Role: Instructional Coach

Location: Upson-Lee Elementary School

Reports to: Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

Contract Days: 200 days

Retirement: TRS

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate effective use of common planning opportunities.
• Provide core content teachers with guidance, training, and feedback on professional learning initiatives, curriculum initiatives, school improvement initiatives, and classroom management practices.
• Provide guidance in and interpretation of classroom observation instruments for teachers.
• Facilitate curriculum study groups for analyzing student work and improving instruction.
• Research, order, and coordinate use of appropriate materials and tools for classroom use.
• Model effective teaching practices and instructional strategies in the classroom.
• Provide core content teachers with training and practice in developing and managing a system of performance assessments for use in measuring and improving student achievement over time.
• Consult with core content teachers on interpreting test data and planning appropriate instructions based on test results.
• Guide core content teachers in planning and participating in professional learning experiences relevant to attaining the school's performance goals in collaboration with appropriate school personnel.
• Assist core content teachers in implementing standards-based instruction aligned with national standards, Georgia's Standards of Excellence, and all other school and district standards for improving instructional program quality.
• Coordinate vertical team meetings with core content teachers in upper and lower level schools, where applicable, for curriculum articulation and other collaborative teaching.
• Assist in developing curriculum for specified programs. Review and approve all units and timelines.
• Communicate to the principal the status of implementation of specified initiatives and identify any problems with the implementation of these initiatives.
• Demonstrate appropriate use of tools to enhance and extend instruction.
• Conduct internet research.
• Attend appropriate professional learning training and conferences, redelivering training and sharing information with other staff.
• Perform classroom observations to ensure consistent quality standards-based instruction.
• Perform other duties related to the improvement of student achievement as determined by the principal.
• Review current development, literature and technical sources of information related to job responsibility.
• Ensure adherence to good safety procedures.
• Follow federal and state laws, as well as School Board policies and administrative directives.
• Support students and staff with encouragement and by building positive relationships.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Hold or be eligible for required certification.
• Ability to work well with students, parents, staff, and the community.
• High integrity, excellent character, and good professional reputation.
• Abide by the Georgia Professional Standards Code of Ethics for Educators.
• Ability to be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.
• Ability to perform tasks involving prolonged periods of standing, walking, and sitting.
• Ability to perform routine physical activities such as bending and lifting/pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds.
• Vision, hearing, written, and verbal communications are essential factors in performing required tasks.
• Must be able to properly and consistently supervise students particularly during emergency situations.

Important Notes

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position's role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Human Resources Director.) It should also be noted the order of performance responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.