Middle School Instructional Coach; Campus

Job Title:

Instructional Coach

Wage/Hour Status:
Exempt

Reports to:

Campus Principal

Dept. /School:
Assigned Campus

Pay Grade:
Teacher Pay Scale

Days: 187

Ector County ISD educates and serves over 33,000 students across 44 school communities in the heart of the Permian Basin. As a passionate, unified, and world class leader in education, ECISD’s mission is to develop world ready, life‑long learners who discover their unique gifts, achieve personal success, and fuel their community by building unified, comprehensive community support and participation that fosters a standard of excellence.

We serve as advocates and stewards for all students by maximizing all available resources from ensuring relevant teaching to dynamic innovation.

The ECISD program aims to hire the most outstanding educators for our identified turnaround schools. The key pillars of this program, which is based on Dallas ISD’s ACE model, include:

• Effective principals and teachers
• Instructional excellence
• Extended learning
• Social and emotional support
• Parent and community partnerships

The primary purpose of an ECISD instructional coach is to improve student outcomes through building teacher capacity. Instructional coaches accelerate learning to close achievement gaps and ensure a college‑ready foundation for every student by working with campus administration to develop and deliver professional development to address campus specific needs; facilitating instructional conversations during Professional Learning Committee (PLC) meetings; working one on one with teachers that require and/or request instructional support;

making data‑driven decisions; identifying specific areas of need based on TEKS and student performance; determining appropriate interventions to support students and to bridge academic gaps in learning; and interfacing with all appropriate departments to ensure coordination and alignment of instructional practices.

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree preferred
• Valid Texas teaching certificate
• Demonstrated competency in a teaching and/or coaching role

Special Knowledge

Skills:

• Knowledge of curriculum design and implementation
• Knowledge of district curriculum
• Knowledge of TEKS Standards and state assessments
• Ability to develop and provide professional learning to adult learners

• Ability to interpret data and use it to impact student learning
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable

• At least three years of successful teaching experience