Instructional Coach - Elementary School

Duties And Responsibilities

• Cognitive Coaching & Teacher Development
• Build trusting, respectful and professional relationships with teachers
• Collaborate with teachers to create a culture of rigor, inquiry, and reflection
• Probing conversations rooted in best instructional practices
• Facilitate formal, structured Coaching Cycles across grade levels/disciplines
• Use student evidence when co-planning lessons with teachers
• Co-teach in classrooms as a part of Coaching Cycles to model implementation of effective instructional practices
• Collaborate with teachers to design and guide the use of formative assessments to inform next steps for instruction
• Provide informal support to teachers in the areas of classroom management, curriculum design, instructional ideas or other expressed needs
• Create opportunities for discourse through questioning and discussion support
• Model being a reflective practitioner and engage in reflective dialogue with others
• Coach Professional Learning Communities as they work through key tasks in the PLC Process
• Collaborate with colleagues to design and deliver professional learning opportunities
• Support teachers as they bring new concepts, policies or resources into their classrooms
• Collaborate on and learn with a district-level Coaching team to ensure connection to strategic priorities, program coherence/ uniformity across all buildings

Qualifications

• Appropriate and valid Illinois Licensure
• Three years of teaching experience preferred
• Maintain extensive knowledge of instructional best practices
• Demonstrate strong leadership, coaching, communication and presentation skills
• Possess excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work and collaborate as a member of a team