Instructional Coach

About This Role

This role provides essential leadership for a school's entire Literacy, Math, or Science program. The Instructional Curriculum Coach organizes and leads a team that develops literacy, math, or science plans for a school, guides teachers in embedding instructional strategies, analyzes data related to student mastery, and coordinates intervention and support for students.

Responsibilities

• Support teachers through conferences, observations, feedback, and analysis of student results, demonstration lessons, curriculum implementation, team teaching and instructional best practices
• Share effective instructional strategies with teachers both individually and through in-service workshops
• Assist with unit and lesson planning
• Observe teachers in the classroom as requested by principals
• Make recommendations for improvement in performance as appropriate
• Offer advice and assistance as needed
• Assist teachers and school administrators in meeting identified goals in instruction
• Maintain ongoing communication with teachers and school leadership as appropriate
• Collaborate with teachers to build a knowledge base of core content areas and repertoire of teaching skills to improve student achievement
• Keep abreast of developments in curriculum, instruction, educational/content area research and assist in determining their appropriateness for implementation at the school level
• Analyze state and district assessment data to help target professional development needs
• Design, plan and implement school and individual-level professional development opportunities addressing instructional content, curriculum, instructional methods, and assessment in the classroom
• Organize and facilitate a team that reviews assessment data and develops long-term literacy, math, or science plan for a school
• Organize and facilitate grade level teams, teacher leaders, or curriculum focus group sessions
• Communicate instructional best practices with school leadership to provide maximum teacher effectiveness
• Lead analysis of data related to student achievement in Literacy, Math, or Science and support staff in using this data in instructional decision making
• Prepare weekly logs and/or reports documenting activities to support the improvement of teaching and learning at assigned school(s)
• Compile data for and prepare various statistical, administrative and professional reports as required
• Attend training, conferences, workshops and meetings as appropriate to enhance job knowledge and skills
• Perform other related duties as assigned or directed

Requirements

• Master

's Degree in Education, Curriculum and Instruction or other relevant field of study from an accredited college or university