Half Time Instructional Coach - Ponderosa Middle School - Starting the 2025-2026 School Year

INTERNAL POSTING ONLY -

SALARY: $49,638.36-$92,138.12 (DOE) 4% of base Stipend (Both Prorated based upon FTE), still being negotiated for 2025-2026.

SCHEDULE: 190 Days

SUMMARY: Klamath Falls City Schools is looking for a master teacher who is a dynamic,
passionate self-starter to work cooperatively with the High School administrative team, 9th
Grade On Track Team, High School Behavior Team, and classroom teachers to facilitate
improvement in student learning and student success.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with 6th-8th grade staff to create curriculum maps that provide vertical and horizontal alignment of curriculum and teaching practices to evidence-based practices.
• Work with 6th-8th grade staff to develop and implement a bank of common formative assessments.
• Provide consultation, coordination, training, and in-service and/or staff development
• on evidence-based practices to staff.
• Provide data sets to building and district administrators on the implementation of
• effective instructional strategies and student outcomes to support successful and on-time student graduation.
• Use data to guide the design of differentiated professional development across the school.
• Model effective instructional techniques within classrooms and in staff training.
• Work with 6t-8th grade staff to facilitate the use of formative data to guide instructional decisions.
• Communicate effectively with district staff and stakeholders.
• Work cooperatively with administrators, deans, and teachers to train and facilitate implementation of district-wide initiatives and to support building level application.
• Work collaboratively with the district instructional coaches and the District Director of School Improvement.
• Maintain regular on-time attendance.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Five years of successful classroom teaching experience as a 6-8 teacher.
• Understanding of CCSS-aligned curriculum and current best practices in instruction.
• Experience training staff in both one-on-one, small-group, and large-group formats

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION: Hold or qualify for an Oregon teaching license through Teacher Standards and Practices Commission with an ECE/ELE endorsement and be considered highly qualified by the Oregon Department of Education.

One or more of the Following Content Endorsements

• READING:
• • Reading Intervention
  • Legacy Reading Intervention
  • Legacy 5 Year Secondary
  • Corrective Reading
  • Dyslexia Training
• MATH/Science:
• • Advanced Mathematics/Science
  • Elementary Multiple Subjects
  • Foundational Mathematics/Science
  • Legacy 5 Year Secondary
  • Legacy Advanced Mathematics/ Science OR
  • Legacy Foundational Mathematics/Science
  • Particular Topics in Math/Science

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge of assessment and its use in creating action plans for individual and group improvement. Personal relations skills including ability to work with large and small groups of professional staff. Ability to facilitate adult learning communities.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as educational research,
professional publications, and curriculum guides. Ability to write routine reports and
correspondence, as well as create materials for presentations, such as charts and graphs.
Ability to speak effectively before administrators, staff, parents, and students. Ability to facilitate group processes with teachers and administrators. The ability to create and deliver written reports to both large and small groups.

DATA ANALYSIS SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as mean, median,
mode, standard deviation and percentages. Ability to read and apply statistical data and
interpret scores for application in the design and implementation of reading improvement
programs. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

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.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to design projects and to work independently. Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in a specific field. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrators and staff.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform
duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; occasionally walk and stand; travel from building to other sites. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to be able to hear conversations in both quiet and loud environments. The employee must be able to work with a computer screen to review and assess data. The employee must have dexterity of the hands and good visual acuity that will allow the employee to work with a computer screen for several hours at a time on a regular basis.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors. The employee
must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints. The employee frequently will work irregular or extended work hours while performing the duties of this job.

The noise level in the work environment is similar to that found in most schools and classrooms. The noise level may vary from very quiet to very noisy and chaotic.

Pre-employment requirements:

Employment for this position is contingent on clearance of the following:

__X__ Background Investigation

The district prohibits discrimination and harassment on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to, an individual’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, or veterans’ status, or because of the perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, or veterans’ status of any other persons with whom the individual associates.