Instructional Coach
- Employer
- Alexandria City Public Schools
- Location
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Posted
- Jul 28, 2022
- Closes
- Mar 16, 2023
- Ref
- 2783
- Function
- School and Teaching, Coach
- Industry
- Education
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description
The Instructional Coach provides leadership, professional learning, and coaching support to teachers on the development of effective mathematical teaching practices that increase opportunities for all students to succeed in general education settings. This job reports to the Principal.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and/or Middle School Education, Master's degree preferred.
Certificates & Licenses: Valid Virginia Department of Education license required, or eligibility to obtain one.
Experience:
Essential Functions:
Clearances:
Public Health Compliance:
WP
Primary Location:
FC Hammond Middle School
Salary Range:
Teachers and Other Licensed Staff Salary Scale (http://www.acps.k12.va.us/hr/compensation/)
Shift Type:
Full-Time
The Instructional Coach provides leadership, professional learning, and coaching support to teachers on the development of effective mathematical teaching practices that increase opportunities for all students to succeed in general education settings. This job reports to the Principal.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and/or Middle School Education, Master's degree preferred.
Certificates & Licenses: Valid Virginia Department of Education license required, or eligibility to obtain one.
Experience:
- A minimum of three to five years of successful teaching experience.
- Knowledge of current research in instructional coaching, curriculum trends in instruction, teacher effectiveness, differentiated instruction, student learning, and best practices in instruction.
- Knowledge of a variety of mathematical assessments and familiarity with state assessments.
- Knowledge of effective mathematical teaching practices
Essential Functions:
- Organizes and facilitates, in a collaborative manner, program-specific professional learning and implementation to support the inclusion of all students.
- Coordinates services and communicate program goals with appropriate personnel.
- Facilitates the development and implementation of ACPS mathematical frameworks.
- Strengthens teachers' instructional knowledge and their repertoire of pedagogical strategies for teaching rigorous content to all students.
- Facilitates the consistent use of effective math strategies by supporting teachers through co-planning, co-teaching, modeling, demonstration sessions, reflecting, and focused classroom observations.
- Supports teachers in creating classroom environments in which mathematics is consistently and effectively integrated and where all learners are actively engaged and supported in challenging and rigorous studies as they make meaning of academic content through daily reading, mathematical practice, writing, oral communication experiences, and hands-on activities.
- Collaborates with teachers (general education, Talented and gifted, English language learner, special education, and Mathematics teachers) and administrators to develop and provide differentiated support in which teachers set student achievement related to growth in reading and professional development goals that are pedagogically based and data-driven.
- Facilitates the analysis and interpretation of formative and summative literacy data and continuous improvement process school-wide.
- Assists administrative and instructional staff in analyzing and interpreting data and designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to improve student achievement.
- Collaborates with teachers, both individually and in small groups, to analyze student work, reflect on instructional delivery, evaluate lessons and differentiate instruction accordingly.
- Documents work and keep progress logs with teacher input.
- Performs other related duties, as assigned, to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
Clearances:
- Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance.
- Tuberculosis Skin Test.
Public Health Compliance:
- Proof of COVID vaccination. Exemptions for religious/medical will be reviewed.
- Must follow safety and health protocols.
WP
Primary Location:
FC Hammond Middle School
Salary Range:
Teachers and Other Licensed Staff Salary Scale (http://www.acps.k12.va.us/hr/compensation/)
Shift Type:
Full-Time