K-12 History Instructional Specialist

Position Type: Instructional Coach/Instructional Coach Date Posted: 8/13/2026 Location: School Board Office

Job Title: K-12 History Instructional Specialist

Minimum Salary: $67,331-$124,274 (Commensurate with experience)

Supervisor: Director of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction

Job Classification: Exempt

Contract Length: 260 days

The History Instructional Specialist provides school-level leadership in History by working collaboratively with classroom teachers, and other resource teachers, administrators, and central office instructional and support staff to plan and implement quality History/Social Sciences instruction as well as tiered interventions for students in need of differentiated support. The History/Social Sciences Instructional Specialist also provides professional development (PD) at the school site, evaluates students and student data to determine History/Social Sciences strengths and weaknesses, and assists with planning and implementation of additional support services in History/Social Sciences based on the data-driven needs at the school.

The History/Social Sciences Instructional Specialist plans his/her own work, in collaboration with Curriculum and Instruction Directors, with a focus on the provision of exemplary History/Social Sciences instruction (research-based and fully aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning for History/Social Sciences) to all identified students.

• Collaborates with individual teachers or teams of teachers through co-planning, demonstration teaching,co-teaching and coaching to improve student outcomes in History/Social Sciences.
• Supports teachers' understanding and delivery of the Virginia Standards of Learning (and Curriculum Framework) in History/Social Sciences through collaborative long-range and short-range planning (including unpacking the standards, writing aligned learner objectives, and effectively using district aligned curriculum resources).
• Assists teachers in creating aligned formative assessments; collecting, analyzing and interpreting formative and summative assessment data; and designing or selecting targeted, developmentally appropriate aligned interventions to meet the needs of students in each performance tier.
• Facilitates teachers' use of successful, research-based instructional strategies, including differentiated instruction for diverse learners that enables students to progress from concrete to representational to abstract thinking.
• Acts as a liaison among classroom teachers, intervention/resource teachers, and any other supplemental service providers working with History/Social Sciences instruction.
• Analyzes and uses data to identify professional development needs of individual teachers or groups of teachers in History/Social Sciences; plans and delivers (or collaborates on delivery of) staff development activities for teachers that are responsive to the data and supportive of the goals of the PCPS Strategic
• Plan, the PCPS Corrective Action Plan, and individual Comprehensive School Support Plan.
• Assists administration in identifying school strengths and weaknesses in History/Social Sciences and supports responses that maximize student engagement and student achievement outcomes in the school.
• Incorporates and models appropriate selection and use of technology to support History/Social Sciences instruction
• Provides professional development to teachers in a variety of group formats using collaborative
• investigations, discussion groups, book/lesson study, modeling or other methods that engage adult learners while demonstrating effective research-based instructional strategies in K-12 History/Social Sciences.
• Conducts non-evaluative observations of History/Social Sciences teaching and learning in order to provide evidence-based feedback to teachers and improve instruction and maximize the impact on student outcomes.
• Meets regularly with the Curriculum Instructional Specialist Team and assists, as appropriate, in development of PCPS curriculum, instruction, and assessment resources; provides training on use of resources, demonstrating how they support horizontal and vertical alignment of the written, taught and tested curricula in History/Social Sciences.
• Collaborates with staff on instructional programs and initiatives to provide extended day/extended year learning opportunities in History/Social Sciences (field trips, after-school activities, family events, and summer programs).
• Participates in professional development for personal…