Excel Academy Charter Schools-posted 3 months ago
Part-time
MA
251-500 employees

The part-time Instructional Coach will drive the curricular and instructional efficacy of an Excel Academy middle school, a school that serves students in grades 5-8. You will be responsible for the management of instructional staff by providing regular feedback to teachers on their effectiveness in meeting the needs of Excel’s instructional program and supporting them to meet their and our goals.

  • Drive excellent teaching for all learners in Excel classrooms.
  • Observe classes regularly and give written and verbal feedback to teachers.
  • Provide feedback on teachers’ classroom procedures, instruction, and curriculum.
  • Ensure frequent points of contact with all direct reports.
  • Develop structures to ensure presence in all classrooms weekly at a minimum.
  • Meet with all direct reports bi-weekly at a minimum, sending agendas in advance.
  • Target support toward individual teacher needs.
  • Ensure that Excel classes are engaging, challenging, and accessible to all learners.
  • Ensure that students master basic skills and higher-level abstract material.
  • Drive excellent curriculum development.
  • Ensure that Excel Academy curriculum is aligned with MA Curriculum Frameworks.
  • Work with the Network Department heads and Head of School to ensure alignment with school mission.
  • Help teachers develop and implement high quality assessments.
  • Collect, analyze, share and interpret internal and external school assessments.
  • Manage student standardized testing.
  • Support the planning, execution and analysis of intervention programs.
  • Support the monitoring of the special education and ELL inclusion program.
  • Coach teachers to create a classroom that reflects Excel’s Student Culture Vision.
  • Provide feedback to teachers on behavior management systems.
  • Guide teachers in creating opportunities for students to reflect on community values.
  • Collaborate with the Head of School and Dean of Culture on culture initiatives.
  • Lead and implement group professional development opportunities for staff.
  • Design and implement the teacher professional development program.
  • Plan and facilitate staff meetings as needed.
  • Write quality evaluations for all direct reports.
  • Support the hiring and retention of talented staff.
  • Manage aspirations for all direct reports.
  • Articulate a vision for Excel’s program and translate that vision into action.
  • Develop and perform regular school health assessments.
  • Create a dynamic and innovative staff culture.
  • Support efforts for knowledge management and continual improvement.
  • Set the tone of highest expectations and urgency.
  • Oversee relevant programmatic budgets.
  • Act as a substitute teacher when needed.
  • Participate in Friday meetings, school PD and Family Conferences.
  • Serve as a productive member of the Administrative Team.
  • A Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
  • A minimum of five years’ teaching experience is required.
  • Experience working in a high-performing, urban public charter or district school is strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated efficacy in raising academic achievement for historically under-served students.
  • Ability to promote rigorous classroom instruction and culture.
  • A commitment to and belief in all students and the mission of Excel Academy Charter Schools.
  • A commitment to addressing racial and economic inequity in education.
  • The ability to focus and thrive in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.
  • The ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • An entrepreneurial spirit that reflects an openness to change.
  • Experience in a public or charter school setting.
  • Speak Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.
  • Ability to articulate the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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