Instructional Coach

Job Title: Instructional Coach

Job Type: Full‑time, Exempt, Grant Funded 100%

Reports to: Campus Principal / Curriculum Director

Department/School: Elementary

Starting Date: Immediately

Discontinued statement:
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.
• Proficient understanding of curriculum and instruction.
• Ability to evaluate instructional programs and teaching effectiveness.
• Ability to assess teaching practices and provide information in a strength‑based manner.
• Ability to model teaching across 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 with staff and student data.
• Strong communication, public relations and interpersonal skills.
• Calm and patient demeanor with staff, students and others.
• Three years experience as a classroom teacher.

• Facilitate teachers’ understanding and implementation of curriculum and effective instructional practices.
• Develop teachers’ capacity to collect and analyze multiple sources of data to improve student learning.
• Foster collaboration, 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 teachers’ achievement of goals by using coaching strategies to implement instructional practices (e.g., co‑planning, modeling, co‑teaching, lesson development, observing, etc.).
• Assist with the alignment and development of the Bluebonnet curriculum based upon continuing systematic review and analysis.
• Collaborate effectively 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 rules, 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 meeting student needs.
• Actively support the efforts of…