Instructor Jobs at Ector County Independent School District with Visa Sponsorship

Job Title: Instructional Coach
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt

Reports to: Campus Principal

Dept. /School: Assigned Campus
Pay Grade: Teacher Pay Scale
Days: 187

Ector County ISD educates and serves over 33,000 students across 44 school communities in the heart of the Permian Basin. As a passionate, unified, and world class leader in education, ECISD’s mission is to develop world ready, life-long learners who discover their unique gifts, achieve personal success, and fuel their community by building unified, comprehensive community support and participation that fosters a standard of excellence. We serve as advocates and stewards for all students by maximizing all available resources from ensuring relevant teaching to dynamic innovation.

Primary Purpose:

The ECISD program aims to hire the most outstanding educators for our identified turnaround schools. The key pillars of this, which is based on Dallas ISD’s ACE model, include:

• Effective principals and teachers
• Instructional excellence
• Extended learning
• Social and emotional support
• Parent and community partnerships

The primary purpose of a ECISD instructional coach is to improve student outcomes through building teacher capacity. Instructional coaches accelerate learning to close achievement gaps and ensure a college-ready foundation for every student by working with the campus administration to develop and deliver professional development to address campus specific needs; facilitating instructional conversations during Professional Learning Committee (PLC) meetings; working one on one with teachers that require and/or request instructional support; making data driven decisions; identifying specific areas of need based on TEKS and student performance; determining appropriate interventions to support students and to bridge academic gaps in learning; and interfacing with all appropriate departments to ensure coordination and alignment of instructional practices.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree preferred
• Valid Texas teaching certificate
• Demonstrated competency in a teaching and/or coaching role

Special Knowledge Skills:

• Knowledge of curriculum design and implementation
• Knowledge of district curriculum
• Knowledge of TEKS Standards and state assessments
• Ability to develop and provide professional learning to adult learners
• Ability to interpret data and use it to impact student learning
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.

Experience:

• At least three years of successful teaching experience

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Provide support for new and experienced teachers through coaching cycles, training, professional learning, and mentoring.
2. Observe, co-teach, model, and provide feedback on effective instructional practices.
3. Support district-wide efforts including: guaranteed and viable curriculum, assessment development, high-quality instructional practices, effective use of data, and the advancement of collaborative teams for a highly functioning Professional Learning Community.
4. Facilitate training and coaching in digital learning practices, access to challenging content, feedback through formative assessment, ELL strategies, differentiation, classroom management, and individual instruction.
5. Build teacher capacity to engage students in innovative learning experiences that best align research-based instructional strategies and appropriate digital tools and resources to the intended level of thinking within the content.
6. Support teachers to incorporate new instructional practices and technologies into the curriculum.
7. Collaborate with teams of teachers to support lesson planning and to facilitate the use of student work and performance data to make informed instructional decisions.
8. Support teachers in implementing Continuous Improvement philosophy and tools to support and improve classroom systems, instruction, and student learning.
9. Attend regular training and collaborative meetings.
10. Demonstrate regular and prompt attendance to ensure a consistent focus on student learning.
11. Lead (or assists in leading) PLC meetings.
12. Perform duties in a professional, ethical, and responsible manner as defined in the TEA Code of Ethics for Educators.
13. Campus discretion to provide student intervention/instruction for no more than 25% of the day.
14. Implement the district coaching model.
15. Attend all coaching sessions provided by the Talent Development department.
16. All other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Working Conditions:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing. Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other equipment.

Frequent exposure to: temperature extremes (hot and cold), humidity extremes, noise, low or intense illumination, vibration.

Occasional exposure to: biological hazards (communicable diseases, bacteria, insects, mold, fungi, etc.), work outside, work around moving objects or vehicles, work on uneven surfaces, work alone, work prolonged or irregular hours.

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required. I have read, understand and attest to the above description and funding relating to my daily activities.

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