Instructional Coach

Job Details

Job Location:

Edwards Early Education Center and Community Hope Center - Oklahoma City, OK 73117

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: Undergraduate Degree

The Instructional Coach (“Coach”) supports instructional implementation in alignment with Conscious Discipline principles, to support Early Head Start / Head Start (EHS/HS) staff in facilitating the participation and inclusion of all children in the classroom. The Coach collaborates closely with the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Clinician to bridge guidance for continuous improvement of interactions supporting relational health and well-being for children and teachers.

The Coach collaborates within a multi‑disciplinary team to support early childhood best practices in sustaining developmentally sensitive, relationship‑focused, hope‑centered and trauma‑informed service delivery. The Coach guides and monitors the consistent use of data in support of improving services and outcomes for children and families. All Sunbeam employees and volunteers are expected to be sensitive to our clients’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics, reflect Sunbeam Family Services core values and perform in accordance with Sunbeam’s standards of excellence at all times.

• Promote and contribute to a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures, beliefs, abilities, and experiences.
• Support and individual the physical, social‑emotional, and cognitive development of each child in the classroom.
• Demonstrate capacity for providing developmentally sensitive, evidence‑based, hope‑centered and trauma‑informed practice services and leadership.
• Exemplify the values expected within the program, and promote the mission of the organization.
• Coach teaching staff in effective translation and delivery of evidence‑based curriculum concepts, resulting in individualized, developmentally appropriate progress toward school readiness goals.
• Assist with curriculum individualization for all children, including for the specific needs of children with disabilities identified in their IDEA service plans (Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP) / Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)).
• Develop individualized coaching goals to improve effective teaching practices utilizing a research‑based, coordinated coaching strategy.
• Spend majority of time daily engaging in classroom observation of teaching teams; modeling, assessing, and monitoring teacher progress toward individualized goals.
• Monitor the accurate and timely completion, and Child Plus entry, of the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) required on‑going 45‑day developmental screening/re‑screening/referral process, and other required documentation.
• Assure required individualized instruction documentation is completed promptly for all children.
• Track progress of children with disabilities toward their individualized IFSP/IEP goals over time.
• Support teaching staff in educational home visits, promoting home‑school connection.
• Monitor, analyze, and use curriculum‑based assessment and outcome reports and data (via the FCR process) to plan and individualize instruction, resulting in measurable child progress toward developmentally appropriate school readiness goals.
• Facilitate regular meetings / staffings to engage in intentional and collaborative problem solving with the Mental Health‑Family Support‑Education multi‑disciplinary team.
• Collaborate with IECMH clinicians to support consistent integration and individualization of Conscious Discipline in daily classroom interactions and activities.
• Assist in the development and implementation of social‑emotional success plans for children with higher/special needs that enable increased success in classroom and home environments.
• Provide inter‑disciplinary trainings for staff, parents, and families.
• Administer the CLASS assessment with fidelity and participate in feedback loop to improve teacher/child interactions via coaching.
• Respect the confidential nature of Personally Identifying information (PII) that is shared.
• Ensure that all reports and records…