Since its founding in 2010 Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) has provided students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway Queens. We currently serve over 1200 scholars from Kindergarten to 12th grade across 3 sites. Our schools mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically to demonstrate mastery of the NY State Learning Standardsand to achieve their career aspirations. Challenge cultivates and supports the intellectual aesthetic social emotionaland ethical development of its students and prepares them to be responsible 21st century citizens. To accomplish its mission Challenge offers a rigorous instructional program in a safe supportive technologyinfused and dataenriched and socialemotional learning sequence authentic field experiences career counseling and college coursework. It is understood that we are one organization with multiple sites and it is expected that all members of the team collaborate to support all of our scholars.
Understanding the Role
The instructional coach (IC) is a learner who models continuous improvement lifelong learning and goes above and beyond to ensure student success. The role of the coach is to build teacher capacity by providing individual and group professional learning opportunities that will expand and refine the understanding of researchbased effective instruction in response to student and teacher data. The instructional coach works collaboratively with members of the elementary leadership team to support student achievement through teacher development. The Instructional Coach will promote reflection provide guidance and structure where needed and focus on strengths collaboration and common issues of concern. They are responsible for ensuring highquality instruction in classrooms through modeling coplanning coteaching and providing feedback to teachers. The instructional coach will demonstrate and model a passion for urban education reform and leadership. This is a nonsupervisory position that does not evaluate teachers but does provide documented feedback. This position reports to the principal.
Overall Job Goals and Responsibilities
Leadership and Coaching:
Serve as a member of the instructional team by preparing for and participating meaningful in meetings tasks and collaborating with all members of the ILT
Build strong relationships with teachers and teacher assistants
Support teachers with understanding and demonstrating commitment to the CPCS vision andmission
Collaborate with the leadership team to ensure the validity and reliability of student data by attending to the rigor and alignment of assessments
Orient and support new teachers
Provide support and training to teacher assistants
Provide a wide variety of learning opportunities for teachers focused on analyzing student work effective planning targeted and differentiated instruction and setting high expectations forclassroom culture and behavior
Coach manage and develop a caseload of teachers to achieve exceptional student achievementby modeling and/or coteaching regularly
Develop coaching plans (informed by Adult Learning Theory) for teachers and motivate them to improve their professional practice to ensure student improvement
Support teachers in using data to improve instruction especially for underperforming scholars
Observe teachers weekly to gather and share data on student learning and teacher proficiency to diagnose teachers strengths and weaknesses and determine strategies for improving their practice and improving student learning; document findings in TeachBoost
Assist teachers with planning and pacing of lessons the development of differentiated lessons and the selection of best practices to meet the needs of their students as evidenced by reliable data
Support teachers by helping with the strategic how of teaching share multiple instructional strategies/processes with teachers during planning times
Develop coaching plans for teachers to ensure student improvement
Support the development of Individual Achievement Plans (IAP)
Contribute to the development of the career education curriculum
Create and maintain a strategic schedule as evidenced by a weekly coaching log
Assist teachers with resources materials tools information etc. in supporting classroom instruction and planning including new resources
Perform additional duties as assigned by the Principal
Who We Seek
We will consider candidates who demonstrate:
A love and passion for serving the urban scholar and community
Ability to lead and manage adults to achieve desired outcomes
Ability to analyze teacher practice provide compelling feedback and translate that into action
A strong understanding of rigorous and effective instruction
Ability to analyze data to inform instructional decisionmaking
Experience designing and implementing curriculum and assessments aligned with Next Generation Learning Standards
Practical knowledge of data management tools organizational tools and computer skills
Qualifications
Masters degree in reading English mathematics science educational leadership or related field (required)
At least three (3) years of exceptional teaching experience (required)
At least three (3) years of educational leadership experience (preferred)
Benefits and Perks:
Challenge Charter Schools staff members receive a competitive salary paid time off matching of retirement contributions up to 3% and more
The comprehensive benefits package includes four health plans to choose from two dental plans and vision insurance.
We also offer flexible spending accounts for health dependent care and transit.
Flexible and reflective leadership: dedicated to staff development team cohesion and shared responsibility for decisionmaking development and teamwide priorities
Driven and passionate colleagues who contribute to a professional and collaborative work environment
Opportunities to sit on various committees and participate in initiatives central to key organizational decisions and strategic planning
Professional development: weekly PD yearround training and the ongoing coaching by professionals
$80000 $100000 a year
Work Year
This is a fulltime position commencing mid August through June.
School Sites
Grades K1: 1279 Redfern Avenue Far Rockaway NY 11691
Grades 25: 710 Hartman Lane Far Rockaway NY 11691
Selection Process
Phase I Interview with a member of the K5 Instructional Leadership (ILT) Team
Phase II Panel Interview and Skills Assessment with the ILT
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