Instructional Support Coach Infant/Toddler

Communication

• Facilitate group discussions on reflective practice.
• Give feedback verbally and in writing on classroom practice.
• Engage in crucial conversations with teachers to impact practice.
• Facilitate data dialogues with classroom teams to improve practice and outcomes.

Coaching

• Coach all classroom teachers in the classroom.
• Create individual coaching plans for teachers.
• Engage education staff in individual and group reflective coaching.
• Review staff goals quarterly and provide feedback and guidance.
• Mentor and orient new teachers to classroom practices.

Administration

• Collaborate with site management team to ensure classroom ratios, licensing, funding, and educational requirements.
• Audit and ensure accurate and timely submission of required program documentation.
• Monitor and ensure daily attendance and meal participation reports are completed.
• Ensure confidentiality of all information.
• Assess strengths, challenges, and develop goals annually for infant toddler teaching staff.
• Conduct monthly classroom observations using the CLASS assessment tool.
• Attend and observe classroom team meetings monthly.

Child Development

• Ensure teachers observe, assess, and document each child’s health, skills, behavior, growth, and development.
• Support teachers in providing opportunities for children to develop positive self-images and experiences of success.
• Incorporate individualized educational activities into lesson plans for each child.
• Integrate new curriculum goals and objectives into lesson plans to meet children's age-appropriate physical, social, educational, and emotional needs.

Curriculum

• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate classroom activities.
• Work collaboratively with teachers and support staff to integrate assessment results into curriculum and lesson planning.
• Coordinate and implement research-based interventions for academic and behavioral success.
• Order supplies, purchase classroom equipment/materials, and monitor budget usage to support curriculum plan.
• Plan and schedule field trips for classrooms.

Data & Assessments

• Administer screening or pre/post testing as needed to inform classroom practice.
• Analyze and aggregate data to provide staff with suggestions for site training and technical support.
• Enter weekly classroom data into the system in a timely manner.
• Complete quarterly data analysis in a timely manner.
• Compile information for TSG analysis of data to inform practices.
• Input classroom data into appropriate information systems.

Classroom Environment, Health & Safety

• Maintain a clean and safe environment by organizing classroom supplies, monitoring equipment, playrooms, playgrounds, and buses.
• Create requisitions for repairs and follow up on job completion.
• Establish research-based classroom interventions for academic and behavioral success.
• Create a secure environment that invites learning through exploration and discovery.
• Care for equipment and materials.

Parent Involvement

• Encourage and provide opportunities for parent participation in the program.
• Create home-school positive behavior plans with family support and parents.
• Document and coordinate staffings support, and continue adjustments of strategies for children with differing abilities and disabilities.

Professional Development

• Attend all teacher required meetings and trainings, including mentoring and coaching cohorts.
• Participate and contribute at teacher meetings, trainings, supervision, and weekly team meetings.
• Complete a minimum of 20 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) annually.
• Identify professional development opportunities and maintain professional development records.

Other Duties

• Track material utilization and recommend supplies, equipment, and supplies needed for the program.
• Provide classroom support and feedback.