Campus Instructional Coach (CIC) - Science, CYPRESS SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with the appropriate teacher certification
• A minimum of 3 years of successful experience as a classroom teacher in the secondary school content area associated with the assignment (high school experience preferred)
• Deep knowledge of the subject-area content and research-based instructional strategies/practices
• Capacity to lead content-area teaching teams for the purpose of improving instruction and student achievement
• Master's degree preferred

Terms Of Employment:

• Probationary/Term Contract: 187 days
• Salary Pay Grade T60 (Teacher Classification) as approved by the Board of Trustees

Essential Functions:

• Coach teachers to ensure that first-time instruction is strong and aligned
• Support new teachers by visiting classrooms, assisting with classroom management, and conferring to address individual student needs/concerns
• Coach teachers to use a variety of current research-based instructional strategies, technology, and content-specific knowledge through participation and facilitation of professional development
• Facilitate vertical alignment of instructional strategies among courses and levels
• Coach teachers to increase rigor at all levels and student engagement in all classrooms
• Model expert lessons, observe classroom instruction, and follow-up with coaching sessions
• Support teachers in their classroom to ensure proper delivery and implementation of lessons
• Collaborate with teams and individual teachers during planning meetings and classroom visits to ensure lesson and assessment development is aligned with the content scope/sequence and TEKS
• Support the use of iXplore so that its fullest capacity is realized: lesson planning, resource selection, assessments, data digging, and data interpretation for instructional decisions
• Support teams and individual teachers through data analysis to adjust first-time instruction and/or to focus on re-teaching
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Maintain emotional control under stress
• Frequent standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing
• Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment

Regular and Reliable Attendance:

is an essential function.