Early Learning Instructional Coach
Early Learning Instructional Coach
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Job Description
Reports to: Principal
Purpose: Provide jobembedded professional development for teachers to support and sustain effective teaching and learning resulting in improved student learning. Coaches help teachers advance their skills and provide teachers with feedback challenge and support.
Qualifications:
- Must possess a valid Kansas Teaching License
- Completed a minimum offive years of successful teaching experience
- Demonstrated success as a classroom teacher
- Extensive knowledge of the Common Core State Standards assessment instruction classroom management instructional resources and technology
- Possess interpersonal problem solving and organizational skills necessary to effectively facilitate coaching and professional development
- ESOL endorsement preferred
Physical and Emotional Requirements: Speaking hearing visual reading writing word processing mobility consistency of temperament ability to problem solve and work in stress providing environments.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Classroom Observation with Feedback The coach observes a teachers lesson with time provided during a scheduled postconference to provide feedback and engage in a learningfocused dialogue (preconference is optional depending on goal).
- Collaborative Problem Solving The coach meets with individual or groups of teachers (could include administrators) to plan instruction and/or solve specific instructional and assessment issues or problems (e.g. grouping of students parent communication appropriate use of performance assessments).
- Analyze Students Work The coach facilitates the analysis of students work with individuals or groups of teachers and then brainstorms next steps for adjusting instruction.
- Model a Lesson (on a limited basis) The coach models a lesson or partial lesson for one or more teachers with time provided after the lesson to engage in a learningfocused dialogue.
- Coplan or Coteach a Lesson A teacher and coach plan and/or teach a lesson together with time provided after the lesson to engage in a learningfocused dialogue.
- Professional Development The coach provides some form of professional development (e.g. minilesson series of training sessions) to a small or large group of teacher and/or administrators based on a defined need.
Terms of Employment: 9 months Certifiedposition. Work year to be determined by the Board of Education.
Evaluation: Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board policy on evaluation ofinstructional coaching staff.
Significant associations: The performance responsibilities are not limited to those outlined in this description and may include any other responsibilities as assigned by the administrator/supervisor.
Employment Type
Full-Time
