Middle School Academic Coach

Middle School Academic Coach (The position will be either Math or English Language Arts) West Springfield Middle School

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Introduce and implement effective instructional strategies with teachers and administrators.
• Provide instructional coaching to classroom teachers.
• Provide demonstration lessons in Illustrative Math, StudySync, or respective curriculum
• Align the coaching process and demonstration lessons with school identified gap areas.
• Participate and facilitate in additional district-based committee meetings/initiatives.
• Record and report on student growth over time, as requested.
• Communicate on a regular basis with the Middle School principal, Middle School department chairs, other coaches and the Director of Curriculum.
• Facilitate the development and update of the Middle School Scope and Sequence guides as necessary.
• Present district professional development in instruction.
• Provide suggestions on site-based direction for professional development in instruction.

Qualifications: All content licenses will be considered Master's Degree from an accredited four year college/university/ preferably with a strong content background Extensive familiarity and use of the MA Frameworks Extensive background, training and expertise in instruction which closely reflects the expectations of the MA DESE

Experience as a professional development facilitator preferred

Salary: Per Unit A Contract (Salary Range:$53,939.00 - $101,108.00)