SEIS Instructional Coach

JOB DESCRIPTION

Department: Special Education in Institutional Settings

Title: SEIS Instructional Coach

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: SEIS Professional Development Coordinator

Salary: SEIS Instructional Coach Scale

Purpose: To provide SEIS teachers with job-embedded coaching that improves planning and delivery of instruction, curriculum, and assessment and increases student engagement

Essential Functions:

* Implement multi-day instructional coaching continuums with all teachers

* Facilitate teacher implementation of high leverage practices introduced and modeled in release-day professional development sessions and Afternoon Workgroups

* Document coaching content and delivery using the SEIS Instructional Coaching Interaction (Google) Form

* Recommend structured opportunities for teachers to observe more experienced and skillful colleagues * Provide and/or coordinate support for SEIS teachers in their role as special educators * Co-plan and coordinate support for teacher skill development with other coaches, mentors and supervisors

* Provide coaching for SEIS teachers, as appropriate, in the skills and strategies related to The Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching, in a variety of educational settings

* Assist SEIS teachers in the development of professional and cooperative learning communities * Assist SEIS teachers with the integration of technology into their instructional practices * Provide support for SEIS teachers in the achievement of their Educator Growth Plan goals * Participate in monthly coach-coordinator meetings

* Plan and deliver training workshops, webinars, narrated PowerPoints, etc., to support the professional development, curriculum, and technology plans

* Maintain, analyze and report data on all essential functions of the position

* Use data to promote continuous improvement of job performance and program outcomes * Provide support for host agency staff as directed

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

* Provide weekly coaching schedules in alignment with the schedules of SEIS teachers on their caseload, quarterly spreadsheets of coaching activities, and bi-annual coaching reports to the SEIS Professional Development Coordinator for the designated host agency.

* Assist teachers in the use of strategies and materials appropriate to a multilingual, multicultural and specialized population

* Recommend and provide approved curriculum resources to program sites as needed * Develop and maintain a personal Educator Growth Plan leading to continued licensure * Assist in oversight and administration of statewide testing within the educational setting and ensure the level of security and confidentiality as outlined by the Department of Education

* Participate in summer coach training and planning sessions

* Assume any additional responsibilities as directed by the SEIS Contract Administrator Updated February 26, 2020

* Use all SEIS resources according to established policies and procedures

* Assist with annual inventories of all resources

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree from accredited College or University

* Appropriate Massachusetts special education license for age level and population * Minimum of three years teaching experience with Proficient or Exemplary evaluations * Working knowledge of co-teaching in an inclusion setting

* Experience with assistive technology tools and strategies and other accommodations * Demonstrate clear verbal and written communication skills

* Preferred co-teaching experience in a special education setting

* Preferred experience teaching in an alternative, juvenile justice, or specialized setting * Preferred background in coaching, supervision of teachers

* Knowledge of and commitment to principles and practices of social justice, equity, and inclusion * Valid driver's license and reliable vehicle are required

Preferred Qualifications:

* Masters degree in Education or related field

* Additional teaching license in core content area

Physical Demands:

* Must be able to enter, exit, move through and between classrooms and program locations throughout the day. At some locations this will mean moving between floors.

* Must be able to communicate and converse effectively in real time with youth and adults from multiple backgrounds and cultures.

* Must maintain situational awareness, including awareness of student activity and communication in a fast-paced secure institutional setting.

* Must be able to use traditional and digital instructional technologies.

Working Conditions:

* Work is subject to interruption and redirection, and priorities may change during the course of a day due to programming needs.

* Education is primarily conducted in an indoor classroom setting, with occasional programming outdoors, in a gymnasium, greenhouse, or on field trips.

* Classrooms are in a secure residential setting

* Teachers are required to work both independently and collaboratively.

* Limited evening hours are required for family events, and cross-state travel may be required occasionally. * Reassignment to different sites or programs within two school calendar days in the event that staffing needs change

Terms of Employment:

* 185/186 days, Monday through Friday - CES/DYS School calendar.

* 8 hours per day with benefits according to CES Personnel Policies with limited evening hours * Coaches are part of a bargaining unit represented by SEIU 509.