Instructional Coach/Testing/Curriculum Coordinator

Testing Coordinator And Instructional Coach (TCIC)

The Testing Coordinator/Instructional Coach, having both content and instructional expertise, will work as a colleague with classroom teachers to support student learning and teacher practice. The TCIC will focus on individual and groupprofessional learning that will expand and refine the understanding about evidence-based effective instruction for teachers. In order to meet this purpose, the TCIC will provide personalized, 1:1 support based on the goals, student assessment data, and identified needs of individual teachers.

Responsible to: Building Principal and Curriculum Coordinator

Payment Rate: According to Certified Teacher Salary Schedule

Employment Term: 9 Month

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Minimum of five years of successful teaching experience.
• Current Montana Teaching License.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Montana Content Standards and the Montana Comprehensive Assessment System
• Experience in evidence-based instructional practices.
• Previous coaching or teacher leadership experience
• Deep knowledge of and experience in: instructional strategies, conditions of learning, assessment driven instruction (teaching/learning process), curriculum development
• Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills for building an environment with a common instructional focus, promoting initiatives, and conveying expectations
• Ability to design and deliver quality professional development for administrators and teachers
• Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated strength in organization, communication skills and efficiency in meeting deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to function as a positive collaborative member of a team.

General Responsibilities:

• Communicate and demonstrate evidence-based instructional practices that result in improved student outcomes.
• Provide organized, individual and/or group learning opportunities for teachers as needed.
• Provide individualized, classroom-based coaching with participants to support them in implementing good instructional practices.
• Provide support in analyzing student assessment data.
• Assist teachers with designing instructional decisions based on assessment data.
• Provide support for classroom motivation and management strategies.
• Assist teachers in creating pacing guides, unit plans, and unit assessments that are aligned with essential content standards in the curriculum.
• Provide teachers resources related to instruction and curriculum.
• Help in researching instructional and/or curriculum issues.
• Provide encouragement and emotional support to teachers.
• Encourage ongoing professional growth for all teachers.
• Work positively toward meeting identified district and building improvement goals.
• Assist with development of district curriculum, instruction, and assessments.
• Develop and maintain a confidential, collegial relationship with teachers.
• Possess an understanding of when to contact administrators regarding issues of safety/ethics involving students in the classroom observed.
• Assist teachers in aligning their teaching with appropriate standards, curriculum and assessments.
• Assist building staff with the gathering, examination and analysis of formative and summative assessment data to identify learning concerns for individual students and groups of students.
• Provides instructional support that is responsive to the identified needs of students and provides coaching support that is responsive to identified needs of staff.
• Assist principals in monitoring and documenting instruction and assessment status and progress of new teachers and/or teachers with identified needs.
• Serve as support for the school and classroom levels in the implementation, monitoring, and improvement of the Multi-Tiered System of Support.
• Assure that students with disabilities are given appropriate testing instruments and accommodations.
• Compile and deliver test data to teachers in a timely manner and ensure that scores are entered into the data management system (Infinite Campus).
• Track student/teacher assessment data per unit, quarter, semester, and year and report data to administration in a timely manner.
• Have the ability to lead the staff in improving student achievement levels
• Coordinate with school counselors and local colleges for the administration of ACT, ASVAB, and any other entrance exams.
• Keeps current on appropriate assessment methods and best practices with reference to test procedures.
• Ability to work with the Montana Office of Public Instruction to follow assessment mandates.
• Ability to organize and schedule District-wide assessment calendar.
• Ability to organize and maintain district assessment data.

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's evaluation policy.

Mental/Motor Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee rarely performs routine work. The employee frequently exercises flexibility (ability to shift from one task to another). Guidance and reinforcement are infrequently available. The employee frequently works within time constraints and maintains attentiveness. The employee is frequently involved in social interactions which require oral and written communications. The physical demands, work-environment characteristics, and mental/motor demands described within this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations shall be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer: This employer does not knowingly discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or national origin.