Instructional Coach - Secondary

Strengthen educator effectiveness by building capacity through job‑embedded professional learning; foster a collaborative campus and district culture through shared leadership; empower teachers and teams through reflection and continuous improvement; and provide instructional support and guidance aligned to best practices to positively influence student achievement and overall growth.

Responsibilities

• Work under the direction of Teaching and Learning and the campus principal, supporting, communicating, and modeling district priorities.
• Collaborate regularly with campus and district leaders, content coordinators, and other instructional coaches to monitor impact on student performance.
• Strengthen instructional foundations and alignment to standards, curriculum, and district priorities through job‑embedded professional learning, data‑talks, coaching cycles, and learning walks.
• Build teachers’ capacity to use the Frisco ISD curriculum in the Understanding by Design (UbD) backwards planning process by responding to the four Professional Learning Community (PLC) questions.
• Provide coaching and training that improves instruction and student learning.
• Lead and facilitate ongoing, job‑embedded professional learning at the campus and district level.
• Support teachers in building instructional skills and implementing strategies from professional learning in classrooms through ongoing interaction, reflection, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with teachers to engage in coaching cycles that analyze data, assess current instructional practices, establish goals, identify effective teaching strategies, and provide ongoing support until goals are achieved.
• Foster trusting relationships and a positive, collaborative culture within and across departments, including Content Leads, Digital Learning, Library Services, Special Education, and English as a Second Language (ESL).
• Maintain high standards of ethics and confidentiality regarding student and staff information.
• Engage in ongoing professional learning, district instructional coach meetings, and curriculum meetings to continue growing.
• Partner with campus leadership and stakeholders to gather and review data to evaluate programs (MTSS, Math and Reading lab, EOC/STAAR retesters, etc.).
• Bridge communication between teachers, campus, content lead, and the Teaching and Learning Department.
• Participate in Campus Support Meetings to foster relationships among instructional coaches, coordinators, and administrators.
• Work with Content Team Leads (CTL) to disseminate information and identify needs for professional learning and content‑specific knowledge and skills.
• Contribute to campus improvement goals and action plans based on classroom and district assessment data.
• Collaborate with campus leadership and CTL to support staffing, hiring efforts, and master schedule, including participating in interviews when appropriate.
• Support and grow collaborative teams several times a week, support the campus professional learning plan, meet regularly with the campus principal and/or the Teaching and Learning team, work one‑on‑one with teachers to improve instruction, and regularly review learner and campus data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (required).
• Master’s Degree (preferred).
• Valid Texas Secondary Teacher Certification at the appropriate level.
• Campus leadership experience.
• Three or more years of classroom experience (preferred).
• Experience facilitating professional learning.

Special Knowledge & Skills

• Strong knowledge of current curriculum and instructional strategies.
• Effective collaborator.
• Knowledge of effective planning protocols.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Maintain emotional control under stress and demonstrate flexibility to meet staff needs.
• Physically demanding duties include moving between rooms, transporting small stacks of textbooks, organizing, storing, and distributing materials, and moving media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.
• Full‑day instructional coach role with expectations to support and grow collaborative teams, engage in professional learning, and review data regularly.