Instructional Coach - Student Support

About the Employer

Position Purpose

The Focused Instructional Coach for Student Supports and Engagement works full-time in elementary and secondary schools, providing culture and climate support to teachers and staff. The coach collaborates with instructional staff, site administrators, and leadership teams to increase students' sense of belonging and promote a safe, inclusive, and welcoming school environment.

Education and Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of successful school adjustment counseling or psychology experience with school-aged students
• Desirable Licensed School Adjustment Counselor or Psychologist
• Master's degree in a Counseling field
• Experience working with students with disabilities as well as ML students
• Demonstrated experience in providing professional development for teachers
• Demonstrated successful experience in working with adults and understanding of adult learning theory
• Demonstrated knowledge, experience, and engagement in providing leadership around improvement
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with current social-emotional learning as it relates to the school's evidence-based best practices in support of the school focus.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team setting with other adults
• Demonstrated ability to build effective teams
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Demonstrated ability to effectively organize professional development activities
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly in oral and written form
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver oral presentations
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data accurately and adopt an effective course of action
• Demonstrated ability to meet schedules and timelines
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and/or in collaboration with the SPED Dept. and Culture and Climate Dept. to plan and organize evidence-based frameworks and resources to improve outcomes for students.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical assistance to ensure progress monitoring occurs, and to ensure that evidence-based frameworks are implemented with fidelity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a coach, ILT member, or other leadership position(s).

Implements the Philosophy, Goals, and Policies of WPS

• Facilitates the development of a learning community focused on raising expectations and promoting a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment that is conducive to teaching and learning.
• Provides support using current scientifically research-based strategies and practices to strengthen students' social-emotional competencies and sense of belonging.
• Provides constructive feedback on engaging students and building strong and positive relationships with students, as well as fostering an environment that is safe, inclusive, and welcoming.
• Assists classroom teachers in collecting, analyzing, and using student data to guide their targeted interventions and to ensure that all students are ready to learn.
• Provides job-embedded professional development focused on organization of the classroom to construct a positive learning climate.
• Identifies site professional development needs by using student data.
• Plans, schedules, and conducts site professional development aligned with the district and site goals outlined in the school accountability plan and connected to a sense of belonging and inclusivity practices.
• Analyzes data and prepares data presentations for schools, staff, and family groups.
• Assists teachers and grade levels in analyzing student data for program improvement and strengthen students' social-emotional competencies.
• Attends instructional leadership, department, and district meetings.
• Participates fully in professional development for coaches, professional research and reading, and peer observations.
• Provides coaching and modeling to teachers, as needed.
• Maintains coach activity log.
• Responsible for assuring equal educational opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, gender, age, marital status, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, homelessness, or disability.

Work Year and Salary

The work year is teachers' schedule plus 2 days, and additional work as required at the teachers' contractual hourly rate. The salary scale shown is based on the candidate holding a Bachelor's degree with the potential to increase based on degree level. In this position, one will receive the teachers' salary plus the Focused Instructional Coach stipend, which includes an additional two non-pupil session days in the summer, as well as preparation for before and after school professional development to be scheduled at the direction of one's supervisor.

To Apply

Any person interested in this position must submit a resume, cover letter, licensure, and answer all questions online at https://worcesterschools.org/about/employment-opportunities. This information must be submitted online.

Additional Information

This deadline date does not preclude further advertisement or recruitment