Special Education Coach; Life Skills

Life Skills Special Education Instructional Coach

The Moses Lake School District is seeking applications for a Life Skills Special Education Instructional Coach. This position plays a critical leadership role in ensuring high-quality educational programming and services for students with significant cognitive, adaptive, behavioral, communication, and medical support needs. The Instructional Coach serves as a district wide resource and partner to teachers, para educators, administrators, related service providers, and families in developing and sustaining effective Life Skills programs that promote student growth, independence, inclusion, and post-secondary success.

The Life Skills Special Education Instructional Coach will provide instructional leadership, job-embedded coaching, professional learning, and program support to staff serving students in self-contained and intensive support settings. This position is responsible for supporting the implementation of evidence-based instructional practices, positive behavior supports, communication systems, transition planning, classroom systems development, and compliance with special education requirements. Through collaboration and coaching, the Instructional Coach will help ensure consistency, effectiveness, and continuous improvement across Life Skills programs throughout the district.

The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in serving students with significant disabilities, strong interpersonal and leadership skills, and a commitment to supporting educators in creating safe, structured, engaging, and inclusive learning environments.

Interested applicants should submit an online application with all required documentation.

• Position: 1.0 FTE Certificated Position
• Additional
  
  Contract:
  
  0.75 hours per day to support before-school and after-school meetings, coaching activities, consultation, and program support.
• Extended
  
  Contract:
  
  Ten (10) additional days to be worked prior to the start of the school year.
• Salary and Benefits:
  In accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement and district compensation schedule.
• Reports To:
  
  Executive Director of Student Support Services or designee.

• Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate with Special Education Endorsement.
• Minimum of five (5) years of successful experience teaching in Life Skills, self-contained, or intensive support programs preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with students with significant cognitive, adaptive, behavioral, communication, and/or medical needs.
• Experience providing professional development, mentoring, instructional coaching, or instructional leadership preferred.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective, cooperative, and positive working relationships with students, parents, staff, administrators, and community partners.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teachers, para educators, therapists, nurses, behavior specialists, transportation staff, and administrators to support student success.
• Ability to facilitate problem-solving and collaborative planning to address student, classroom, and program needs.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to influence and support continuous improvement efforts.

• Extensive knowledge of evidence-based instructional practices for students with significant disabilities.
• Knowledge of functional academics, adaptive skills, communication systems, transition services, vocational programming, and community-based instruction.
• Ability to support teachers in developing classroom systems, schedules, routines, and instructional structures that maximize student engagement, independence, and learning.
• Experience supporting implementation of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, visual supports, task analysis, systematic instruction, and differentiated instructional practices.
• Ability to model effective instructional strategies and provide job-embedded coaching, feedback, and support.

• Knowledge and experience with positive behavior supports, behavior intervention plans, de-escalation strategies, crisis prevention, and classroom management systems.
• Ability to assist staff in developing proactive systems that promote student self-regulation, engagement, and success.
• Ability to analyze behavioral data and support implementation of effective intervention strategies.

• Knowledge of special education laws, regulations, and compliance requirements related to Life Skills and self-contained programs.
• Experience supporting IEP development, progress monitoring, assessment practices, and documentation requirements.
• Ability to assist in the development and implementation of district wide systems and practices that promote consistency and program effectiveness.
• Ability to support teachers in planning and coordinating inclusive opportunities and least restrictive environment…