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Memphis Shelby County Schools is hiring an Instructional Coach to lead and develop the literacy, math, or science program for a school. The coach will guide teachers in instructional strategies, analyze student data, coordinate interventions, and organize professional development to enhance teaching effectiveness.

Highlights

Lead the school's literacy, math, or science program and oversee curriculum development.
Support teachers through conferences, observations, feedback, and demonstration lessons.
Organize and facilitate teams for reviewing assessment data and planning instructional strategies.
Design and implement professional development based on assessment data and instructional needs.
Maintain communication with teachers and school leadership to meet instructional goals.
Analyze state and district assessment data to improve student achievement and instructional decision-making.
Prepare weekly activity logs and various required reports.
Require a Master’s Degree in Education, Curriculum and Instruction or related field with an endorsement in the relevant content area.
Require four years of classroom experience related to the assignment and valid Tennessee teacher licensure.
Salary range from $50,811.28 to $88,799.06 per year.

Instructional Coach Full Description

Purpose and Scope:

The primary function of the position within the organization is to provide essential leadership for a school’s entire Literacy, Math, or Science program. The position is charged with expertise in reading and writing across content areas, communication, and instructional organization. The Instructional Curriculum Coach organizes and leads a team that develops literacy, math, or science plans for a school, guides teachers in embedding instructional strategies, analyzes data related to student mastery, and coordinates intervention and support for students.

Essential Job Functions:

supports teachers through conferences, observations, feedback, and analysis of student results, demonstration lessons, curriculum implementation, team teaching and instructional best practices.
Shares effective instructional strategies with teachers both individually and through in-service workshops; assist with unit and lesson planning, observes teachers in the classroom as requested by principals; makes recommendations for improvement in performance as appropriate; offers advice and assistance as needed.
Assists teachers and school administrators in meeting identified goals in instruction; maintains on-going communication with teachers, school leadership as appropriate.
Collaborates with teachers to build a knowledge base of core content areas and repertoire of teaching skills to improve student achievement.
Keeps abreast of developments in curriculum, instruction, educational/content area research and assist in determining their appropriateness for implementation at the school level.
Analyzes state and district assessment data to help target professional development needs; designs, plans and implements school and individual-level professional development opportunities addressing instructional content, curriculum, instructional methods, and assessment in the classroom.
Organizes and facilitates a team that reviews assessment data and develops long-term literacy, math, or science plan for a school. Organizes and facilitates grade level teams, teacher leaders, or curriculum focus group sessions.
Communicates instructional best practices with school leadership to provide maximum teacher effectiveness.
Leads analysis of data related to student achievement in Literacy, Math, or Science and supports staff in using this data in instructional decision making.
Prepares weekly logs and/or reports documenting activities to support the improvement of teaching and learning at assigned school(s). Compiles data for and prepares various statistical, administrative and professional reports as required.
Attends training, conferences, workshops and meetings as appropriate to enhance job knowledge and skills.
Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

Minimum Qualifications:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s Degree in Education, Curriculum and Instruction or other relevant field of study and requires an endorsement in the content area directly related to area of assignment; requires four (4) years of classroom experience related to the area of assignment and a valid state of Tennessee teacher licensure certification.

Degree Equivalency Formula:
Bachelor’s Degree= 4 years plus required years of experience.
Master’s Degree= 2 years plus required years of experience. Where Master’s degrees are required, years for Bachelor’s Degrees must be included.

Original Job Description

Purpose and Scope:

supports teachers through conferences, observations, feedback, and analysis of student results, demonstration lessons, curriculum implementation, team teaching and instructional best practices.
Shares effective instructional strategies with teachers both individually and through in-service workshops; assist with unit and lesson planning, observes teachers in the classroom as requested by principals; makes recommendations for improvement in performance as appropriate; offers advice and assistance as needed.
Assists teachers and school administrators in meeting identified goals in instruction; maintains on-going communication with teachers, school leadership as appropriate.
Collaborates with teachers to build a knowledge base of core content areas and repertoire of teaching skills to improve student achievement.
Keeps abreast of developments in curriculum, instruction, educational/content area research and assist in determining their appropriateness for implementation at the school level.
Analyzes state and district assessment data to help target professional development needs; designs, plans and implements school and individual-level professional development opportunities addressing instructional content, curriculum, instructional methods, and assessment in the classroom.
Organizes and facilitates a team that reviews assessment data and develops long-term literacy, math, or science plan for a school. Organizes and facilitates grade level teams, teacher leaders, or curriculum focus group sessions.
Communicates instructional best practices with school leadership to provide maximum teacher effectiveness.
Leads analysis of data related to student achievement in Literacy, Math, or Science and supports staff in using this data in instructional decision making.
Prepares weekly logs and/or reports documenting activities to support the improvement of teaching and learning at assigned school(s). Compiles data for and prepares various statistical, administrative and professional reports as required.
Attends training, conferences, workshops and meetings as appropriate to enhance job knowledge and skills.
Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

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