What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Childhood Class Coach position at Jefferson Parish Schools?
Position Description :
The Early Childhood CLASS Coach ensures young children receive high-quality instruction. The Early Childhood CLASS Coach leads the development and improvement for teachers through planning,modeling, observing, and providing feedback.
The Early Childhood CLASS Coach provides training and support to schools and early childhood sites.
The Coach serves as the instructional expert and provides support on assessment, curriculum, high-quality interactions, and the science of teaching in early childhood education.
Scope of Responsibility :
Provide high-quality professional development around effective early education practices and the foundations of effective interactions in early education.
Provide feedback, engage in one-on-one coaching, and model best practices.
Coordinate and support instructional leaders and teachers to fully implement high quality
interactions.
Identify where high-quality interactions and built-in supports are not being maximized
Model and teach new effective interactions with embedded instructional support strategies.
Coach teachers on using high-quality, evidence-based assessments to determine the most
effective interventions, including full implementation of Teaching Strategies GOLD.
Facilitate professional development for teachers.
Observe teachers, provide feedback, and identify next steps to improve instructional support
strategies for the purpose of support and not evaluation.
Monitor and coordinate interventions conducted by the classroom teacher.
Model and teach exemplar interactions when appropriate.
Support lesson preparation using high-quality curriculum.
Model and support high-quality interactions with students
Analyze data, identify trends, and support teachers to adjust instruction based on data.
Communicate a belief in all students' abilities to become successful learners.
Attend all required meetings and trainings.
Communicate with leadership team on school-wide curriculum progress.
Physical Involvement :
Movement throughout early childhood and preschool classrooms is required most of each workday.
Must be able to operate office equipment.
Standing, walking, reaching, bending, and lifting up to 10 pounds is sometimes required. Ability to provide own transportation to schools, work locations, and meeting sites.
Mobility skills necessary to access a variety of work locations, including locations not on the ground floor.
Skills and Qualifications :
Successful candidates will be detail-oriented, independent self-starters who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to raising student achievement and who have a record of high performance in challenging situations and will also demonstrate :
Minimum of three (3) years teaching experience as a certified Early Childhood teacher
Knowledge and experience with Frog Street's approach to instruction for young children
Knowledge and experience with a CLASS approach to effective instructional support interactions
Successful and documentable experience that impacted student achievement
Strong knowledge of how young children develop and learn
High degree of professionalism with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities while consistently demonstrating sound judgment and disciplined thinking
Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to organize and motivate people and to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
Possess integrity, initiative, and good moral character
Demonstrate ability to relate to students, staff, administration, parents, and community
Possess desirable attributes of personality, enthusiasm, and interpersonal skills
Proven track record of working with diverse individuals at all levels to drive decision-making and results
Ability to be visionary and strategic is essential.
Understanding of regulations regarding the operation of Louisiana schools including but not limited to Bulletins 741,1530,1706,130, 140, and 1508
Desirable Qualifications :
Master's or advanced degree in Education preferred
Compensation :
JP Schools offers a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience.
JP Schools also offers a competitive benefits package.
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