Elementary Instructional Coach - Dual Language Immersion

Elementary Instructional Coach

Santa Barbara Unified School District is currently recruiting for an Elementary Instructional Coach with a focus on Dual Language Immersion for McKinley Elementary. Interviews will be ongoing so please apply soon if interested!

Salary Schedule Range:
Depends on Experience (Highest placement would be at Class III, Step 13 of the Teachers TOSA Salary Schedule. Annual stipends for a Master's and Doctorate degrees.

Reports to:

Principals (Site Based) and Executive Director of Elementary Education (District Office Based)

Employment Status:
Full-time, 200 days

Location:

At a school site - elementary

Description of Position:

Elementary Instructional Coaches will either be "site-based" at the direction of a school principal or will work at the "district-level" across multiple sites at the direction of the Executive Director of Elementary Education, supporting teachers in both informal and in more formalized coaching cycles around an identified aspect of instructional practice. Coaches will participate in coaching network meetings to develop protocols, professional learning modules, and role-alike training.

Instructional Coaches report directly to the Executive Director of Elementary Education and work closely with elementary principals. In addition, coaches will teach at least one full instructional period (not less than 20 minutes) each school day with students and teachers. The purpose of this model is to improve Tier I instructional practices through coaching such as co-teaching and modeling lessons.

Equity

• Partake in the required on-going professional learning necessary to promote Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Pedagogies in all areas of work done for the district.
• Assist with the implementation of practices that ensure equitable outcomes for all students.
• Ensure that fiscal and classroom resources are utilized in a way that addresses the needs of historically underserved students.
• Assist with professional learning that enhances the achievement of all students, and in particular students who are socio-economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities, emergent multilingual learners, and our Indigenous, Black, Latinx and other students of color.
• Develop and use instructional materials suitable for verbal, auditory and visual instruction of students with a wide range of mental, physical and emotional maturities.

Accountability

• Must be highly qualified, linguistically aware, and committed to sustaining and nurturing the language resources of all students.
• Be knowledgeable about and prepared to model effective use of differentiated instructional strategies.
• Be familiar with and be able to articulate the essential components of effective reading, writing, listening and oral development instruction.
• Provide direct coaching and instructional guidance to classroom teachers.
• Support staff awareness and working knowledge of the CA Common Core State Standards in ELA/Literacy, SBUSD core curriculum, and available instructional materials/resources.
• Support TK-6 classroom teachers towards the full implementation of key components of a comprehensive (balanced) approach to literacy framework in Grades TK-6.
• Monitor school and classroom implementation of curricular, instructional, and assessment system priorities, incurring equitable access to learning and growth.

Communication

• Lead, train and coach with a focus on equity, accountability, communication, and culture and climate.
• Assist in the design, development, and update of scope and sequence frameworks, as well as unit planning.
• Provide and facilitate structures for peer coaching and student-centered lesson development support to increase teachers' instructional knowledge and maximize student learning.
• Collaborate with district departments to articulate coherent and comprehensive standards-based educational programs to ensure all students access the core curriculum.
• Actively participate in the regular meetings of school-based Instructional Leadership Team(s) and district network of Literacy Coaches for additional training and support.
• Attend and actively participate in Role-Alike meetings and Professional Development…