Special Education Resource Program Coach

Company Description

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW: 

By 2025, KIPP DC will build upon two decades of proven results to develop into a more impactful, innovative, and inclusive school system that provides joyful, identity-affirming learning experiences so that all students and alumni achieve extraordinary outcomes. We are a network of eighteen schools educating nearly 7,000 students and employing 1,200 teachers, leaders, and staff members dedicated to our mission. As part of the KIPP network’s 255 schools, we share best practices and innovations with our peers across the city and country.

Our work is grounded in a commitment to excellence, equity, and justice. We believe all students have the right to rigorous, relevant, and joyful learning experiences led by exceptionally talented and diverse educators and support staff who promote student achievement and a sense of belonging. We are seeking a high school resource program coach who is passionate about educational equity, driven by student and family relationships, and provides intentional support for their students. 

Vision for Instructional Coaching at KIPP DC

At KIPP DC, we believe the quality of instruction defines the rate and quality of student achievement. Teaching and learning is at the core of everything we do. The role of an instructional coach is a position of leadership; the work is to support leaders and teachers in ensuring all students learn and achieve within classrooms that are intentional, rigorous, and joyful.  The person in this position will demonstrate a relentless drive toward excellence and a commitment to ensuring that our instruction puts children on a successful path to and through college or career. This role will support and be located at KIPP DC’s secondary schools. This is an exempt position and reports to a Director of Student Support.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Coaching and Professional Development (60%):

• Analyze  teacher and student performance data to design, coordinate and facilitate professional development to increase teacher and leader expertise in all components of specialized instruction: Content, Methodology and Delivery of Instruction
• Review student performance data to ensure students are meeting proficiency standards and guideposts 
• Provide teachers and leaders with coaching and modeling to improve and refine teaching practice 
• Conduct co-observations and instructional walkthroughs with school teams and Director of Student Support
• Serve as a resource in identifying appropriate instructional strategies to improve student achievement for students with disabilities
• Support  teachers in implementing continuous progress monitoring toward IEP goal mastery and reporting out student performance (i.e. IEP progress reports)
• Work with schools teams, teachers, and special education department leaders in using data to analyze special education performance trends
• Remain current with best practices and current research on teaching, learning, and disabilities
• Support onboarding and development of Special Education teachers case management skills
• Applies a variety of strategies to facilitate team effectiveness, collaboration, problem solving, leadership, meeting management, and conflict resolution

Content and Curriculum Support (25%):

• Assist  instructional staff in developing, selecting, and modifying instructional plans and materials to meet the needs of all students
• Drive an instructional vision focused on academic rigor, “work worth doing,” and building student autonomy 
• Support implementation of adapted and modified a standards aligned curriculum, scope and sequence, units, and lessons for students with disabilities across a continuum of educational settings
• Support teachers in creating and providing necessary resources for adapting and modifying curriculum 
• Collaborate with school leaders, school teams and teachers in the areas of curriculum, instruction and teacher development
• Participate and collaborate in network content team meetings
• Support suite of special education learning programs

School and Network Support (15%):

• Collaborate with school leaders, Director of Student Support, and network support staff on special education priorities
• Participate in Tier 3 meetings (as needed)
• Attend and participate in bi-weekly Student Support network meetings
• Promote the sharing of effective teaching practices among staff throughout the district
• Perform other duties as necessary to support the mission and vision of KIPPDC
• Train and support special education team members on selection and implementation of classroom/assessment accommodations
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