Instructional Coach - RLA High School (26-27 school year)

San Angelo ISD•San Angelo, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Instructional Coach serves as a resource for teachers, helping them identify and demonstrate effective instructional strategies, best practices, and interventions. The primary goal is to promote maximum success for students across all curriculum areas. This role involves working directly with teachers, providing demonstration lessons, incorporating district-aligned strategies, and assisting with student progress monitoring and data interpretation for instructional decision-making. The coach also supports professional learning communities and provides professional development for staff.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
Valid Texas teaching certificate
Knowledge of core curriculum and effective instructional strategies
Successful classroom teaching experience
Strong organizational, communication (verbal and written), and interpersonal skills
Minimum three years’ experience in primary reading and math instruction

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree, preferred

Responsibilities

Work directly with teachers individually and in small groups as directed by the principal.
Give best practice demonstration lessons for teachers in their classrooms.
Incorporate strategies that are aligned with the district’s curriculum.
Communicate with teachers of identified students to develop effective classroom teaching strategies and monitor students’ progress.
Assist teachers in evaluating student for ongoing instructional decision making.
Promote and facilitate research that leads to best practice.
Model best practices in small group instruction by working with identified students in classrooms.
Support professional learning communities; admission, review and dismissal meetings; and language proficiency assessment committees with student data, instructional resources, and instructional strategies.
Assist teachers in interpreting data to determine students’ needs.
Collaborate with teachers to make data-driven decisions in planning effective instruction.
Assist teachers with implementing appropriate resources to maximize student progress.
Monitor data related to English language learners and students with low socioeconomic status.
Communicate information about curriculum and instruction.
Network with other instructional coaches to assess and plan instruction, research best practices, and coordinate management of materials and procedures with consistency across the district.
Initiate, participate in, and evaluate professional learning programs.
Provide professional learning for staff that emphasizes scientifically researched instruction.
Utilize information from professional learning to demonstrate effective implementation in classrooms.
Assist tutors and others in best practices and scientifically researched resources.
Provide ongoing training and instructional support in implementing strategies for English language proficiency standards.