POSITION TITLE: ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONAL COACH
QUALIFICATIONS: Valid Arkansas teacher licensure in PreK 4 K 6 1 6
- Five 5 years teaching experience minimum
- Masters Degree
- Curriculum and Instruction Specialist preferred
REPORTS TO: Building Administrator/Deputy Superintendent of Learning Services
JOB GOALS: Work collaboratively with program administrators classroom teachers and other instructional staff to support planning alignment of assessment curriculum development/alignment instructional practices and intervention to improve student achievement outcomes in literacy for feeder pattern.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Promote high standards and expectations for all stakeholders vertically and horizontally within feeder patterns.
- Exhibit professionalism that demonstrates enthusiasm and interpersonal skills to collaborate well with adult learners administrators parents and the communityatlarge.
- Analyze data and determine instructional needs within district and feeder pattern areas.
- Improve classroom instruction: provide onsite technical assistance model best practices observation and coaching of teachers using explicit instruction and feedback.
- Follow the district coaching model (conduct a preconference model researchbased or best practices or observe teachers using researchbased or best practices conduct a postconference).
- Attend feederarea meetings and share findings from classroom observations and coaching cycles to improve instructional strategies and student performance.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of curriculum development program evaluation effective instructional strategies classroom management assessment and diagnosis and assist with the selection of researchbased materials for district and feeder areas.
- Maintain current knowledge of effective practices in the area of researchbased curricula instruction and assessment practices for the purpose of professional development.
- Integrate technology in the literacy curricula to personalize learning and differentiate instruction based on the needs of feeder areas.
- Provide highquality jobembedded professional development for teachers and other instructional stakeholders related to current teaching strategies and techniques for learning.
- Assist Program Administrators with writing curriculum units of instruction and the development of contentbased lessons.
- Disaggregation and analysis of test data for all assessments required by law and/or PCSSD in order to drive instruction.
- Assist in implementation of instructional components of the INDISTAR Process and the District School Improvement Plan.
- Implement the PCSSD desegregation plan.
- Know Board of Education policies District and school guidelines and regulations and adhere to the same.
- Additional duties as assigned.
EVALUATION:Performance of this job will be evaluated according to provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Interested and qualified applicants should submit an application online atwww.pcssd. Personnel currently employed by the district who meet the necessary qualifications may apply by submitting an online indistrict application.
Application Deadline:10 days from date of original post or until filled
PCSSD does not discriminate on the basis of age disability race color national origin or gender in any service program or activity (including in admission access treatment employment or vocational opportunities).