Student Achievement Specialist- East Middle School

East Middle School; Ponca City (OK); On-site; USD 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

East Middle School in Ponca City, OK is seeking a Student Achievement Specialist for the 2026-2027 school year. You will coach teachers, enhance PLC efficiency, coordinate state testing, and communicate with parents while managing student data and RTI tutoring during advisory time.

As a liaison to the Building Principal, you will implement instructional coaching based on Marzano and Knight frameworks and ensure alignment with Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Qualifications

• Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate required.
• Administrative Certificate preferred or pursuing.
• Ability to coach teachers, coordinate PLCs and data-driven improvement.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with site principals to shape school improvement vision.
• Coach teachers using Marzano and Knight frameworks.
• Coordinate state testing and analyze data with principals.
• Support PLCs, curriculum mapping, pacing guides, and data disaggregation.
• Provide targeted feedback and model research-based instruction.
• Communicate with parents and monitor student attendance and RTI pull-outs.
• Participate in required district and site trainings.

Education

Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate

Administrative Certificate (preferred)

Tools

IXL

Job description

Student Achievement Specialist- East Middle School

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Job Details

Job ID: 5640800
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Apr 13, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Student Achievement Specialist -East Middle School for the 2026-2027 School Year

Reports to: Building Principal

Qualifications: Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate

Preferred: Administrative Cert. or Seeking Administrative Cert.

Job Goal: Provide coaching to teachers; Assist with making PLCs more efficient and effective; Coordinate state testing; Communicate with parents; Manage data; Tutor kids during Advisory RTI

Shift Type: Full-time

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work directly with site principals to fully understand and mold the school’s vision for school improvement.
• Work directly with site principals to identify teaching areas of concern and brainstorm how to target these areas.
• Become knowledgeable in Robert Marzano’s research on teaching and learning and the components, principles, and framework of Dr. Jim Knight’s Partnership Learning Instructional Coaching Process.
• Partner with teachers in planning and implementation of instructional methods and strategies using Marzano to ensure student learning of Oklahoma Academic Standards.
• Keep abreast of research in the areas of student learning and instruction.
• Encourage and support teachers’ reflection of their classroom practices.
• Be skillful in providing effective feedback to meet the needs of individual teachers.
• Model lessons or parts of lessons based on research-based best practices for probationary and career teachers.
• Observe teachers to provide suggestions for task analysis of lesson design to break down teaching practices into manageable components.
• Assist teachers in developing and implementing effective, research-based classroom management techniques.
• Attend all required district curriculum and instruction meetings.
• Attend all site, district, and state training related to coaching, instruction, curriculum, and/or assessment.
• Meet district and site staff development requirements.
• Assist in the selection and adoption of new instructional materials, methods, and programs.
• Provide resources for site Professional Learning Communities.
• Assist Professional Learning Communities in achieving goals, curriculum mapping, creating pacing guides, data collection and data disaggregation to inform decision making.
• Coordinate state testing, attending all required meetings.
• Managing IXL and state testing data and working directly with the principals to make data-informed decisions.
• Make phone calls home to parents whose students are struggling with attendance, documenting the phone calls, and creating actions steps to help students have better attendance.
• Use available data to determine RTI pull outs, using advisory time to tutor these students.
• Performs all other tasks as supervisor may assign.

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $40,662.24 Per Year

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Jennifer Dye , HR Director
• 613 E. Grand
• Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]