Special Education Coach (SY26-27)
About The Position
The Special Education Instructional Coach serves as a key leader in strengthening instructional quality in inclusive and substantially separate settings across the district. This role focuses primarily on supporting elementary special education programming while also leading the induction, mentoring, and development of new special education teachers across all schools. The Coach works collaboratively with building leaders, coaches and coordinators, general education teachers, special education teachers, related service providers, behavioral and and mental health providers to ensure high-quality, rigorous instruction for students with special needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s in Education strongly preferred.
- Hold a valid Massachusetts Educator License, dual certification in Moderate Disabilities and Pre-K-8
- Have at least two years of teaching experience
- Meet all state and federal guidelines in order to be fully licensed and Highly Qualified.
- Ability to meet the Standards of Effective Teaching established by the Massachusetts Model System for Educators as outlined above.
Nice To Haves
- Multilingual candidates are encouraged to apply, with Spanish and Portuguese language skills preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide job-embedded coaching to elementary special education teachers, including modeling lessons, co-planning, and co-teaching.
- Support the implementation of inclusive practices, co-teaching models, and differentiated instruction, to include the implementation of behavioral support plans across settings.
- Provide guidance on IEP development, documentation, and service delivery for new teachers.
- Assist the New Educator Mentor Committee with the induction for new special education teachers.
- Partner with school leaders to monitor progress and provide targeted academic, social/emotional, and behavioral supports.
- Collaborate with curriculum leaders, instructional coaches, and administrators.
- Provides consistent, immediate feedback to student learning and asks analytical questions that elicit students’ responses that incorporate prior knowledge, life experience, and interests that are directly related to the content objective.
- Monitors and maintains a positive classroom environment that supports the school-wide behavior expectation in which most students are engaged, incorporates mutual respect, and provides cooperative learning opportunities.
- Uses available technology/instructional media to enhance the students’ learning experiences.
- Establishes and maintains appropriate relationships with students, parents, staff, and community members by communicating in a tactful, courteous, and confidential manner.
- Appropriately communicates and interacts with other professional staff in academic planning and school committee work.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings and school-related activities and committees.
- Demonstrates a commitment to continuous professional growth and works with the administrator to formulate and complete professional growth plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
