Instructional Services School Coach; Math; FTE

Career Ladder Position:
Priority consideration will be given to current SPS certificated staff who may apply. Career Ladder positions are stipend roles that entail additional duties beyond a certificated contract. Teachers who apply must have an evaluation rating of proficient or higher in all eight TPEP criteria and a state student growth impact rating that is “average” or higher on their most recent comprehensive evaluation.

Teachers who are currently on a focused evaluation must still meet the above criteria. They must also have a rating of proficient or higher in their identified focused criteria and a state student growth impact rating that is “average” or higher on their most recent focused evaluation.

This is a Certificated Career Ladder position. Please refer to the SEA Collective Bargaining Agreement for additional information regarding Central Office Career Ladder positions. The person in the position will be paid an annual stipend in addition to the assigned certificated non-supervisory salary placement. The Secondary Math Instructional Coach position supports the implementation of job embedded professional learning for teachers and school leaders in direct support of the middle school math academic goal.

Our 8th grade math goal aims to increase SBA proficiency by almost 16% points by 2030.

The purpose of this position is to ensure middle school students receive highly effective math instruction in order to meet grade level standards through the implementation of district’s middle school math instructional resources and initiatives. The Middle School Math Instructional Coach will support the effective implementation of the en Vision mathematics curriculum as well as shifting teacher instructional practice to better maintain grade-level rigor, expect students to do the cognitive work, and engage students in mathematical discourse and sense-making.

These positions are structured as a three-year investment to provide sustained, job-embedded support while building long-term instructional capacity within and across schools.

The 3 instructional shifts (rigor, cognitive work, discourse) enacted using en Vision, our district-adopted instructional material, aligns with the district’s priority to strengthen Tier 1 core mathematics instruction and improve student outcomes, as measured by SBA and district assessments. High-quality implementation of the 3 instructional shifts —supported by ongoing coaching and professional learning—ensures all students experience rigorous, standards-aligned mathematics instruction that develops conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and mathematical reasoning.

Each coach will partner with up to five schools, so that all comprehensive middle schools and K-8s have access to a secondary math coach. Coaches will work in close collaboration with school principals, principal supervisors, and teacher leadership teams to deepen instructional expertise, strengthen implementationofen

Vision, and promote consistent, high-quality math instruction across classrooms. In addition to supporting school leadership teams, coaches will deliver professional learning and job-embedded support for teachers through modeling, co-planning, classroom observations, actionable feedback, and collaborative problem-solving focused on effective mathematicsinstructionalpractices.

Instructional coaching is a critical lever for sustainable school improvement, linking professional learning directly to classroom practice. Through ongoing, relationship-driven support, coaches help teachers translate new learning into impactful instructional strategies that increase student engagement, strengthen mathematical discourse, and deepen problem-solving skills. By fostering reflective practice,…