Functional Purpose

The School-Based English/Language Arts (ELA) Coach is responsible for providing daily ELA coaching services that ensure a cohesive, sustained, intensive and classroom-focused approach that drives student achievement. ELA coaching practices will include strategies that are evidence-based, rigorous, engaging, and relevant for students. ELA coaches will provide a non-threatening, open, professional, and collaborative work relationship with classroom teachers, principal, school leadership teams and district-level personnel. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide daily coaching support (at least 80% of the school week) to ELA teachers that builds their capacity to deliver differentiated high quality ELA Instruction, implement curriculum, administer assessments, analyze data, and provide intervention opportunities for students.
• Work directly with ELAteachers in the school by providing classroom-based demonstrations/co-teaching lessons, collaborative and one-to-one support, and facilitating teacher inquiry. 
• Establish effective coaching cycles and conferencing techniques teachers, aligned with the district coaching model.
• Conference with individual teachers to ensure that teachers assigned to them have specific goals and plans for improving practice.
• Provide clear, practical, timely, and candid written and oral feedback to teachers reviewing their ELA instructional practices.
• Attend and/or facilitate ELA professional learning team meetings. 
• Support teachers with the analysis of student achievement data and help teachers plan for and adjust instruction based on the results.
• Promote teachers’ delivery and understanding of the district curriculum through collaborative long-range and short-range planning.
• Conduct non-evaluative observations of teaching and learning with follow up to improve instruction.
• Facilitate school-based, high-quality professional development, working with teachers (in teams or individually) to enhance their knowledge and skills.
• Assist administrators, district ELA coaches, and teachers in addressing course specific curriculum by developing an effective school-wide ELA plan and providing strategies for monitoring the plan’s implementation.
• Monitor school based student achievement for ELA and follow up on plans to increase student proficiency and growth.
• Design and conduct job-embedded ELA professional development to provide teachers with specific knowledge and skills to meet the varied needs of students in meeting ELA goals.
• Meet regularly with the principal, school-based leadership team, and teachers to review data and make recommendations for adjustments in instructional practices.
• Participate in ELA professional development provided by the district to build capacity and expertise in ELA coaching and effective instructional practices.
• Maintain an organized system for documenting coaching services as outlined by the school.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of ELA instruction for high school students
• Demonstrated knowledge of North Carolina Standard Course of Study for High School English/Language Arts and pedagogy
• Deep knowledge and experience in research/evidence based instructional practice, data- driven instruction
• Deep knowledge and experience in effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills for building an environment with a common instructional focus, promoting initiatives, and conveying expectations
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated strength in organization and efficiency in meeting deadlines and multi-tasking appropriately
• Demonstrated ability to function as a collaborative member of a team
• Demonstrated interest in literacy and professional learning and reflection
• Demonstration of leadership skills
• Excellent listening skills
• Ability to mentor new teachers
• Ability to work effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse groups

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree in Education (Secondary or 9-12 Math) or another related field
• Desirable: Master’s Degree or above in Education or another related field 
• Minimum: Five years of successful high school ELA teaching experience
• Desirable: Successful high school ELA coaching experience or leadership experience in high school mathematics education

Certification and Licensure Requirements

Current North Carolina teaching license required. 

Special Notations

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.

Pay Grade Certified Schedules - Full-Time 

When applying, please make sure to include all prior experience in your application.

Please provide at least two references. One must be the current or most recent supervisor and the other a previous supervisor.