Academic Coordinator

Memphis-Shelby County Schools; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is seeking an Academic Coordinator to provide leadership for Literacy, Math, or Science programs at a school. This role leads a team, guides teachers in embedding instructional strategies, analyzes data, and coordinates interventions to improve student achievement.

The position requires a valid teaching license and offers collaboration with school leadership, ongoing professional development, and a salary range of about $51,828 to $90,575 per year.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid teaching license for the subject area.
• Experience leading literacy, math, or science initiatives.
• Proven ability to analyze student data to guide instruction.
• Strong collaboration with teachers and administrators.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to develop literacy, math, or science plans for a school.
• Support teachers through conferences, observations, feedback, and data analysis.
• Coordinate and facilitate professional development opportunities.
• Communicate instructional best practices with school leadership to improve teaching effectiveness.
• Prepare weekly logs and reports documenting activities and outcomes.
• Collaborate with teachers to improve student achievement through data-informed instruction.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Curriculum planning

Professional development

Education

Valid teaching license

Job description

The primary function of the position within the organization is to provide essential leadership for a school’s entire Literacy, Math, or Science program. The position is charged with expertise in reading and writing across content areas, communication, and instructional organization. The Academic Coordinator organizes and leads a team that develops literacy, math, or science plans for a school, guides teachers in embedding instructional strategies, analyzes data related to student mastery, and coordinates intervention and support for students.

This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the primary job elements.

• Supports teachers through conferences, observations, feedback, and analysis of student results, demonstration lessons, curriculum implementation, team teaching and instructional best practices.
• Shares effective instructional strategies with teachers both individually and through in-service workshops; assist with unit and lesson planning, observes teachers in the classroom as requested by principals; makes recommendations for improvement in performance as appropriate; offers advice and assistance as needed.
• Assists teachers and school administrators in meeting identified goals in instruction; maintains on-going communication with teachers, school leadership as appropriate.
• Collaborates with teachers to build a knowledge base of core content areas and repertoire of teaching skills to improve student achievement.
• Keeps abreast of developments in curriculum, instruction, educational/content area research and assist in determining their appropriateness for implementation at the school level.
• Analyzes state and district assessment data to help target professional development needs; designs, plans and implements school and individual-level professional development opportunities addressing instructional content, curriculum, instructional methods, and assessment in the classroom.
• Organizes and facilitates a team that reviews assessment data and develops long-term literacy, math, or science plan for a school. Organizes and facilitates grade level teams, teacher leaders, or curriculum focus group sessions.
• Communicates instructional best practices with school leadership to provide maximum teacher effectiveness.
• Leads analysis of data related to student achievement in Literacy, Math, or Science and supports staff in using this data in instructional decision making.
• Prepares weekly logs and/or reports documenting activities to support the improvement of teaching and learning at assigned school(s). Compiles data for and prepares various statistical, administrative and professional reports as required.
• Attends training, conferences, workshops and meetings as appropriate to enhance job knowledge and skills.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

External Candidates:

Must hold Valid Teaching License for subject area assignment

Regions; I Zone, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast

Deadline: September 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

Salary range: $51,827.51–$90,575.04.