Behavioral Health & Instructional Coaching Director

Overview

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed and highly talented staff. The Woods System of Care is guided by their mission to support children and adults with disabilities or challenges to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment.

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• PTO
  - Paid time off
• On-site medical center
• 403b retirement plan
• Continuing education programs
• Tuition assisted program
• Career growth opportunities

Salary:
Starting at $80000 / Annually - depending on education / experience

The Behavioral Health & Instructional Coaching Director is responsible for designing, launching, and scaling a job-embedded professional learning system across Woods System of Care “WSOC” schools. This role builds the capacity of schools through coaching, modeling, and train-the-trainer systems. The position leads:
Summer Institute for new teachers; A train-the-trainer model for 10 Instructional Supervisors;
System-wide implementation reaching 100+ teachers across Woods, Archway, and Legacy Schools.

The role operationalizes a push-in professional development model, where teacher learning occurs through classroom-based coaching cycles, modeling, co‑teaching, and reflective practice rather than one-time workshops. This leader ensures all training is aligned to the WSOC instructional model.

System Design & Training Strategy

• Designs and implements a multi-tiered professional development system:
  Summer Institute;
  School-based applied training; and Coaching for mastery
• Aligns all training to: WSOC instructional model (IEP-driven, PBIS, Behavioral Regulation) and staff competency framework domains (communication, behavior, trauma-informed care, etc.)
• Builds a replicable training architecture that can scale across schools and states
• Establishes clear competency benchmarks and observable indicators of teacher practice

Summer Institute Leadership

• Designs and lead a 4-week Summer Institute grounded in:
  Foundational knowledge;
  Applied simulations; and Classroom-based practice
• Ensures teachers are prepared in: AAC & communication systems;
  Behavioral Regulation strategies;
  Trauma-informed teaching; and Differentiation & IEP alignment
• Integrates:
  Modeling of instruction;
  Practice teaching sessions; and Feedback cycles
• Assess teacher readiness using competency-based evaluations

Train-the-Trainer Model

• Develops Instructional Supervisors into Instructional Coaches / Trainers
• Trains them to:
  Facilitate coaching cycles (goal-setting → observation → feedback);
  Models lessons in classrooms; and Lead reflective dialogue and PLCs
• Creates standardized coaching tools
  , including:
  Observation rubrics aligned to competencies;
  Coaching protocols; and Fidelity checklists
• Trains/Coaches supervisors as internal trainers responsible for scaling to 100+ teachers

Job-Embedded Coaching & Implementation

• Coordinates implementation of push-in professional development across schools:
  Classroom observation;
  Modeling;
  Co‑teaching; and Feedback cycles
• Ensures coaching reflects core model components:
  Observation → coaching → modeling → reflection
• Monitors transfer of training into classroom practice
• Supports instructional supervisors in delivering consistent, high-quality coaching
• Drives teacher mastery across key domains:
  • Communication & AAC
  • Social-emotional & behavioral regulation
  • Trauma-informed practice
  • Crisis prevention
  • Differentiation & UDL
  • Assessment-driven instruction
  • Transition/vocational programming
• Ensures all training supports:
  Individualized, IEP-aligned instruction;
  Integration of academic + behavioral + functional skills; and PBIS and Behavioral Regulation
• Trains staff to:
  Use data to drive instruction;
  Implement differentiated and scaffolded learning; and Integrate communication, behavior, and academic instruction

Technology Driven Instruction:
Management and of Platforms and Coordination of Training

• Oversees the educational technology platforms and serve as primary contact with technology companies.
• In coordination with Woods Services, Legacy, and Archway Technology Teams,…