Middle School Instructional Coach- STEM

Overview

Bronx, NY

About Brilla Schools

Brilla Schools, a growing K-8 network in the Bronx, serves over 2,000 students with plans to expand to educate 3,000 across four elementary and four middle schools. Managed by Seton Education Partners, Brilla Schools are dedicated to forming students of strong wisdom and virtue. Our classically inspired approach to education combines a content-rich curriculum, inquiry-driven learning, and a focus on virtues, while providing individualized support to meet each child’s unique needs.

A national leader in character education and supporting students with varying needs, Brilla alumni have secured spots in prestigious high schools in the tri-state area, earning scholarships and financial aid. Our staff are mission-aligned change-makers who believe in fostering a joyful, rigorous learning environment. Brilla offers competitive salaries to honor staff dedication. We aim to prepare students to excel in high school, college, and beyond.

Position Overview

The Middle School STEM Instructional Coach is a full-time member of the school leadership team who supports teachers in aligning instruction with Brilla’s curricular and instructional vision, ensuring student mastery of academic targets across science, math, and technology-related disciplines. Supervised by the Assistant Principal, the STEM Instructional Coach acts as the primary content expert and pedagogical leader for all STEM components within the school.

This includes ensuring vertical and horizontal curriculum alignment, providing targeted coaching and professional development, analyzing student achievement data, and developing and adapting curriculum materials to meet Brilla’s Classical model and the needs of all learners. The ideal candidate has deep STEM content expertise, thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments, and is passionate about data-informed, inquiry-driven learning that integrates Brilla’s emphasis on Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.

This position requires a positive, flexible, solutions-oriented, organized, and reflective leader who can balance multiple roles and responsibilities with grace and virtue. Instructional Coaches work daily with teachers and in close collaboration with the Assistant Principal, Principal, and Brilla Network Academics Team to ensure curricular materials are consistently adapted and implemented to meet the needs of teachers and the classroom. In addition to planning and coaching requirements, Instructional Coaches maintain materials inventories and requisitioning, attend regular content meetings, and actively deepen their own knowledge of content, standards, and Classical pedagogy.

Brilla Instructional Coaches daily support teachers through active observation, live coaching and must have a deep appreciation for inductive, inquiry-driven, data-informed, student-engaged learning. They must offer as well as accept, implement, and seek feedback. They will manage multiple concurrent tasks and responsibilities, while inspiring outstanding achievement in a joyful, vigorous, and collaborative work environment.

• Conduct daily classroom observations, live coaching and provide feedback to urgently develop teachers’ instructional practice
• Organize and lead campus and cross-network teacher development meetings, developing their content knowledge, data analysis and action planning and pedagogical skills
• Collaborate with Assistant Principal and Instructional Leadership Team to analyze assessment data and create targeted interventions for student academic goals
• Support teachers in achieving school-wide goals aligned with curriculum, pedagogy, and professional evaluation expectations
• Facilitate campus and cross-network professional development exercises and workshops on curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment cycles
• Manage assessment cycles, including scheduling, quality assurance, and preparation
• Lead curriculum development aligned with New York State Next Generation standards, adapting materials as needed
• Coach teachers in literacy content knowledge and pedagogical practices
• Foster positive relationships with school stakeholders and actively participate in…