INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITATOR

General Statement of Job:

Primary responsibility is as trainer, coach, and support for teachers through on-site professionaldevelopment using Professional Learning Communities (PLC) model. Works under generalsupervision. Reports to the Executive Director of the LeadershipAcademy.

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:

Bachelor’s degree required and advanced degree preferred. Five years successful experience in the classroom setting and experience in teacher development, coaching, working as a member of a team, and curriculum and instruction. Knowledge of NC Standard Course of Study, NC Professional Teaching Standards, assessment processes and timelines, and research-based strategies such as RtI. Experience coaching in culturally diverse schools.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Elementary experience with Common Core Standards
  • Strong literacy knowledge and skills
  • Experience and knowledge of the Rtl process
  • Work with teachers to ensure alignment of essential curriculum and instructional strategies to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
  • Provide coaching and support to empower teachers as leaders
  • Co-teach and model lessons in classrooms
  • Provide and model differentiation strategies
  • Work with individual/small groups of students to close gaps
  • Support Beginning Teachers and their Mentors through monthly professional development and ongoing coaching and classroom support
  • Continually research and share effective instructional strategies according to teacher and student needs
  • Coach/co-facilitate collaborative teams/PLCs as they use formative assessments and data to drive instructional planning
  • Coach/support use of formative assessments
  • Assist with data analysis to drive instructional planning
  • Coach and support the work of SIT and goal teams
  • Coach and support teachers as they help students to take ownership of their own learning
  • Recognize key elements of Continuous Classroom Improvement to help teachers make connections between their current practice and the innovative and creative ways PDSA can impact learning in a classroom.
  • Continuously learn as a part of the COMPASS collaborative team/PLC
  • Facilitate professional development for the district and on early release days or for other school initiatives as needed
  • Trained (or willing to be trained) for model “Leader in Me” program implementation