What are the responsibilities and job description for the Education Specialist - Instructional Coach position at Amarillo, Bell Street Location?
Primary Purpose:
Provide specialized instructional support to teachers and the program team within a tiered instructional framework. This involves delivering training, coaching, and conducting data analysis to inform student needs and monitor progress.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification
- Special Education Teaching experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree required
- Master's degree preferred
- Texas teaching certification required
Skills
- Expertise in adapting general education curriculum for special education contexts
- Experience providing job-embedded instructional coaching to teachers
- Proficiency in modifying curriculum internalization protocols to address diverse learner needs
- Strong data literacy skills, including the ability to analyze curriculum-based assessment and screening data
- Proven ability to deliver content-specific professional development as well as systemic best practice (e.g., campus-wide/district-wide) professional development
- Proven ability to train and coach personnel in various school roles (e.g., teachers, support staff, principals, central office staff)
- Must be service-oriented and display initiative
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team setting required
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to team/organizational goals
Working Conditions:
- Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals
- Posture: Must be physically able to tolerate prolonged sitting, frequent standing; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, twisting, and standing
- Motion: Must be physically able to tolerate frequent standing and walking, repetitive hand motions, frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching, occasional driving
- Lifting: Must be physically able to tolerate regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); may require occasional heavy lifting and carrying (45 pounds or more)
- Environment: Must be physically able to work inside; tolerate frequent districtwide travel and occasional statewide travel; regular exposure to noise
- Mental Demands: Must be able to work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress; work prolonged or irregular hours on occasion
- Regular Attendance is an essential function
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
- Design, develop, and deliver professional learning experiences focused on adapting general education curriculum to meet the diverse needs of students receiving special education services.
- Support the internalization of curriculum modules by modifying existing protocols (e.g., Bluebonnet) to help teachers anticipate misconceptions, identify scaffolds, and maintain instructional rigor.
- Provide ongoing, job-embedded coaching to special education teachers on implementing high-leverage instructional strategies, including explicit foundational skills instruction and the use of complex, grade-level texts with appropriate supports.
- Collaborate with department teams to analyze student performance and screening data, to identify trends and set measurable instructional goals.
- Lead data-driven planning sessions that support differentiated instruction and improve instructional alignment with core academic standards.
- Guide special education teams in accurately and efficiently submitting and interpreting assessment data for instructional planning and program improvement.
- Design and facilitate targeted professional development on assessment literacy, instructional strategies, data analysis, and curriculum implementation for special education staff.
- Develop tools, guides, and instructional resources that support differentiated instruction and equitable access to rigorous curriculum for students with disabilities.
- Collaborate with Strategic Integration Liaisons to align instructional supports with findings from MTSS diagnostics, especially regarding Tier 1 instruction.
- Serve as a key partner in advancing inclusive practices across tiers by ensuring that curriculum implementation strategies promote access and equity for all learners.
- Support system-wide efforts to strengthen instructional coherence between general and special education programs.
- Facilitate collaborative planning between general education curriculum teams and special education staff to ensure shared understanding and coordinated instructional practices.
- Partner with families to foster data-informed discussions that support student progress and reinforce home-school connections.
- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to promote alignment, transparency, and shared ownership of inclusive instructional practices.
- Serves as an active, contributing member of the MTSS Task Force
- Identify, adapt, and create high-quality instructional materials and planning tools that support differentiated instruction and inclusive classroom practices.
- Research, pilot, and disseminate evidence-based strategies that promote effective curriculum adaptation and inclusive delivery models.
- Collaborates with colleagues in and beyond the ESC to identify professional development needs through detailed data analysis and self-reflection to provide quality services to customers that positively impact student learning
- Clearly articulates the work plan while adhering to all departmental protocols for work-from-home and hybrid work arrangements, as applicable.
- Creates ongoing collegial relationships with customers
- Travels as a part of job responsibilities.
- Maintains a functioning cell phone and is accessible through this phone as deemed appropriate by the service area director. A functioning cell phone means that it is charged, activated, messages checked, and mailbox emptied regularly.
- Reports for work ready to perform responsibilities.
- Performs duties that directly and/or indirectly impact student performance in Region 16.
- Maintains a professional level of confidentiality regarding all ESC matters.
- Supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the ESC strategic plan.
- Upholds and adheres to safety rules and policies of the ESC safety program.
- Performs professional responsibilities as required by ESC policies, processes, and procedures.
- Manages time, calendar, and job responsibilities to meet deadlines.
- Meets proficiency levels of required technology skills as outlined by the supervisor.
- Incorporates appropriate technology in daily work and exhibits continual growth in technologies as outlined by supervisor.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Salary : $281 - $345