What are the responsibilities and job description for the Campus Instructional Coach (CIC) - Science, CYPRESS SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL position at Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District?
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with the appropriate teacher certification;
- A minimum of 3 years of successful experience as a classroom teacher in the secondary school content area associated with the assignment (high school experience preferred);
- Deep knowledge of the subject-area content and research-based instructional strategies/practices;
- Capacity to lead content-area teaching teams for the purpose of improving instruction and student achievement; and
- Master's degree preferred.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Probationary/Term Contract: 187 days
SALARY:
Pay Grade T60 (Teacher Classification) as approved by the Board of Trustees
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Coach teachers to ensure that first-time instruction is strong and aligned.
- Support new teachers by visiting classrooms, assisting with classroom management, and conferring to address individual student needs/concerns.
- Coach teachers to use a variety of current research-based instructional strategies, technology, and content-specific knowledge through participation and facilitation of professional development.
- Facilitate vertical alignment of instructional strategies among courses and levels.
- Coach teachers to increase rigor at all levels and student engagement in all classrooms.
- Model expert lessons, observe classroom instruction, and follow-up with coaching sessions.
- Support teachers in their classroom to ensure proper delivery and implementation of lessons.
- Provide or assist in direct instruction of students as needed.
- Collaborate with teams and individual teachers during planning meetings and classroom visits to ensure lesson and assessment development is aligned with the content scope/sequence and TEKS.
- Support the use of iXplore so that its fullest capacity is realized: lesson planning, resource selection, assessments, data digging, and data interpretation for instructional decisions.
- Support teams and individual teachers through data analysis to adjust first-time instruction and/or to focus on re-teaching.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the principal.
- Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing. Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.
APPLICATION INFORMATION:
Preference is given to CFISD employees
Applications will be reviewed
Not all applicants will be interviewed
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