Instructional Coach

About the role

City Teaching Alliance is on a mission to identify, prepare, and retain exceptional educators for the students who need them most. If you’re a skilled instructional leader energized by the intersection of coaching, teacher development, and equity-driven education, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of up to 24 fellows across the coaching cycle, providing consistent coaching, feedback, and support aligned to City Teaching Alliance’s scope and sequence, Accountable Teaching Practices (ATPs), and Teacher Practice Rubric (TPR)
• Facilitate structured coaching cycles — goal-setting, co-planning, observation, feedback, and reflection — differentiated to each fellow’s developmental stage, data, and individual needs
• Collect and analyze multiple sources of evidence, including observations, student data, fellow reflections, and partner input, to identify instructional priorities and inform coaching plans
• Document all coaching activities in accordance with City Teaching Alliance timelines, utilizing the Urban Assembly platform and SchoolMint Grow to deliver timely, evidence-based written feedback
• Establish psychologically safe, identity-affirming coaching environments, applying asset-based, culturally responsive, and anti-racist coaching practices
• Design and facilitate professional learning for fellows, including regional professional learning days, incorporating research, data, and best practices aligned to City Teaching Alliance’s priorities
• Collaborate with mentor teachers, school leaders, and colleagues to support fellow success and strengthen program coherence
• Contribute to regional hiring, onboarding of new coaches, coaching calibration, and other organizational priorities as needed

Qualifications

• A graduate degree (M.A. or higher) in education or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years K-12 classroom experience
• Minimum of 2 years experience in an instructional coaching or school-based leadership role (e.g., instructional coach, school administrator, or similar role supporting teacher development)
• Experience in urban public education as a teacher, staff developer, instructional coach, and/or administrator
• Extensive content knowledge in mathematics, science, literacy and/or special education
• Demonstrated success in group facilitation and mentoring with a strong history of successfully developing early-stage teachers
• Experience in leading and facilitating professional learning for staff and colleagues preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of evidence and research-based practices for high quality instructional coaching
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Commitment to City Teaching Alliance's mission and values

Location

In-person in Washington, D.C, Dallas, Philadelphia, or Baltimore. Hybrid work available, but must be based in the designated region.

Schedule

Full-time role.

Pay

$75,000-$77,393. We do not negotiate salaries.