Instructional Coach
Instructional Coach
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$ 61000 - 71000
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Number of Positions: 1Compensation: $61000.00 - $71000.00 Annually Commensurate with Experience and LocationPosition Overview
The Instructional Coach will support the academic strategy and model that enables City Year sites to reach school and student outcome goals and consistently strive toward equity in the education system. Key outcomes for the Instructional Coach are: Create instructional learning experiences for AmeriCorps members (ACMs) and staff that build the skills and knowledge necessary to reach school and student outcome measures; Support and implement an inclusive & equitable academic strategy and model for the Tier One and Tier Two spaces that ensures we reach our student outcome measures in math and literacy; while incorporating our diversity belonging inclusivity and equity policy work; Serve as an active member of the CY community in order to advance the site and work toward the Long-Term Impact Strategy.Job Description
Position Overview
The Instructional Coach will support the academic strategy and model that enables City Year Chicago to reach school and student outcome goals and consistently strive toward equity in the Chicago education system.
Key outcomes for the Instructional Coach are:
- Support and implement an inclusive and equitable academic strategy and model for Tier One and Tier Two spaces that ensures we reach our student outcome measures in math and literacy: while incorporating our diversity belonging inclusivity and equity policy work.
- Create instructional learning experiences for corps and staff that build the skills and knowledge necessary to reach school and student outcome measures.
- Serve as an active member of the City Year Chicago community in order to advance the site and work toward the Long-Term Impact Strategy.
The salary range for this role is $61000 - $71000 annually commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities
Observations & Coaching
- Observe each AmeriCorps member (ACM) in your portfolio at least once a month with the Impact Manager (IM) as they work either as a whole class support one-on-one sessions or as they lead a tutoring session with their focus list students.
- Track the key questions ACMs ask student actions and responses as well as the seating arrangements or examples of student work.
- Debrief (DB) each ACM after each observation. Debrief conversations should include:
- Reflections of the days small group session
- Follow up on any notes/ steps from previous debrief session.
- Review of student progress logs sample work data grades assessments for action steps towards growth
- Model best practice and planning strategies
- The development of new action steps & strategic planning for ACM who needs further support and/or guidance
- Input and update observation notes and feedback into the coaching logs
Staff Instructional Capacity & Support
- Develop and implement staff instructional trainings and resources to support the successful implementation of the Academic Strategy and Model
- Collaborate with the Site Instructional Leadership Team and Site Instructional Rounds to ensure the consistent development of instructional leadership at the site
- Engage in co-observation and coaching with intentional debriefs in order to support academic model implementation improve site instructional practices and coach staff to improve individual practice
- Engage in consistent critical thinking around how internal and external systems impact our academic work with students through the lens of racism and poverty and actively work toward anti-racist equitable and inclusive instruction for all students
Core Knowledge & Support
- Develop and implement corps instructional trainings and resources to support the successful implementation of the Academic Strategy and Model
- Engage in observation and coaching in order to support the fidelity and quality of the academic model implementation and reach student outcome goals
- Support data driven instruction practices at the site through supporting the training and coaching on using data to inform instruction and collaborating with Impact Analytics staff on effective data review and analysis
- Provide feedback on session planning data driven instruction and progress monitoring tools to improve corps practice
Organizational Initiatives and Site Support
- Participate in site and network-wide meetings and calls providing insight feedback and collective problem solving.
- Engage in structured discussion and training on diversity belonging inclusivity and belonging aimed at developing stronger cultural competency both individually and collectively as a site
- Partner with City Year Chicagos departments and staff to ensure that site-wide goals are met including but not limited to the AmeriCorps member applicant interview process stakeholder engagement event and service day participation and cross-departmental committees
- Attend conferences throughout the year as well as additional engagement and training activities throughout the year
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree required Minimum 3 years of relevant experience with proven ability to deliver strong measurable results
- Deep knowledge of instructional strategy with a focused understanding of interventions for students not performing on grade level
- Well-versed in social emotional learning and adult learning principles
- Awareness of and experience in engaging in conversation and developing practices grounded in diversity belonging inclusion and equity
- Outstanding ability to communicate with diverse audiences Comfortability with both large and small group facilitation as well as 1:1 coaching
- Experience presenting and facilitating training for adult learners
- Experience working within large urban school districts a plus
- Strong initiative and ability to work independently to achieve goals
- Efficient time management skills: ability to meet deadlines and prioritize multiple projects
- Ability to adapt and excel in diverse youthful high energy entrepreneurial and rapidly-changing environment
- Passion for education and youth development
- Attitude essentials: growth mindset passion for City Years mission committed to teamwork grit and resilience
- Deep understanding of and commitment to City Years values for more information visit: Documents
A resume must be submitted to be considered for this position. Preferred resume formats will depict not only a candidates responsibilities and job functions in previous work but will include specific quantitative results where applicable. Additional quantitative context around specific budget sizes team sizes or other work environment information will help City Year compare the scale of your work environment with our operations.
Compensation and Benefits
Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account paid vacation holidays parental leave 401K and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce.
Benefits
Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation sick days and organization may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs. Currently City Year offers medical dental vision life accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan more information click here.
Employment at City Year is at-will.
City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.
Employment Type
Full-Time
