Description

Responsible for implementing targeted support to campuses in the core content areas.Lead Instructional Coaches interface and collaborate with teachers, administrators, Academic Services and School Leadership to create educational equity through a comprehensive support system for teachers and teacher leaders. This role includes providing direct content, pedagogy, data analysis and instructional coaching support to Title 1 campuses to improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes. Lead Instructional Coaches support an assigned Executive Director and/or region to ensure curriculum alignment vertically and horizontally within a feed pattern or across a region to foster accelerated student achievement, instructional capacity building for teachers, and leadership capacity building for teacher leaders.

Coaching/Professional Development

• Represent the district's instructional philosophy and frameworks in all aspects of the position to include professional development, coaching, and curriculum support.
• Model and provide targeted feedback to campus content team members on coaching methodology and content related to the district's instructional program and student achievement.
• Implement coaching cycles and strategies effectively, such as Cognitive Coaching and Content-focused Coaching, etc.
• Provide feedback to teachers and campus instructional leadership teams around instruction that facilitates reflection and growth.
• Provide feedback to campus instructional coaches on delivery and content.
• Provide content area expertise and strengthen content knowledge and coaching skills to improve instructional practices.
• Develop, present and implement campus and district professional development to teachers, campus instructional leadership teams and other district staff as needed to include evening and weekends.

Data Analysi

• Use data to assist action/improvement plan development.
• Utilize district and campus data to make informed decisions regarding focus and content of professional development.
• Model and facilitate a variety of formative assessment methods for data-driven instruction.
• Coordinate data findings with focus of work to include campus selection for services.

Curriculum/Instructional Support

• Support a viable and purposeful district curriculum.
• Facilitate use of research-based content resources and strategies.
• Collaborate with colleagues, Academic Services and School Leadership to support effective curriculum implementation.
• Utilize strategies to include but not limited to instructional models, resources, and coaching to deepen instructional practices.
• Facilitate and support professional learning community meetings and other teacher content meetings.
• Keep abreast of and support district transformation and innovation school models/programs as assigned.

Perform all duties as assigned, as it relates to the Title I, Part A grant at 100%.

All federally funded incumbents of this position must comply with time and effort reporting requirements through personnel activity reports or periodic certification, as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required from an accredited university in a directly related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Valid Texas Teaching certification preferred: Elementary generalist or concentration in ELA, Math or Science preferred/Secondary certification in a subject area (ELA/MATH/Science/Social Studies) preferred
• Demonstrate strong content knowledge.
• Demonstrate ability to work and communicate with diverse audience.
• Demonstrate excellent computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Oracle.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of technology as a resource within the instructional program.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational, written and oral communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop and provide professional development to adult learners.
• Ability to work independently and serve multiple grade levels.