Elementary School Instructional Coach- San Pablo

Title: Instructional Coach

Division: Elementary School (TK-4)

Location: Beta Academy (San Pablo)

Reports to: Principal

Status: Full-time, Exempt, (During the Academic Year)

Salary Scale: $85, (based on years of experience and expertise)

* Scales are competitive with other charter school organizations and local districts.

Caliber’s Mission is to achieve educational equity by shifting the experiences, expectations and outcomes for students in historically underserved communities. Our strengths-based educational program validates, affirms, respects and supports students, families and staff members to reach their full potential. Caliber graduates will be academically college ready; have emotional intelligence or ‘EQ’; be critical thinkers
, and have the skills and desire to be changemakers in their communities and the world.

Caliber’s four graduate pillars—
Heart, Smart, Think, Act
—guide our work. Caliber teaches computer science as a core academic subject K-8th grade to directly challenge the inequitable presence of women and underrepresented minorities in the computer science industry. We are a community-based organization and celebrate the diversity of the communities we serve. Our parents are active partners; frequently engaging through school events, restorative practices, and academic support.

As we grow, we are looking for educators and leaders who want the opportunity to use their voice to build something new; to be a part of a team that's building something from the ground up. Our first school, Beta Academy in Richmond, CA, opened in 2014 and Change Makers Academy in Vallejo, CA opened in fall 2016.

We are looking for an experienced leader to join our team as an Instructional Coach. You will build strong relationships with the teachers you coach in order to drive the achievement of all students. You will use Caliber teacher evaluation rubrics to drive the professional growth of your teachers. You will integrate social-emotional framework into coaching conversations to drive equitable support of all students.

While this job description is comprehensive, due to the dynamic nature of the work it is not exhaustive. Your responsibilities might be revised based on school need or additional opportunities/needs that arise, or aligned to individual development goals.

• Supporting Systems, Vision & Culture
• Support and implement network and school wide priorities
• Create a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement with a relentless focus on student achievement, operational efficiency, and self-improvement
• Help to implement daily operations (arrival, dismissal, classroom coverage, lunch/recess, school events)
• Support with teacher recruitment and hiring process
• Attend network professional development and collaboratives as assigned
• Leading Instruction
• Work closely with Leadership Team to develop staff members’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors through a variety of professional development targeted topics and designs
• Plan, conduct and support staff with Data Meetings
• Support teachers and work with Leadership Team and SPED Team to use data to improve instruction on all levels
• Track individual student and subset data to monitor progress of students in appropriate data systems
• Support the instructional development of teachers, including meeting needs of Tier 1, 2, and 3 students (instructionally and behaviorally)
• Support with facilitation of content specific blocks or interventions, including the scope and sequence, training, roll out, ongoing developments and progress monitoring
• Support with school-wide curriculum implementation including professional development & progress monitoring
• Along with the leadership team, IC’s will organize, plan and track intervention groups
• Support with benchmark and state testing
• Coaching Teachers
• Provide coaching to assigned teachers and/or Instructional Assistants (instructionally and behaviorally). Exact coaching load will be determined based on experience, interest, and nee
• Support teachers with long term planning and scope and sequence
• Observe teachers and staff and provide feedback on a weekly or biweekly basis
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