and full participation by all teachers

Support classroom teachers and classroom instruction through co‑teaching, modeling, and real‑time coaching as needed

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