Paul Public Charter School Washington , DC 20319
Posted 1 week ago
The Social Studies Instructional Specialist leads and facilitates change in the instructional practices of Paul teachers that result in improved outcomes for all students, increased job satisfaction for teachers and the development of professional learning communities across their assigned school. This position reports to the Assistant Director of Academics.
Primary Accountabilities:
Leadership
Provides leadership to Teachers to ensure continuous improvement in teaching and learning.
Provides leadership in collaboration with Assistant Directors, Principal, and Assistant Principals/Academic Deans to create coaching plans, professional learning opportunities aligned to school needs, and research on effective instructional practices
Collaborates with content specific Instructional Specialists to ensure the learning needs of all students are met
Provides guidance to improve instructional practices through the modes of co-planning, co-teaching, and modeling effective instructional practices for teachers
Engages in reflecting on coaching practices, sharing best practices, problem-solving issues, and participating in professional learning
Supports school-based and network leadership teams in hiring teachers
Collaborates with the Student Services department leadership in the creation of departmental goals, data analysis, monitoring student growth, and instructional planning
Instruction & Feedback
Serves as a content expert in providing differentiated instruction for exceptional learners and be able to develop others regarding strategies that students need to be successful
Coaches teachers on the development of unit and lesson plans to include instructional activities that facilitate the development of students' ability to think critically
Conducts classroom observations, logs data into the evaluation storage platform system, and provides feedback for growth
Co-teaches and models instructional practices for teachers when needed
Facilitates teacher reflection through guided questioning
Provides feedback and facilitates reflection around classroom routines, procedures, strategies, learning tasks, assessment, and materials
Analyzes student data and uses conclusions to provide feedback to teachers and students to yield higher student achievement
Data Collection & Analysis
Leads teachers in identifying specific learning needs and creating a developing a targeted plan of action to address identified deficiency areas
Plans, facilitates, and follows-up on bi-weekly data team meetings
Analyzes trends in student data using multiple sources that include academic and culture data
Triangulates data to analyze student growth, create coaching plans, and identify next steps for instructional practices
Coaches assigned teachers to create learning goals and instructional goals based on various data sources
Conducts instructional rounds with school leaders and teachers to collect data and make instructional and professional learning decisions based on trends in the data
Works closely with Assistant Director of Academics to ensure organizational directives around the use of data are implemented with fidelity
Professional Learning
Uses classroom data to facilitate on-going, job-embedded professional learning for teachers focused on best instructional practices
Creates professional learning syllabi connected to the Paul Teacher Evaluation Framework in conjunction with teacher data; creates and facilitates professional learning that aligns with the Paul Professional Learning Criteria for Success
Leads instructional rounds with school leaders and departments focused on successful instructional practices
Progress Monitoring
Maintains up-to-date and accurate records of teacher progress connected to coaching goals
Ensures teachers monitor student progress and make instructional decisions based on that progress
Convenes regularly with leadership to share teacher and student progress
Paul Public Charter School