Professional Staff Position

TITLE:   ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONAL COACH

QUALIFICATIONS: 

The Elementary Instructional Coach shall have:

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Minimum of 5-years successful classroom teaching experience
• Extensive training and successful experience in effective classroom instruction
• Extensive training and experience in evaluating data to drive classroom instruction and interventions
• Extensive knowledge of elementary standards, curriculum and content
• Highly motivated, well organized, collaborative leadership skills

REPORTS TO:  Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction, Building Principal

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assume the responsibility of the content leader within the building
• Provide job-embedded professional development for teachers through presentation, modeling, collaboration and feedback
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills, communication skills, organization skills, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Demonstrates positive professional relationship with district personnel, parents and community
• Teach, model and facilitate research-based best practices within the school’s instructional program:
• Work with teachers to develop effective teaching strategies and tools to aid the instructional process;
• Work with teachers to develop effective classroom assessment strategies;
• Work with teachers on using assessment data to drive student/classroom instruction
• Work with curriculum coordinators and building leadership to design and provide professional development focused on improving alignment and delivery of the written, taught, and tested curriculum to increase student success and close performance gaps
• Working closely with elementary curriculum coordinators to ensure all curriculum and related instructional practices are implemented with fidelity;
• Work closely with building leadership to identify achievement goals and develop a building plan to address performance/achievement gaps
• Coaching sessions / study groups;
• Demonstration lessons with pre-and post-discussions/analysis
• Work with administrators, teachers and teacher teams to plan curriculum implementation and ensure that grade levels are on pace with district approved curriculum and assessments.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

The Elementary Instructional Coach will be appointed for a period not to exceed one year and will be directly responsible to the Superintendent or his/her designee.  The Elementary Instructional Coach will be a certified teacher.  Calendar will be consistent with the Teacher Work Calendar.  Additional days will be added as deemed necessary to perform his/her job responsibilities

EVALUATION:

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with the provisions of the Board policy on evaluation of professional Personnel.

Adopted: June 17, 2019

Fort Zumwalt School District