Academic Coach

Educational Empowerment Group•Chillicothe, OH

20h

About The Position

The Academic Coach is a full-time, supplemental, teacher-focused resource. The role typically dedicates 50–60% of its time to classroom coaching with teachers, including planning, demonstration, observation, co-teaching, and study of lessons. The remaining 40–50% is spent on coaching responsibilities such as the coach’s own training, staff professional development, data review and conversations, coordinating staff development with the principal, and record keeping and logs. The Academic Coach supports teacher and student learning by helping design high-quality school- and team-based professional learning, advancing continuous academic improvement, and helping teachers use data, research, content knowledge, and instructional strategies to improve teaching practice and student achievement. The coach provides job-embedded and classroom-based support, facilitates sustained professional learning aligned with school improvement goals, and communicates progress, obstacles, and successes to school leaders, the school board, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Assist in structuring and designing high-quality, school- and team-based professional learning that supports teacher and student learning.
Act as a catalyst for continuous academic improvement.
Articulate the intended results of professional learning on teacher practice and student achievement.
Model effective collaboration skills.
Facilitate analysis of student achievement and teacher professional development data to determine impact on student learning and teacher practice.
Increase teachers’ capacity to analyze research and use it to make instructional decisions.
Advance teachers’ understanding and use of strategies for assessing student progress toward established goals and improving teaching practice.
Support job-embedded professional learning and improved academic achievement in the school.
Engage teachers in analyzing and interpreting data from multiple sources to determine student and teacher needs.
Facilitate in-depth, sustained professional learning aligned with school improvement goals for student achievement.
Advance teachers’ understanding and use of content knowledge and research-based instructional strategies to help students meet rigorous academic standards.
Provide classroom-based support for implementing new or refined instructional practices, including planning, demonstration, observation, co-teaching, and study of lessons.
Coordinate staff development with the principal, review data, hold data conversations, maintain records and logs, and pursue the coach’s own training.
Create structures and processes for collaborative work that promote collegiality and shared responsibility.
Ensure available time for professional learning and collaboration is used to enhance teaching quality and student learning.
Keep the school leader, school board, and other stakeholders informed about activities, progress, obstacles, and successes in student achievement and improved teacher practice.