Instructional ELA Coach

What You’ll Do

• Support teachers and instructional staff implementing high quality curriculum.
• Support teachers inside and outside the classroom, developing their craft and driving student achievement growth.
• Closely work with teachers to build their capacity through effective instructional practices.
• Work under the supervision of the Executive Director aligned with the needs of the building principal.
• Assign an NPFE academy to support teachers with reading and writing instruction.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Must possess a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in education.
• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate (in assigned content area/s of coaching).
• 5+ years of teaching experience (in assigned content area/s of coaching).
• Skilled at using data to ground conversations about instructional practice.
• Skilled at using student work to ground conversations about instructional practice.
• Experience leading adult learning, deep understanding of assigned content area, expertise of conceptual understanding, and ability to develop teachers resulting in improved student outcomes.
• Experience coaching or managing adults.
• Understanding the instructional needs of Multilingual Learners and thinking and learning differences of students.