(Anticipated Vacancy) Campus Content Instructional Specialist (CCIS), 2025-2026, Social Studies, SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (TX)•Cypress, TX

50d•$64,206

About The Position

Coordinate with district curriculum coordinators to ensure the fidelity of curriculum and instruction. Coordinate the implementation of Differentiated Instruction into assigned content. Coordinate with the Academic Achievement Specialist to provide assistance in student achievement interventions including the Response to Intervention (RtI) model. Coach teachers to use a variety of current research-based instructional strategies, technology, and content-specific knowledge through participation in continued professional development. Facilitate vertical alignment of instructional strategies among three grade levels. Coach teachers to increase rigor at all levels and student engagement in all classrooms. Model expert lessons, observe classroom instruction, and follow-up with coaching sessions. Support teachers in their classroom to ensure proper delivery and implementation of lessons. Provide or assist in direct instruction of students as needed. Collaborate with teams and attend all weekly planning meetings to ensure lesson and assessment development is aligned with the content scope/sequence and TEKS. Facilitate the use of iXplore to its fullest capacity: lesson planning, resource selection, assessments, data digging, and data interpretations for instructional decisions. Guide the teams through data analysis to adjust first-time instruction and/or to focus re-teaching. Attend district meetings as appropriate for the job. Facilitate the campus's representation at each grade-level, content-area share session and professional development and ensure information is shared with all team/department members. Serve as a communication liaison between teachers, campus administration, and district curriculum staff so that information is disseminated in an accurate and effective way. Distribute and collect campus and/or district-level paperwork (i.e., safety contracts, TMSFA data, SRI data, and other paperwork as appropriate to the content area and/or campus. Manage content-area budget, inventory of resources, supplies, and materials including district-purchased equipment and kits. Meet regularly with the principal and director of instruction to share/discuss progress towards campus goals. Perform other duties as assigned by the principal. Regular and reliable attendance is an essential job function.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with the appropriate teacher certification
A minimum of 3 years of successful experience as a classroom teacher in the secondary school content area associated with the assignment (middle school experience preferred)
Deep knowledge of the subject-area content and research-based instructional strategies/practices
Capacity to lead content-area teaching teams for the purpose of improving instruction and student achievement

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred

Responsibilities

Coordinate with district curriculum coordinators to ensure the fidelity of curriculum and instruction.
Coordinate the implementation of Differentiated Instruction into assigned content.
Coordinate with the Academic Achievement Specialist to provide assistance in student achievement interventions including the Response to Intervention (RtI) model.
Coach teachers to use a variety of current research-based instructional strategies, technology, and content-specific knowledge through participation in continued professional development.
Facilitate vertical alignment of instructional strategies among three grade levels.
Coach teachers to increase rigor at all levels and student engagement in all classrooms.
Model expert lessons, observe classroom instruction, and follow-up with coaching sessions.
Support teachers in their classroom to ensure proper delivery and implementation of lessons.
Provide or assist in direct instruction of students as needed.
Collaborate with teams and attend all weekly planning meetings to ensure lesson and assessment development is aligned with the content scope/sequence and TEKS.
Facilitate the use of iXplore to its fullest capacity: lesson planning, resource selection, assessments, data digging, and data interpretations for instructional decisions.
Guide the teams through data analysis to adjust first-time instruction and/or to focus re-teaching.
Attend district meetings as appropriate for the job.
Facilitate the campus's representation at each grade-level, content-area share session and professional development and ensure information is shared with all team/department members.
Serve as a communication liaison between teachers, campus administration, and district curriculum staff so that information is disseminated in an accurate and effective way.
Distribute and collect campus and/or district-level paperwork (i.e., safety contracts, TMSFA data, SRI data, and other paperwork as appropriate to the content area and/or campus.
Manage content-area budget, inventory of resources, supplies, and materials including district-purchased equipment and kits.
Meet regularly with the principal and director of instruction to share/discuss progress towards campus goals.
Perform other duties as assigned by the principal.
Regular and reliable attendance is an essential job function.