North County Primary Instructional Coach Grades K-2

Department: Instruction • Reports to: Building Principal

About the Role

Serves as a mentor, model, and coach for all teachers and others (paraprofessionals, tutors, etc.) involved in implementing the educational program.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teachers and administrators to ensure that ALL students become proficient readers, writers, and problem solvers
• Provide ongoing, systemic professional development to refine and enhance the quality of instruction across the curriculum
• Model "best practice" strategies in content area classrooms
• Assist teachers with whole group or individual assessment
• Analyze key pieces of data (MAP, DRA, etc.), and data collection (anecdotal records, writing samples, district assessments etc.) that will improve the existing curriculum and inform daily instruction
• Help improve instruction by engaging teachers in self-reflective conversations that enables teachers to problem solve on their own practice
• Help improve instruction by participation in the development of explicit, intentional plans for at-risk students (more than two levels behind their current grade placement)
• Support the organization and development of building reading and writing materials collections, professional collections, and other literacy materials required to differentiate instruction
• Participate in and/or coordinate PLC Teams, study groups, and action research teams
• Support principals, parents, and teachers with resources and information about academic development in your school
• Meet monthly with new teachers and with second year teachers three times a year to discuss issues, concerns, and collaborate on solutions
• Coordinate and facilitate professional development with the Professional Development Committee's building representatives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's Degree preferred
• Minimum of three years classroom teaching experience
• Valid Teaching Certificate
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before people
• Basic mathematical skills including the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to operate a personal computer and related software
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff, and the school community
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand and talk or hear
• Frequently required to walk and sit
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision and depth perception

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate