Instructional Coach -- Philadelphia

About City Teaching Alliance 

Our mission is to improve educational and life outcomes of children in urban schools by preparing culturally responsive, effective career educators who accelerate student achievement and disrupt systems of racial and socioeconomic inequity. City Teaching Alliance accomplishes this by recruiting outstanding candidates, equipping them with state-of-the-art training, and linking their certification to their demonstration of effective teaching practices and skills. Our residents and teachers will provide the necessary proof points to make a national case for educator effectiveness and accountability. Learn more about City Teaching Alliance on our website: https://www.cityteachingalliance.org/

Overview

City Teaching Alliance is recruiting an Instructional Coach to provide early-stage teachers with high-quality, content-focused instructional coaching. Qualified individuals who are fully invested in City Teaching Alliance’s mission and vision and who thrive in supporting and preparing teachers who are growing in their anti-racist stance and their classroom practice are encouraged to apply. This position reports directly to the Director of Instructional Coaching.

Responsibilities

Your instructional coaching responsibilities contribute to the broader mission of the City Teaching Alliance organization and foster ongoing co-design and collaboration between site teams, our institution of higher education, and our urban school partnerships. At your assigned site, your key responsibilities with your coaching cadre will include:

Planning & Preparing for Instructional Coaching

• Adhere to the scope, sequence, and instructional practice framework/rubric.
• Manage scheduling of instructional coaching activities with early-stage educators.
• Examine local instructional standards, and relevant P-12 curriculum materials for the school partner, prior to coaching activities.
• Use video to support the development of high-leverage, culturally responsive teaching practice.

Observing and Evaluating Culturally Responsive Teaching Practice

• Observe early-stage teachers in the clinical setting with their P-12 students.
• Ensure that your observation-lens is driven by the instructional practice framework/rubric
• Support the implementation of high-quality instructional materials, including those being used by the school partner.
• Inform instructional coaching with situated knowledge from P-12 students, the school/local community, and the early-stage teachers.

Providing Teachers with Feedback for  Growth

• Utilize City Teaching Alliance coaching protocols, technology, and recommendations for providing feedback for growth.
• Provide early-stage teachers with accurate, timely guidance and feedback aligned with culturally relevant/abolitionist teaching practices for the content area and the needs of the P-12 students.
• Vary your feedback approaches to individualize the practice of coaching feedback e.g. use providing models, exemplars, micro-rehearsals, video-enabled, reflective practices, etc.

Establishing and Maintaining Culturally Responsive Instructional Coaching Climate

• Attend to the socio-emotional needs of the early-stage teacher and their P-12 students.
• Work intentionally to identify and dismantle White Supremacy Culture.
• Actively nurture yourself and your coaching cadre on the lifelong anti-racism journey.

Demonstrating Professional Habits and Disposition

• Demonstrate the ability to reliably rate on the instructional practice framework/rubric.
• Enact instructional coaching and teacher evaluation activities in a punctual and reliable manner.
• Provide written and verbal communications about instructional coaching activities with participants, school partners, and colleagues at City Teaching Alliance that are respectful, responsive, timely, and evidence-based.
• Implement the site-specific instructional coaching scope & sequence with quality and fidelity.
• Collaborate with regional & national colleagues to ensure that all participants at the site have a high-quality, equitable experience with instructional coaching. This is inclusive of taking all actions to ensure that your coaching practice & performance is visible to managers, executives, and the teachers you support.
• Use the approved instructional coaching technology platforms and supplementary technology or software to ethically manage instructional coaching data.

Demonstrating Commitment to Excellence and Ongoing Learning

• Engage in ongoing professional learning related to your role.

• Demonstrate a high-level of instructional coaching alignment in accordance with implementation expectations.

• Collaborate with internal or external peers to continuously grow instructional coaching expertise and/or awareness of City Teaching Alliance.

• Actively engage in conversations and actions to support and refine the instructional coaching program.

• Contribute to ongoing innovation, improvement, & alignment of the core program and its people.

Target Start Date: June 2024

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Flexible/hybrid work available but must be physically based in the Philadelphia region by the start date. We do not provide relocation costs.

Time Commitment & Compensation: $78,000 & is subject to a geographic differential which could increase or decrease it by 4% or 8% depending on city of residence. We are an anti-racist organization that prioritizes equity so we do not negotiate salaries.

Qualifications

• A graduate degree (M.A. or higher) related to education

• Minimum of 3 years K-12 instructional experience in the content area;

• Experience in urban public education as a teacher, staff developer, instructional coach, and/or administrator;

• Extensive knowledge of the content and pedagogical content knowledge in the relevant discipline;

• Skills in group facilitation and mentoring; experience with problem-solving/internship programs, e.g. developing novice teachers.

City Teaching Alliance Values 

WE SERVE CHILDREN.

Children are the center of our work. We rely on the communities we serve to guide and inform the decisions we make about our curriculum, program and practice.

WE ARE AN ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZATION.

We are committed to ongoing knowledge seeking, reflection, and action to deliberately oppose racism.  We are an inclusive organization that values the diversity of people, backgrounds and perspectives. We are active allies who pursue justice in the communities in which we live and work.

WE ARE LIFE-LONG LEARNERS.

We are dedicated to continuous improvement, innovation and excellence. We strive to be on the forefront of what is best for teacher education and students based on research and practice.

WE VALUE EACH OTHER. 

We value each other as whole people. We are servant leaders who foster a supportive working environment that is empathetic and caring, and values direct, constructive feedback.

EOE Statement: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.