Part-time Effectiveness Coach - Baltimore, MD

Part-time Effectiveness Coach – Baltimore City Teaching Residency

Baltimore, MD

WHO WE ARE

TNTP brings research, policy, and consulting together to reimagine America’s public education system. Working collaboratively, we dig into educators’ toughest challenges, and we provide actionable solutions grounded in evidence. This work takes place in schools and districts across the country, and our national position allows us to spot trends, collect and analyze data, and advocate for policy changes that introduce greater impact at scale. Our goal is to empower every student, breaking them free from the constraints of poverty and race, fostering innovation, and driving growth across the country. We collaborate across sectors and with school systems to ensure that the 3.5 million young people who graduate high school every year have pathways to economic and social mobility.  

TNTP’s Baltimore City Teaching Residency (BCTR) consists of aspiring teachers who are committed to improving the odds for kids in Nevada by raising student achievement. BCTR prepares Residents to achieve immediate, measurable success with their students in the fall.
 

WHAT YOU’LL DO
As a Part-time Effectiveness Coach you will play a critical role in TNTP's teacher development initiatives and academic consulting work. You will be responsible for the performance of the program participants on your contract, developing teachers to reach their full potential as well as the facilitation of relevant curriculum and instruction-centered professional development focused on preparing teachers to support all students including multilingual learners in schools across Baltimore, MD.

Here are some examples of what a Part-time Effectiveness Coach might do:  

• Develop and execute a data-driven and comprehensive coaching strategy that supports retention and improved performance of teachers in multiple schools, networks, and districts across a variety of schools/contracts.
• Directly develop a caseload of teachers through responsive coaching, training and modeling, ensuring that teachers rapidly improve their performance and are inclusive of the diverse backgrounds and experiences of the students they teach
• Build trusting partnerships with teachers that feel inclusive and honor diverse perspectives
• Facilitate trainings on and demonstrate instructional techniques using research-backed best practices and instructional models
• Leading a team of summer pre-service training staff, ensuring that new teachers are effectively prepared for a strong start to the school year
• Identifying and implementing innovative solutions for improving teachers’ overall performance to meet contract goals
• Designing and delivering content specific sessions and lead teacher study groups focused on all contents, teacher professional development
• Design standards-aligned, content specific sessions for teacher professional development
• Supporting teachers by providing feedback on lessons and assessments that align with standards
• Regularly communicate with school leaders, school-based coaches/mentors, and other stakeholders to provide consistent developmental support for teachers on your caseload
• Supporting TNTP’s broader teacher development initiatives, proposing and crafting long-term, standards aligned teacher development strategies and services

WHAT YOU HAVE

Qualifications and Experiences

We are looking for a candidate to possess the following skills and expertise:

• Have classroom experience. You have at least three years of teaching experience (preferably in a high-need school) and a proven track record of raising student achievement. You have strong familiarity and expertise with the Common Core State Standards and/or the state standards. (highly preferred). 
• Know great teaching when they see it. Whether you are watching a teacher deliver a lesson or looking at student performance data, you can identify where that teacher is effective and what they need to do to improve immediately and in the long-term.
• Develop teachers. You track and analyze teacher data, but it’s what you do with it that really has an impact. Based on your data analysis and what you see in the classroom, you identify new approaches to improve teacher performance under a quick timeline.
• Have stage presence. We’re counting on your strong facilitation skills and ability to expertly lead teacher professional development.
• Be comfortable with the unknown. Ambiguity doesn’t scare you; just the opposite, you thrive on it. You are flexible and comfortable adapting your work to maximize your impact on students, the teachers you coach and your team.

• Be a constant learner.