Instructional Coach

Instructional Coach

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Title: Instructional Coach
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Campus Principal / Curriculum Director
Pay Grade: Grant Funded 100%
Dept./School: Elementary
Date Revised: 2026

* This is a grant funded position. Employment is contingent upon the continuation of grant funding and may be discounted if funding is reduced or eliminated.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Assist teachers and empower them to utilize their skills and abilities to maximize their teacher effectiveness. This will be done through demonstration lessons, observation of teachers, reflective sessions, professional development and other methods to increase teacher effectiveness and leadership that leads to student growth and achievement.

• Education/Certification: Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction or educational leadership preferred.
• Texas teacher certificate in appropriate area.
• Special Knowledge/
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficient understanding of curriculum and instruction.
• Ability to evaluate instructional program and teaching effectiveness.
• Ability to assess teaching practices and provide information in a way that is strength based.
• Ability to model teach in a wide range of grade levels and subject areas.
• Ability to provide professional development training individually, in small and large groups.
• Strong evaluative and assessment skills of staff and student data.
• Strong communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills.
• Calm and patient demeanor with staff, students and others.
• Experience: Three years experience as a classroom teacher.

• Facilitate teacher’s understanding and implementation of curriculum and effective instructional practices.
• Develop teacher’s capacity to collect and analyze multiple sources of data to improve student learning.
• Foster collaboration and teacher development and leadership.
• Attend professional development meetings and training.
• Identify needs, develop programs and provide staff development to increase teacher effectiveness (in small and large groups).
• Track student and teacher progress to assess the effectiveness of teacher coaching.
• Provide clear and direct feedback to teachers based on analysis of practices.
• Create detailed coaching plans with focused goals and measures of success.
• Support teacher achievement of goals by using coaching strategies to implement instructional practices (such as co-planning, modeling, co-teaching, lesson development, observing, etc.).
• Assist with the alignment and development of Bluebonnet curriculum based upon continuing systematic review and analysis.
• Effectively collaborate with and serve as liaison between assigned campus and the Curriculum Department regarding student assessment, improvement planning, and curriculum and instruction.
• Facilitate and provide assistance with the alignment of campus and district curriculum.
• Provide instruction at the campus level to improve identified areas of need; including model teaching and one-on-one instruction with students.
• Collaborate with instructional staff in evaluating and selecting instructional materials to meet student learning needs.
• Assist in planning, implementation, and evaluation of instructional programs with teachers and principals, including learning objectives, instructional strategies, and assessment techniques.
• Apply research and data to improve the content, sequence, and outcomes of the teaching-learning process.
• Obtain and use evaluative findings (including student achievement data) to examine curriculum and instruction program effectiveness.
• Assist in the implementation of policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and local board policy in curriculum and instruction area.
• Compile, maintain, and present all reports, records, and other documents required.
• Review and analyze data, including student achievement data, to examine instructional program effectiveness.
• Model behaviors that ensure the development of a district team, focused on problem solving and…