Instructional Leadership Specialist: Secondary Science

New Instructional Leadership Specialist:
Secondary Science

Job : 5296319

Final date to receive applications: Aug 07, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Re-Posted: Aug 11, 2025 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

The Instructional Leadership Specialist collaborates with district and school leaders to facilitate and execute the district’s Strategic Plan with fidelity and integrity. An Instructional Leadership Specialist is expected to spend 50% of their work schedule in classrooms actively engaged in modeling, coaching, co‑teaching, and/or demonstrating standards‑based best practices; 30% reviewing data, leading team meetings, presenting professional development, facilitating professional learning communities;

and 20% instructing students.

• Plan, implement, and support rigorous standards‑based instruction for all students.
• Design model classrooms for demonstration purposes.
• Support and facilitate the planning and implementation of rigorous, standards‑based lessons in response to student data.
• Support educators with the implementation of technology tools and resources that enhance student‑centered, standards‑based instruction.
• Demonstrate an ability to access, analyze, and act on school, classroom, and individual student data in support of quality tiered standards‑based instruction.
• Facilitate professional learning communities.
• Collaboratively design and execute targeted school‑based professional development in alignment with the district’s Strategic Plan.
• Attend and actively participate in all school‑based Instructional Leadership Team meetings.
• Attend and actively participate in all applicable district‑based professional development to ensure connections are made between district initiatives and the instructional goals of the school’s improvement plan.
• Actively engage the school community to understand how everyone contributes to the execution of the district’s Strategic Plan to collectively raise student achievement.
• Develop partnerships with district and building administration, families, and community to support the improvement efforts of the school.
• Consistently model high expectations for the quality of instruction and ensure accessibility for all students.
• Develop and nurture a culture in which staff members are reflective about their practice and use student data, current research, best practices, and theory to continuously adapt.
• Coach and manage teams to create, monitor, and achieve district and school‑based goals.
• Deliver constructive feedback to educators that acknowledges effective practice and provides next steps that will impact teaching and learning.

• Has completed a minimum of 5 years of experience working directly with students, with most of the teaching experience in the content area to which the candidate is applying.
• Has a 95% attendance rate in a historical context from the academic year  and the academic year .
• Possesses a master's degree from an accredited college or university or will possess a master's degree within 1 year (9-12 credits of completion in an approved program is the minimum for a 1-year provisional appointment contingent on completion of the degree within a year).
• Possesses a professional teaching license from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The license should reflect the content and grade‑level of the position that the candidate is seeking to obtain in either English Language Arts, Mathematics, or Science.
• Overall exemplary evaluation rating from a direct supervisor is preferred. A minimum of an overall proficient rating is required. These evaluations must come from the last two current years of employment.
• Demonstrate growth in student achievement based on assessments over the past one to two years.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

FT - School Year

$83,708 to $99,017 Per Year

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