2019-2020 ELEMENTARY-Instructional Coach POOL

Position Summary

Essential Duties

• Supports regular, ELL, and special education teachers in the implementation, alignment and monitoring of the district curriculum guidelines.
• Provides rigorous standards-based teaching strategies including the District Standards in professional development.
• Monitors, reviews, supports and makes recommendations regarding instructional programs on assigned campuses.
• Works with the administrator and instructional leadership team to monitor and support the implementation of the programs growth and improvement.
• Integrates the district's instructional guides into the school's instructional strategies to create an integrated campus action plan.
• Facilitates inquiry groups to research effective teaching practices and provides useful tools that can be readily integrated into the educational reform process.
• Conducts classroom interactions to demonstrate and observe essential elements of the school's instructional program and District Standards. Components of these interactions will include: planning conferences with teachers, demonstration observation sessions, and debriefing.
• Provides technical assistance in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of student achievement data.
• Participates in state and local professional development for Instructional Coaches, including peer observations, professional research and mathematics, inquiry sessions and higher education opportunities.
• Maintains an awareness of current research and curricula trends and disseminates "best practices" in instruction, assessment, technology and equity to provide job embedded professional development on instructional strategies that increase student achievement.
• Collaborates with other instructional coaches to review performance data, reflect on themes, determine how to aggregate and prioritize needs, and allocate resources accordingly.
• This position will be required to travel between locations to perform the duties mentioned above. Must have a reliable mode of transportation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Job Specifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)

• Bachelors' Degree.
• Oklahoma Teacher certificate.
• Five (5) years of successful teaching experience required.
• ELEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: Elementary Mathematics, Reading Specialist, Early Childhood, or Elementary Certification.
• SECONDARY REQUIREMENTS: Secondary English/Language Arts, Reading Specialist, US History/Government/Economics, Secondary Math, or Advanced Mathematics certification.
• Experience in planning and monitoring campus-wide instructional programs.
• Knowledge of adult learning theory and experience leading teachers in the area of instructional delivery across the curriculum.
• Outstanding communication facilitation skills.
• Interpersonal skills suited to provide advice and mentoring to teachers and administrators.
• Knowledge of effective instructional practices for English Language Learners, students with disabilities and gifted and talented students.
• Experience in providing support to campuses in the areas of classroom-technology integration, parental involvement, school wide needs assessments, and analyzing data using large-scale, benchmark, and embedded assessments.

Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Preferred)

• Masters' Degree

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• The working conditions and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Able to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer.
• Able to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone.
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly.
• Physical agility to bend, stoop, climb stairs, walk, reach and lift up to 50 pounds.
• This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. The employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the supervisor or appropriate administrator. Oklahoma City Public Schools reserves the right to, update, revise or change job duties as the need prevails. This document is for communication only and not intended to imply a written or implied contract of employment. T h e Board of Education and Superintendent may approve alternatives to the listed qualifications.
• Duty Days: 191
• Salary Schedule: <div class="textarea"> 017 - Exempt <br>Step determined by education and experience. </div>
• Additional Job Information: <div class="textarea"> Reports To: Director Professional Development <br>FSLA Status: Exempt <br>Compensation: 017 (Step determined by education and experience.) <br>Work Days: 191 <br>FTE: 100 </div>