Senior Secondary Instructional Coach: Elevate Teaching

Frisco ISD; Frisco, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Frisco ISD seeks an experienced instructional coach to strengthen educator effectiveness by building capacity through job-embedded professional learning and collaborative leadership across campus and district. You will empower teachers, align practices to UbD backwards planning, and support data-driven improvement to influence student achievement.

You will collaborate with Teaching and Learning, campus leaders, and content teams to sustain high standards, ethics, and confidentiality while

Qualifications

• Education/Certification: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree preferred, Valid Texas Secondary Teacher Certification at the appropriate level.
• Special Knowledge/Skills: Strong knowledge of current curriculum and instructional strategies; Effective collaborator; Knowledge of effective planning protocols.
• Experience: Three or more years of classroom experience preferred; Campus leadership experience preferred; Experience facilitating professional learning preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work under the direction of Teaching and Learning and the campus principal by supporting, communicating, and modeling district priorities.
• Collaborate regularly with campus and district leaders, content coordinators, and other instructional coaches to monitor impact on student performance.
• Strengthen the quality of instructional foundations and alignment to standards, curriculum, and district priorities through job-embedded professional learning, data-talks, coaching cycles, and learning walks.
• Build teachers' capacity to use Frisco ISD curriculum in UbD backwards planning; respond to PLC questions.
• Provide coaching and training that improves instruction and student learning.
• Lead and facilitate ongoing, job-embedded professional learning at the campus and district level.
• Support teachers in building instructional skills and implementing strategies from professional learning in classrooms through ongoing interaction, reflection, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with teachers to engage in coaching cycles that analyze data to assess current instructional practices, establish goals, identify and explain effective teaching strategies, and provide ongoing support until goals are achieved.
• Foster trusting relationships and a positive, collaborative culture within and across departments (Content Leads, Digital Learning, Library Services, Special Education, ESL).
• Maintain high standards of ethics and confidentiality regarding student and staff information.
• Engage in ongoing professional learning, district instructional coach meetings, and curriculum meetings to continue growing.
• Bridge communication between teachers, campus, content lead, and the Teaching and Learning Department.

Skills

Curriculum knowledge

Collaboration

Planning protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Texas Teaching Certification (Secondary)

Job description

Frisco ISD seeks an experienced instructional coach to strengthen educator effectiveness by building capacity through job-embedded professional learning and collaborative leadership across campus and district. You will empower teachers, align practices to UbD backwards planning, and support data-driven improvement to influence student achievement.

You will collaborate with Teaching and Learning, campus leaders, and content teams to sustain high standards, ethics, and confidentiality while