Providing educators
with differentiated and job-embedded supports, the School District of Philadelphia’s
Educator Effectiveness Office is committed to attaining high levels of student
growth and achievement through the evaluation, support, and development of
excellent teachers and school leaders. Instructional Leader support is provided
by a group of highly motivated, skilled, and passionate coaches who design
individualized support programs to serve instructional leaders in the field.
The Office of Effectiveness establishes and implements strategies for the
evaluation, development, and retention of outstanding leaders, working to
ensure that a highly effective principal is in every school building.
The Manager of the Instructional
Leadership Coaching program will provide direct support and oversight to
Instructional Leadership Coaches (ILCs). The manager will lead the work of the Instructional
Leadership Coach team as they assist principals and assistant principals. Clarifies
roles, responsibilities, and expectations as needed and provides ongoing
coaching and feedback to ILCs . Ensures that the Instructional Leadership Coach
Team evolves and works effectively, setting and meeting time sensitive goals.
Participates in the strategic planning process for the Teacher Effectiveness
Office. Ensures that data pertaining to
the evaluation of the Instructional Leadership Coach program is systematically
collected, reviewed, shared with stakeholders (including Assistant
Superintendents) and maintained to proactively address programmatic concerns.
Essential Functions
- Evaluates,
and develops a group of high-impact Instructional Leadership Coaches who will
be charged with building the capacity of principals and assistant principals to
effectively lead learning and school-wide operations; leads coaches to build
principals and assistant principals’ capacity to provide action-oriented
feedback to teachers and staff.
- Provides
the Instructional Leadership Coach team with the resources and strategic
leadership it needs to succeed; designs systems and protocols to aid ILCs in
their work with principals and assistant principals.
- Communicates
the mission of the Instructional Leadership Coach Program to Assistant
Superintendents and school leaders.
- Develops
implementation plans, benchmarks, and reporting requirements on an ongoing
basis; works with the program data analyst to find district-wide trends;
identifies target principals and schools to support.
- Supports
coaches as they assist principals and assistant principals addressing real-time
challenges.
- Acts
as a thought partner to Assistant Superintendents and coaches.
- Helps
coaches to provide customized professional development to principals and
assistant principals.
Other Functions
- Collaborates
with other District staff and departments to further support implementation of
the District’s Action Plan 3.0, including professional development design.
- Leads
the Instructional Leadership Coach team with innovation and insight; monitors
the progress of the Instructional Leadership Coaches; makes site visits and
conducts evaluations and annual reviews.
- Serves
on the leadership team of the Office of Effectiveness; contributes to the
success of reaching its goals to attain high levels of student achievement
through effective teaching.
- Attends
meetings and on-going training as required.
- Performs
other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Demonstrated knowledge of:
- teacher observations including
collecting evidence, scoring, and giving high impact feedback.
- the theories and principles of
effective instruction.
- adult educational methodologies.
- supervisory methods and techniques.
- the Common Core and the
instructional shifts necessary for successful implementation.
Demonstrated ability to:
- provide flexible and dynamic professional
development.
- coach school administrators and
coaches.
- plan,
develop, conduct and oversee a comprehensive observation and feedback program
for a large urban school district.
- train and develop adults on
coaching and facilitation.
- plan,
direct and monitor the activities of staff.
- be
passionate for educational equity.
- make transformational change in a large
urban school district to impact the experience of teaching.
- work in a fast paced environment.
- communicate
effectively, both orally and in writing.
- establish
and maintain effective working relationships.
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s degree program
from an accredited college or university.
- Six years of
full-time, paid professional educational experience, at least three of which have been in an administrative
or supervisory capacity and involved coaching principals, providing
professional development to principals and/or teachers and leadership
development and leading a team of teachers or instructional coaches or
principal coaches.
Selection ProcessInterviews may be conducted to determine how well a candidate meets the established criteria. Note that not all qualified candidates may be selected for an interview. The selected candidate must have no anecdotal record on file and have not been subject to any disciplinary action within the past eighteen (18) months, and have an excellent record of attendance and punctuality during the last three (3) years (defined as no more than eighteen (18) occasions of lateness or absence for personal illness in the last three years (3) years with the exception of one extended long-term absence).
DisclaimerThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
