At-Risk Instructional Elementary Coach

Certificates and Licenses: State Teaching License

Residency Requirements: TEXAS

This position offers a base salary of around $60,000.00

Summary: The Instructional Coach partners with teachers and campus leadership to cultivate high-impact instructional practices that increase student learning and achievement. Through Professional Learning Community (PLC) facilitation, lesson planning support, individualized coaching, and data-informed collaboration, the Instructional Coach builds teacher capacity aligned to TEKS, rigorous instructional design, and best practices in differentiation and student engagement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Individual & Small Group Coaching 

• Provide 1:1 and small group coaching cycles that emerge from: 
• PLC and planning support 
• Walkthrough data & Observations 
• Identified campus needs 
• Utilize coaching conversations that promote reflection, goal setting, and measurable growth. 
• Conduct regular 1:1 goal check-ins each semester with assigned teachers to monitor progress and adjust support as needed. 

 Collaboration with Campus Leadership 

• Meet with administrators to align coaching focus areas with campus instructional priorities. 
• Collaborate regularly to analyze data and determine coaching targets. 
• Support alignment between instructional expectations, curriculum implementation, and professional learning initiatives. 
• Provide feedback and insight regarding instructional trends and areas of growth. 

 Lesson Planning & Instructional Design Support 

• Collaborate with teachers during planning to strengthen TEKS alignment, clarity of learning targets, and assessment alignment. 
• Support teachers in lesson internalization, including unpacking standards, anticipating misconceptions, and identifying exemplar responses. 
• Facilitate structured lesson internalization opportunities to refine instructional delivery, questioning strategies, pacing, and checks for understanding prior to implementation. 
• Support the integration of research-based instructional practices that increase student engagement and rigor. 
• Assist teachers in designing differentiated instruction to meet the needs of at-risk and educationally disadvantaged students. 
• Provide guidance on scaffolding, questioning strategies, and instructional pacing.\ 
• Share strategies, tools, and brief professional learning (i.e. Brick Shift sessions) to build educator capacity and support instructional growth. 

Professional Learning Community (PLC) Facilitation 

• Facilitate purposeful PLC meetings focused on Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) alignment, lesson internalization, differentiation, and rigorous instructional design. 
• Guide teams in developing aligned lesson plans that incorporate Depth of Knowledge (DOK) questioning and standards-based instructional strategies. 
• Support teachers in analyzing student work and formative data to inform instructional adjustments. 
• Ensure PLC conversations translate into actionable next steps for classroom implementation. 

 Instructional Practice & Resource Development 

• Support teacher growth in best instructional practices through modeling, co-planning, feedback, and reflective dialogue. 
• Develop and curate instructional resources that align to curriculum maps and district expectations. 
• Provide support with: 
• Differentiation strategies 
• TEKS alignment 
• DOK-based questioning 
• Student engagement strategies 
• Data-informed instructional adjustments 

Support for New-to-Virtual/Stride Teachers 

• Provide targeted instructional support for teachers new to virtual instruction. 
• Support effective virtual lesson delivery, student engagement strategies, and digital classroom management. 
• Assist new teachers in internalizing curriculum expectations and aligning instruction to TEKS. 

This position may perform other duties as assigned in alignment with the State Compensatory Education (SEC) program. Duties this position may not perform under auspices of SCE program:

• Duties related to testing, such as test administration
• Activities related to teacher evaluations, including TTESS related activities
• Activities undertaken in the role of parent liaison, community liaison, truant officer, safety officer, or court liaison required by TEC, 37.

Supervision: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Bachelor’s degree
• Three (3) years of relevant experience
• Proficiency with Office 365 including Outlook, Word and Excel; web-based tools, and data systems
• Flexible schedule; ability to travel up to 5%
• Ability to clear required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Master’s degree in Core Subject, Educational Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction, or related field
• Experience in virtual or distance learning environments
• Background in academic leadership, curriculum design, or intervention
• Demonstrated success in improving student outcomes for at-risk learners
• Experience facilitating PLCs or coaching teachers
• Familiarity with State, Federal, and SCE program requirements

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.