Instructional Coach StarrZapata

Description

The Instructional Coach reports to the Lead Instructional Coach and is responsible for assisting in achieving the organization’s strategic vision and innovation around ECE. This role is key to ensuring successful and high-quality ECE classrooms throughout the program, as well as planning and collaborating with AVANCE staff to ensure full implementation of all aspects of AVANCE’s early learning system, policies/procedures, and tools, with the goal of ensuring high-quality Early Childhood education services provided to program participants including Center Based, Family Childcare providers and Home
- Based Families.

The Instructional Coach provides practice-based coaching that strengthens teaching practices, supports school readiness goals, ensures curriculum fidelity, and promotes integrated learning environments.

This position travels across all centers and partnering ISDs.

• Support the educational staff in implementing AVANCE’s strategic vision for high-quality early childhood education addressing all domains of learning.
• Ensure alignment of coaching, classroom instruction, and home visiting practices with program goals, state/federal standards, and curriculum fidelity
• Assist with training, coaching, and professional development initiatives to build the capacity of education staff and ensure instructional quality and compliance.
• Implement and monitor the quality of classroom environments and teaching practices, using tools such as CLASS, TS GOLD, FCCERS, ITERS, and fidelity checklists in collaboration with Early Learning Leads/Instructional Lead Coach/ECE’s/Family Childcare providers/Home Educators.
• Provide guidance and feedback to ensure all early learning components—including school readiness goals, dual language support, and developmental screenings—are effectively implemented.
• Supports Early Learning Leads in facilitation of child assessment data review at center/FCC partners and classroom level with teaching staff.
• Tracks, monitors, and ensures their coaching caseload goals and objectives are achieved.
• Collaborate with teaching teams to analyze child assessment data to inform individualized instruction.
• Ensure developmental screenings and ongoing assessments are implemented with fidelity and within required timelines.
• Promote integrated practices that support children with different abilities and learning styles in partnership with Accessibility, Mental Health, and Education Leadership.
• Reinforce alignment between lesson planning, assessment data, and school readiness outcomes and ideal learning principles.

• Implement a structured, research-based Practice-Based Coaching model including goal setting, focused observation, reflection, and feedback cycles.
• Support teachers, home visitors, and Family Child Care providers in delivering developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive, and integrated instruction.
• Ensure fidelity to adopt curriculum and alignment to the program’s school readiness goals.
• Utilize CLASS, curriculum fidelity tools, and environmental rating scales (FCCERS, ITERS, ECERS as applicable) to guide coaching and quality improvement.
• Provide written and verbal feedback aligned with program standards and individualized professional growth goals.
• Track coaching caseload progress and outcomes to ensure measurable improvement in teacher-child interactions.

• Collaborates and coordinates with other service area leadership and initiatives to ensure:
• Timely and appropriate support for children with different abilities
• Parent education and outreach activities are aligned with program goals
• Required number of socialization events are scheduled, implemented and well attended.
• Participates in team and 1-1 meetings, regularly scheduled and as needed, to ensure coordination of services across the Early HS/Head Start program, CCP, and Home Base programs.
• Actively participate in the Head Start community, including staff meetings, mandated training, committee meetings, and other program-wide functions as needed, including some evening activities.
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