What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Coach - Garfield Elementary for 2025-2026 School Year position at Ponca City Schools?
Reports to: Building Principal
Supervises: Assigned Paraprofessionals, Volunteers, and Students
Qualifications: Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate in Assigned Subject(s);
Preferrred: Administrative Certification or Seeking Administrative Certification
Job Goal: Provide exceptional instructional coaching to teachers with the building.
Employment Terms: Full Time
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Evaluation: Annually Pursuant to Oklahoma Law
Physical Demands: This is an overview intended for compliance with the ADA – it is not an exhaustive list of the duties to be performed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a specific position.
Regular Requirements: Stand for extended periods; walk; twist at the
neck and trunk; bend and reach with hands and arms overhead,
above shoulder and horizontally; repetitive use of fingers and hands
to grasp and/or operate equipment and demonstrate lessons to
students; lift/move up to 15 pounds
Occasional Requirements: Lift/move up to 25 pounds,
ability to administer CPR
Visual Requirements: Close, color, peripheral, depth perception, ability to adjust focus
Hearing/Speaking Requirements: Adequate to exchange information
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Partners with teachers in the planning and implementation of instructional methods and strategies to ensure student learning of district power standards and Oklahoma PASS Skills.
- Becomes skillful in the areas of communication, relationship building, change management and leadership.
- Becomes knowledgeable in Robert Marzano’s research on teaching and learning and the components, principles, and framework of Dr. Jim Knight’s Partnership Learning Instructional Coaching Process.
- Keeps abreast of research in the areas of student learning and instruction.
- Encourages and supports teachers’ reflection of their classroom practices.
- Becomes skillful in providing effective feedback to meet the needs of individual teachers
- Models lessons or parts of lessons based on research-based best practices for probationary and career teachers.
- Observes teachers to provide suggestions for task analysis of lesson design to break down teaching practices into manageable components.
- Assists teachers in developing and implementing effective, research-based classroom management techniques, content enhancement, lesson design, and formative assessment practices.
- Works with site principals to fully understand the school’s vision for school improvement
- Works with others in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction to deliver the district’s total educational program.
- Attends all district meetings as required by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
- Provides resources for site Professional Learning Communities.
- Assists in the planning and implementation of district programs related to instruction.
- Provides district and site training as appropriate.
- Attends site, district, and state training related to coaching, instruction, curriculum, and/or assessment.
- Collaborates with site leadership teams to ensure that teachers have the necessary training, resources and skills to implement best practices
- Meets district and site staff development requirements.
- Assist in the selection and adoption of new instructional materials, methods, and programs.
- Performs all other tasks as supervisor may assign.
