Instructional Coach​/Testing​/Curriculum Coordinator

Testing Coordinator And Instructional Coach (TCIC)

The Testing Coordinator/Instructional Coach, having both content and instructional expertise, will work as a colleague with classroom teachers to support student learning and teacher practice. The TCIC will focus on individual and group professional learning that will expand and refine the understanding about evidence-based effective instruction for teachers. In order to meet this purpose, the TCIC will provide personalized, 1:1 support based on the goals, student assessment data, and identified needs of individual teachers.

Responsible to:
Building Principal and Curriculum Coordinator

Payment Rate:
According to Certified Teacher Salary Schedule

Employment Term: 9 Month

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Minimum of five years of successful teaching experience.
• Current Montana Teaching License.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Montana Content Standards and the Montana Comprehensive Assessment System
• Experience in evidence-based instructional practices.
• Previous coaching or teacher leadership experience
• Deep knowledge of and experience in: instructional strategies, conditions of learning, assessment driven instruction (teaching/learning process), curriculum development
• Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills for building an environment with a common instructional focus, promoting initiatives, and conveying expectations
• Ability to design and deliver quality professional development for administrators and teachers
• Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated strength in organization, communication skills and efficiency in meeting deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to function as a positive collaborative member of a team.

General Responsibilities:

• Communicate and demonstrate evidence-based instructional practices that result in improved student outcomes.
• Provide organized, individual and/or group learning opportunities for teachers as needed.
• Provide individualized, classroom-based coaching with participants to support them in implementing good instructional practices.
• Provide support in analyzing student assessment data.
• Assist teachers with designing instructional decisions based on assessment data.
• Provide support for classroom motivation and management strategies.
• Assist teachers in creating pacing guides, unit plans, and unit assessments that are aligned with essential content standards in the curriculum.
• Provide teachers resources related to instruction and curriculum.
• Help in researching instructional and/or curriculum issues.
• Provide encouragement and emotional support to teachers.
• Encourage ongoing professional growth for all teachers.
• Work positively toward meeting identified district and building improvement goals.
• Assist with development of district curriculum, instruction, and assessments.
• Develop and maintain a confidential, collegial relationship with teachers.
• Possess an understanding of when to contact administrators regarding issues of safety/ethics involving students in the classroom observed.
• Assist teachers in aligning their teaching with appropriate standards, curriculum and assessments.
• Assist building staff with the gathering, examination and analysis of formative and summative assessment data to identify learning concerns for individual students and groups of students.
• Provides instructional support that is responsive to the identified needs of students and provides coaching support that is responsive to identified needs of staff.
• Assist principals in monitoring and documenting instruction and assessment status and progress of new teachers and/or teachers with identified needs.
• Serve as support for the school and classroom levels in the implementation, monitoring, and improvement of the Multi-Tiered System of Support.
• Assure that students with disabilities are given appropriate testing instruments and accommodations.
• Compile and deliver test data to teachers in a timely manner and ensure that scores are entered into the data management system (Infinite Campus).
• Track student/teacher assessment data per…