Instructional Coaching Training Specialist
Jobs for the Future

Worcester, Massachusetts

ABOUT JOBS FOR THE FUTURE (JFF)

To meet the demands of a changing global economy, Jobs for the Future creates strategies to improve the educational and workforce pipelines for a more competitive America.

Jobs for the Future has earned a national reputation for accelerating opportunities for those who need them most to advance in education and careers. Its expensive agenda includes research, analysis, policy development, practical, on-the-ground projects, advocacy, communications, and peer learning. JFF works to better understand the challenges and barriers that keep people from fully participating in education and the economy; to help youth and adults attain postsecondary credentials that enable full engagement in the global economy; and to influence and improve the state and national policies that drie our country’s educational and training systems.

The University Park Campus School (UPCS) in Worcester, MA serves as a clinical training and demonstration site for practitioners in the Institute training program. UPCS has been recognized as a national model school by the EdTrust, the Alliance for Excellent Education, the National Association for Secondary School Principals, and others for its outstanding record of achievement and has hosted formal trainings for over 500 visiting educators in the last three years. (For more information, see www.upcsinstitute.org.)

The Institute’s instructional coaching program trains coaches employed by partner organizations to lead a school-wide professional development process to help teachers, across content areas, develop a consistent and coherent pedagogical framework. The program focuses on the use of six instructional strategies, proven to help all students engage in challenging material: collaborative group work, writing to learn, literacy groups, classroom talk, scaffolding and questioning. We are seeking a seasoned teacher and professional developer with a track-record of success improving the academic achievement and college-going rate of students historically underrepresented in higher education to help design and deliver this program to a growing client base of small school and alternative school developers. This position reports to the Managing Director, UPCS Institute for College-Readiness.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate in the development, design, and writing of Institute curriculum for training instructional coaches to facilitate structured workshops, support effective lesson planning and curriculum development, and to work one-on-one with teachers improve their pedagogy and support all students to achieve college readiness.

• Travel to partner sites in states including Texas and North Carolina to deliver instructional coaching training modules.

• Model effective instructional coaching practice including:

  • Leading structured professional development workshops for full school faculty.

  • Teach demonstration lessons using best-practice instructional strategies.

  • Conduct clinical observations focusing on student learning.

• Review student achievement data with coaches, and support them to facilitate workshops and coach teachers to use data to inform their daily classroom instruction

• Provide mentoring support and guidance to training participants around their progress though phone, email, video conference and other means.

• Collaborate in development of online modules and training materials and use of webinars and video conferencing to deliver training and coaching support.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated record as a school coach or professional developer at the secondary school level.
• 5 or more years of successful teaching experience and demonstrated record of achievement for diverse learners
• Commitment to a standards-based approach to engaging all students in a rigorous college preparatory curriculum.
• Knowledge and experience implementing best practices in instruction
• Experience using assessment tools and analyzing student data
• Strong knowledge of adolescent literacy issues
• Ability to work collaboratively to advance a complex and multifaceted agenda
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively and with a degree of independence
• Willingness to travel in various states in the US 4 -6 days per month (can vary from month to month)
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Masters degree or higher.

This position is located in our Worcester office.

Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

TO APPLY:

Submit a cover letter, resume, writing samples and references to:

JFF-TrainingSpecialists@gononprofit.com.

Jobs for the Future is an equal opportunity employer.