World Language Instructional Coach – Districtwide

Syracuse City School District • Syracuse, NY

7d • $59,499 • Onsite

About The Position

The World Languages Instructional Coach will support the Department of Multilingual and Cultural Education in strengthening and expanding instructional capacity across the district to ensure high-quality teaching and learning in the World Languages program. Working collaboratively with building administrators and educators, the coach provides guidance and support to help meet the diverse linguistic, cultural, and academic needs of students. Serving as a bridge between curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional learning, the World Languages Instructional Coach fosters teacher growth, promotes the implementation of effective, standards-aligned instructional practices, and helps ensure that students develop language proficiency, intercultural competence, and a global perspective.

Requirements

• New York State World Languages certification
• Minimum five (5) years of World Language teaching experience required.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience leading other teachers to achieve strong academic results.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit; be flexible, willing, and able to play different roles at the school and district-level, and to go above and beyond to meet the varied and constant needs of the students of the SCSD.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Prior demonstration of exemplary attendance is expected of any candidate for hire
• Strong record of helping world language learners achieve academic success.
• Experience analyzing data and using results to modify lessons.
• Experience with language acquisition and instructional best practices for world language learners.
• Available and willing to actively participate in school communities.
• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to the SCSD mission and willingness to serve the SCSD community.
• Experience in providing high-quality professional development.
• Ability to plan, model, coach, and provide feedback to individual teachers and teams of teachers to improve teaching and learning.
• Experience building and maintaining culturally responsive learning environments that celebrate the diversity of the student population.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit; be flexible and willing to go above and beyond to meet the varied and constant needs of the students of the SCSD.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and facilitation skills.

Nice To Haves

• City Residents are encouraged to apply!

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with teachers, develop resource materials for personalizing the learning for all students.
• Collaborate with school and district leaders to strengthen world language programs and improve student outcomes.
• Serve as a resource in identifying appropriate research-based instructional strategies, developing standards-aligned curriculum, and supporting proficiency-based instruction and assessment to improve achievement for world language learners.
• Serve as a coach to teachers by providing expert advice on improving and enhancing individual lessons and units based on ongoing analysis.
• Reviewing lesson plans, unit plans and assessments
• Understanding the District scope and sequence in in the World Language curriculum
• Observing classroom instruction and offering comprehensive analysis and feedback
• Conducting demonstrations and modeling lessons for classroom teachers
• Facilitate PLCs and/or collaborative learning teams to increase content and pedagogical knowledge of effective world language instruction.
• Demonstrate a commitment to high expectations for all students
• Support the district’s New York State Seal of Biliteracy program
• Complete any additional duties as assigned by the Supervising Director of Multilingual and Cultural Education Department

Benefits

• Stipend of $8,000
• Starting salary of $59,499 for SCSD Teachers
• Salary increase based on outside, related experience and college transcripts pursuant to the Unit 1 contractual agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed