Job Description
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB Under the supervision of the appropriate supervisor, a team of academic coaches contributes to the development, coordination, implementation, and on-going evaluation of literacy, mathematics, and technology initiatives. They support the Instructional Improvement Officers, Principals, Curriculum Facilitators, and Teachers in all instructional initiatives. Also, the Academic Coaches assist the Director of Induction and Success with staff development programming and work closely with first year teachers in the district. SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Works with staff to implement a coherent curriculum aligned with state and national standards Promotes use of consistent instructional framework and research-based strategies Helps build assessment systems that are aligned with curriculum and instruction priorities Ensures that human, financial, and material resources are aligned to support coherence Leads professional development for math, literacy, and technology teachers Supports school-based professional development led by math, literacy and technology specialists and teacher leaders Designs, implements and evaluates school and district staff development in concert with other school leaders Assists the Director or Induction and Success in developing and coaching new teachers Works with the Instructional Improvement Officer to develop a data profile for assigned schools Helps staff secure, analyze, and interpret data for promoting instructional improvement Supports principals, reading specialists, and teacher leaders in using data at the school level ACADEMIC COACHES Serves as liaison with the Assessment and Evaluation division and the schools in securing relevant data. Models instructional strategies with teachers and staff in classrooms. Makes regular classroom visits to support instructional improvement. Provides feedback to teachers and staff regarding implementation issues. Serves as coach working with staff to improve their practice. Works with staff and schools to address learning needs of all students. Coordinates with other departments, offices, and organizations to best serve student needs. Provides customized professional development to meet unique student needs and support differentiated instruction. Participates in regular professional development to improve knowledge and skills. Joins Instructional Improvement Officers in cross-functional training to build instructional capacity. Attends and presents at local, state, and national conferences. Serves as a liaison with colleges, universities, and educational partners to build capacity. Performs other related work as required. MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE Masters degree with emphasis on the area of specialty, curriculum, or administration. Proven record of excellence as a classroom teacher with predictive characteristics of an outstanding administrator. Experience as a presenter in staff development programs. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Must possess a teaching certificate from the State of North Carolina. Must possess a valid North Carolina driver's license. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS ACADEMIC COACHES Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree. Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things. Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants. Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice contr