Instructional Coach - Secondary (2025 - 2026 School Year)

Crossroads Charter Schools is looking for highly effective, highly qualified and highly motivated individuals to join our organization. Ideal candidates will have experience in urban education and be committed to our four core values: High Expectations, Real World Learning, Creative Culture, and Equity.

Crossroads Charter Schools organization is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other factor prohibited by law.

All candidates must complete an application in order to be considered for open positions. Attach your cover letter, resume, and 4 professional references (include name, phone, and email) for review. 

Job Description: Instructional Coach - Secondary 

Direct Supervisor:  Principal, or designee

School Summary:

At Crossroads Charter Schools, we…

• Understand the significant difference between equity and equality. Every student deserves to receive what he/she needs to succeed (equity), not that every student receives the same amount of resources, instruction, attention, etc. (equality).
• Develop school environments where all students are actively and meaningfully engaged in rigorous instruction and authentic learning tasks.
• Interrupt the “school to prison pipeline” – policies and practices that are directly and indirectly pushing the most at-risk students out of school and on a pathway to the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
• Engage families as partners in meaningful ways.
• Build the capacity of diverse teams that are more reflective of our students.
• Nurture an open, collaborative, and trusting environment because the work is enormous, deeply personal, emotional and often difficult. 
• Engage in on-going job-embedded professional development through co-teaching and co-planning

Position Summary:

 The  ideal candidate exemplifies excellent proficiency in the following:

• Constantly collaborating and effectively communicating with the leadership team
• Identifying system-wide strengths and areas of growth
• Managing and completing tasks both within and on the organization
• Creating goals and implementing action plans in order to achieve goals
• Maintaining a solutions-oriented and kids-focused mindset
• Understanding of adult growth, personalysis, and differentiated teacher supports needed across varying teacher knowledge and experience
• Elevating student learning at all levels across all content areas and teacher proficiency levels by connecting teachers to the needed resources, supports and/or training

Please provide a cover letter and at least 3 letters of reference.

Position Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of our instructional coach is to train, coach, and offer support for teachers in implementing learner-driven approaches based on the latest education research on best practices through on-site professional development.  The instructional coach collaborates with staff to co-plan, co-deliver, and individualize instruction for all students in a class; work together creatively to accommodate special needs, diversity and educational backgrounds of the students in the class; and overcome instructional challenges constructively.  The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both English language arts and math instruction. The instructional coach is a hardworking, goal-oriented and enthusiastic professional with excellent subject knowledge and a sound understanding of the Missouri Learning Standards and Common Core State Standards.

This is a 10-month position, however, it requires 10 extra days throughout the school year mutually scheduled with the principal.  There is a $5,000.00 stipend paid for the 10 extra days.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with building admin to execute on academic vision and goals
• Work with building administrators to create quarterly and semester academic goals
• Collaborate with teachers to identify, share, and coach best practices for reaching all students including students with disabilities, ELL, and other specialized needs.
• Provide educators professional learning opportunities to equip each teacher and school leader with the ability to use formal and informal student data to refine instructional strategies and plan and provide appropriate small group or individualized instruction and interventions.
• Assist the faculty in the data team process, the creation of common formative assessments, the ongoing review and refinement of curriculum and learning objectives and the implementation of the response to intervention (RTI) strategies.
• Help ensure the learning environment is dynamic and conducive to high-level learning.
• Support educators with analyzing student performance, examining students’ educational plans and needs, and assess students’ high school, college- and career-readiness.
• Provide teachers and administrators with professional learning on the use of student data including identifying trends and gaps in student mastery of content and how to develop targeted plans to address identified trends and needs.
• Research lessons, articles, innovative instructional practices and books in order to assist teachers in designing relevant learning experiences.
• Attend and participate in school leadership team meetings.
• Plan, assist, and implement professional development, support digital curriculum implementation, and model personalization strategies.
• Assist educators in making the critical shift to be a facilitator of student learning.
• Support the creation of personalized learning environments including modeling blended learning approaches and instructional strategies.
• Provide follow-up to classroom observations, walkthroughs, coaching, and feedback to staff.
• Promote the school’s educational programs through online resources and social media.
• Act in a professional and ethical manner at all times and comply with school policies, procedures, and expectations.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor.
• All work responsibilities are subject to having performance goals and/or targets established as part of the annual performance planning process or as the result of organizational planning.

Expected Salary - One of your application questions will ask you to indicate your expected salary.  To respond to the question, please review the 10-month Compensation plan to indicate your expected salary.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Education
• Valid Missouri teaching certificate
• Desire to continue professional development
• Excellent organization skills and an ability to coordinate multiple tasks and activities
• Demonstrated success in urban education
• Desire to continue professional development
• Excellent organization skills and an ability to coordinate multiple tasks and activities
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and an ability to keep multiple stakeholder groups, including parents, teachers, staff, volunteers and partners, informed of critical issues, activities and schedules.
• An ability and enthusiasm for promoting the school and its mission to a broad and diverse group of people.
• Excellent work ethic, positive attitude, flexibility and willingness to perform tasks assigned
• Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students and teachers in the school environment and community.
• Must pass extensive background check.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds.  Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch.  Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. May have to intervene in student fights or when students are escalated using MANDT training.

COMMUNICATION: Maintains communication with teachers, other school personnel, and parents/guardians to enhance cooperative action which will meet the educational needs of students.

Provides health services, information, and counseling in an effective and positive manner to enhance the health and wellness of the school community.

Completes accident/incident reports for students/staff.

Compiles data for statistical purposes.

Maintains confidentiality regarding educational records.

ORGANIZATION: Must be able to organize and prioritize work in a manner understandable to the leadership team.  Maintains a daily log of school/staff visits and documentation.                                             

Maintains the daily environment of the health office facility and supplies.

Utilizes existing technology effectively in the performance of duties.

Performs other related work as required.    

REASONING ABILITY:  Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:  Ability to read and analyze and interpret general professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, general curriculum and learning theories, correspondence, and protocols.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, staff, parents, students, and the general public.

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 noise level in the work environment is usually loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment. Is directly responsible for students’ and staff safety, work output and well-being. 

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs; ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community; ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication.

All applicants must apply on the Crossroads website at:  http://www.crossroadsschoolskc.org/careers

Key Working Relationships in Addition to Supervisor:

Teachers, Students, Parents, Volunteers, Office Staff, Support Staff, Assistant Principals, Principals, District Leadership Team, Central Office Team

All applicants must apply on the Crossroads website at:  http://www.crossroadsschoolskc.org/careers

Both federal and state law requires all public school personnel to submit to and pass a criminal background check prior to employment by the school.  Crossroads Charter Schools is required by law to exclude from employment any person who has pleaded to or been found guilty of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of the State of Missouri, any other State of the United States or any other country, whether or not a sentence is or was imposed.

Please be advised that Crossroads Charter Schools does not seek information related to the conviction of crimes unrelated to those described in this question.  Your conviction of a crime not otherwise listed above is not an automatic disqualification from employment consideration.  The school will consider the nature of the offense and the relationship between the offense and the position for which you are applying.

Salary : $46,524 - $72,069