Specially Designed Instruction; SDI) Coach SY

Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) Coach

Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) is a student-focused, innovative educational organization committed to academic excellence. Our mission is to empower and educate all students to think critically, creatively, and responsibly, to embrace diversity, and to pursue their dreams with a purpose. We are a family of excellent public schools in which every student has the opportunity to succeed and the power to create their own future.

Led by forward-thinking leadership and our commitment to prioritizing students, racial equity, and authentic engagement with our families, team members, and communities, our staff have diverse opportunities to develop their careers in a challenging but rewarding environment. We are an organization for people who are passionate about education and who are committed to the Indianapolis community.

The Unified Student Supports team is looking for an experienced instructional coach with special education certification and/or a coach with significant experience in growing teachers’ application of specially designed instruction. The SDI Coach plays a key role in ensuring that instruction, regardless of the least restrictive environment, addresses students’ Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals, accounts for their disability, provides modifications or adaptations to content, and maximizes access to the general education curriculum.

As a member of the Unified Student Supports Team, you will receive excellent benefits, opportunities to grow within your role and the organization, and collaborative and supportive colleagues who put students first.

The following outlines what your core duties and responsibilities will be for this position and provides a sample overview of what your day-to-day may look like.

• Serve as the first and strongest advocate for racial and ableness equity and student-centered approaches to instruction, intervention, and student engagement.
• Utilize the IPS district coaching framework, with fidelity, to enhance teachers’ ability to foster high expectations, rigorous learning environments, and student achievement.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of special education and general education instructional best practices relating to services and academic supports necessary for student success.
• Ability to problem-solve, support, and model instructional strategies.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teachers, building leaders, and USS members.
• Experience in aligning teacher moves to student outcomes in order to translate the critical connection for teachers experiencing the coaching cycle.
• Ability to relate, motivate, and inspire teachers to strive to new heights.
• Provide weekly updates to USS admin on coaching data to inform systematic professional development (for the district, LC, or school).
• Mentor new Teachers of Record on organizational, academic, and culture/climate systems and best practices that allow the teacher to maximize the learning environment.
• Communicate effectively and in a timely manner with school staff, parents and guardians, USS and district staff.
• Attend I-TEAM, MTSS, and/or RDA meetings, periodically or when requested, in order to provide academic (SDI) and intervention or enrichment recommendations for the problem-solving teams.
• Build capacity of special educators and co-teaching pairs by participating in and facilitating school, LC, and district professional learning opportunities that target the need of assigned schools and teachers.
• Facilitate PLC meetings for special and general educators to ensure SDI, UDL, and similar best practices are taught, practiced, monitored, and reflected on.
• Monitor and support student transitions…