Academic Coach - Phoenix, United States - Imagine Cortez Park Elementary

Description

This individual works collaboratively with Group or Regional Academic Director(s) and School Leader(s) to support Imagine Schools' vision to improve student achievement.

By providing teachers and school leaders with instructional strategies, content knowledge, and resources specifically aligned to Imagine Schools' national focus, the School Academic Coach is responsible for guiding and supporting improved teaching and learning competency that impacts student achievement and growth.

PERSONAL CHARACTER QUALITIES:

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Commitment to Equity:

Passionate about closing the achievement gap and ensuring that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, receives an excellent education
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Leadership:

High energy, clear goal orientation, problem solving and strong work ethic. Ability to build capacity in teachers, school leaders and other school coaches through high-trust relationships
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Teamwork:

Increases the effectiveness of team efforts through collaboration, constant learning and supporting others; sensitive to diversity in all its forms; respects and is committed to learning from others.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Demonstrates knowledge of Imagine Schools' initiatives including: Imagine Schools' Measures of Excellence, the _Academic Excellence Framework_, _Imagine Schools Curriculum Guide_, and Character Development Program.
• Demonstrates knowledge of effective use of curriculum, instructional, assessment, and intervention programs and approaches.
• Demonstrates knowledge and expertise with peer coaching for individual teachers and professional learning communities.
• Possesses knowledge of Arizona's Academic Standards, Social Emotional Learning, Imagine's Pacing Guides and understands the centrality of these in daily instructional practice.
• Demonstrates ability to provide engaging, highquality professional development in various formats aligned to School Excellence Plans and to the focus set forth by the National Academic and Character Team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Support: Provides assistance to educators in implementing Imagine Schools' Academic Excellence Framework and related academic and character initiatives
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• Assists with the development and writing of the School Excellence Plan supported by a yearlong aligned professional development plan.
• Collaborates with principal to report progress on the School Excellence Plan
• Assists in collaborative horizontal and vertical planning with grade levels.
• Supports teachers through the coaching cycle to ensure effective instructional delivery
• Assists school leaders and teachers with disaggregating and interpreting assessment data to adjust instruction and to plan effective remediation and enrichment instruction in order to increase student achievement.
• Conducts data chats with individual teachers and/or grade levels using formative and summative data, including the analysis of student work.

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Facilitation: Provides assistance in the implementation of best practices and monitors progress
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• Facilitates, assists and monitors the teachers' use of standards, data, and best teaching practices to impact student achievement.

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Feedback: Provides oral and written feedback on a regular basis
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• Provides teachers with supportive (nonevaluative) oral and/or written feedback following observations and professional learning.
• Coordinates a reflective cycle of professional inquiry with teachers and teams in support of a Professional Learning Plan.
• Collaborates and plans with teachers using data, including student work, to effectively inform instruction.

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Professional Learning:
Provides and participates in professional development for and with school staff, grade levels and departments, individual teachers, and professional learning communities to build capacity for academic and character excellence
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• Provides school staff members engaging, highquality professional development aligned to the School Excellence Plan and to the focus set forth by the National Academic and Character Team and Council.
• Delivers quality professional development to teachers, including but not limited to:
• Article/book studies
• Gradelevel/Individual or cluster instructional planning
• Data chats
• Small and whole group professional development
• Individual classroom coaching
• Lesson Study/ Critical Friends Groups/ Professional Learning Communities
• Participates in group and regionsponsored activities and meetings designed to enhance instruction and to support the coaching cycle and the implementation of the national literacy focus.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 35 years teaching experience.
• State teacher certification/ license.
• Experience in mentoring or coaching.
• Experience in leadership (team leader, department chair, task force chair, committee leader, or other).
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Master's Degree in Education (preferred).
• Assists teachers