Instructional Coach/Testing/Curriculum Coordinator

Lame Deer Public Schools; San Jacinto (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

LAME DEER PUBLIC SCHOOLS seeks a Testing Coordinator and Instructional Coach (TCIC) to support teachers with evidence-based practices and student achievement. You will provide 1:1 and group professional learning, analyze assessment data, and help design instruction aligned to Montana standards.

This 9-month, full-time role collaborates with the Building Principal and Curriculum Coordinator. The TCIC will lead professional development, facilitate effective teaching strategies, and sustain a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university.
• Minimum of five years of successful teaching experience.
• Current Montana Teaching License.
• Knowledge of Montana Content Standards and Montana CSE.
• Experience in evidence-based instructional practices.
• Previous coaching or teacher leadership experience.
• Strong instructional strategies, learning conditions, assessment-driven instruction, and curriculum development.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to design and deliver quality professional development for administrators and teachers.
• Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills.
• Strong written and oral communication.
• Organizational skills and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate positively within a team.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and demonstrate evidence-based instructional practices that improve student outcomes.
• Provide organized, group and individual learning opportunities for teachers.
• Provide classroom-based coaching to support teachers in implementing effective practices.
• Assist teachers in analyzing student assessment data.
• Help teachers design instructional decisions based on data.
• Support classroom motivation and management strategies.
• Assist with pacing guides, unit plans, and assessments aligned to standards.
• Provide resources related to instruction and curriculum.
• Research instructional and curriculum issues as needed.
• Encourage ongoing professional growth for teachers.
• Support district and building improvement goals.
• Develop and maintain confidential, collegial teacher relationships.
• Coordinate with counselors and colleges for ACT/ASVAB and other exams.
• Monitor and document instruction and assessment status, progress of new staff.

Skills

Evidence-based practices

Coaching experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Presentation & facilitation

Collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

LAME DEER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

JOB DESCRIPTION

Testing Coordinator and Instructional Coach (TCIC)

Purpose: The Testing Coordinator/Instructional Coach, having both content and instructional expertise, will work as a colleague with classroom teachers to support student learning and teacher practice. The TCIC will focus on individual and group professional learning that will expand and refine the understanding about evidence-based effective instruction for teachers. In order to meet this purpose, the TCIC will provide personalized, 1:1 support based on the goals, student assessment data, and identified needs of individual teachers.

Responsible to: Building Principal and Curriculum Coordinator

Payment Rate: According to Certified Teacher Salary Schedule

Employment Term: 9 Month

Qualifications

• 1) Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university
• 2) Minimum of five years of successful teaching experience.
• 3) Current Montana Teaching License.
• 4) Demonstrated knowledge of the Montana Content Standards and the Montana Comprehensive
  Assessment System
• 5) Experience in evidence-based instructional practices.
• 6) Previous coaching or teacher leadership experience
• 7) Deep knowledge of and experience in:
  • a) Instructional strategies
  • b) Conditions of Learning
  • c) Assessment driven instruction (teaching/learning process)
  • d) Curriculum development
• 8) Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills for building an environment with a
  common instructional focus, promoting initiatives, and conveying expectations
• 9) Ability to design and deliver quality professional development for administrators and teachers
• 10) Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills
• 11) Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner both orally and in writing
• 12) Demonstrated strength in organization, communication skills and efficiency in meeting deadlines
• 13) Demonstrated ability to function as a positive collaborative member of a team.

General Responsibilities

• 1) Communicate and demonstrate evidence-based instructional practices that result in improved student
  outcomes.
• 2) Provide organized, individual and/or group learning opportunities for teachers as needed.
• 3) Provide individualized, classroom-based coaching with participants to support them in implementing
  good instructional practices.
• 4) Provide support in analyzing student assessment data.
• 5) Assist teachers with designing instructional decisions based on assessment data.
• 6) Provide support for classroom motivation and management strategies.
• 7) Assist teachers in creating pacing guides, unit plans, and unit assessments that are aligned with essential
  content standards in the curriculum.
• 8) Provide teachers resources related to instruction and curriculum.
• 9) Help in researching instructional and/or curriculum issues.
• 10) Provide encouragement and emotional support to teachers.
• 11) Encourage ongoing professional growth for all teachers.
• 12) Work positively toward meeting identified district and building improvement goals.
• 13) Assist with development of district curriculum, instruction, and assessments.
• 14) Develop and maintain a confidential, collegial relationship with teachers.
• 15) Possess an understanding of when to contact administrators regarding issues of
  safety/ethics involving students in the classroom observed.
• 16) Assist teachers in aligning their teaching with appropriate standards, curriculum and
  assessments.
• 17) Assist building staff with the gathering, examination and analysis of formative and
  summative assessment data to identify learning concerns for individual students and groups
  of students. Provides instructional support that is responsive to the identified needs of
  students and provides coaching support that is responsive to identified needs of staff.
• 18) Assist principals in monitoring and documenting instruction and assessment status and
  progress of new teachers and/or teachers with identified needs.
• 19) Serve as support for the school and classroom levels in the implementation, monitoring, and
  improvement of the Multi-Tiered System of Support.
• 20) Assure that students with disabilities are given appropriate testing instruments and
  accommodations.
• 21) Compile and deliver test data to teachers in a timely manner and ensure that scores are entered into
  the data management system (Infinite Campus).
• 22) Track student/teacher assessment data per unit, quarter, semester, and year and report data
  to administration in a timely manner.
• 23) Have the ability to lead the staff in improving student achievement levels
• 24) Coordinate with school counselors and local colleges for the administration of ACT, ASVAB,
  and any other entrance exams.
• 25) Keeps current on appropriate assessment methods and best practices with reference to test
  procedures.
• 26) Ability to work with the Montana Office of Public Instruction to follow assessment mandates.
• 27) Ability to organize and schedule District-wide assessment calendar.
• 28) Ability to organize and maintain district assessment data.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board’s evaluation policy.

Mental/Motor Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee rarely performs routine work. The employee frequently exercises flexibility (ability to shift from one task to another). Guidance and reinforcement are infrequently available. The employee frequently works within time constraints and maintains attentiveness. The employee is frequently involved in social interactions which require oral and written communications.

The physical demands, work-environment characteristics, and mental/motor demands described within this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations shall be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equality Statement

An Affirative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer:
This employer does not knowingly discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age,