Coordinating Teacher - Sheltered Instruction Specialist
HybridCary, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Plan and deliver strategic sheltered instruction professional development aligned with research-based best practices for multilingual learners. Provide ongoing, frequent assistance and differentiated coaching for participating teachers through co-teaching, modeling, and feedback. Support Professional Learning Communities to facilitate collaboration among essential partners and assist in forming networks for observation and coordinated development. Analyze data and student achievement results to evaluate program implementation effectiveness and make data-based decisions. Establish open communication with school system staff, external agencies, and the community while maintaining proper documentation. Work Monday through Friday with occasional evenings, weekends, and hybrid telework options.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge of sheltered instruction models (ex: SIOP, GLAD, WIDA Frameworks, Can Do Descriptors, Project LIFT)
- Extensive knowledge of instructional coaching (ex: mentor training, Cognitive Coaching, Jim Knight)
- Considerable knowledge of adult-learning theory and techniques
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams; Google apps
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Ability to analyze data, communicate trends, and engage in data-driven decision-making
- Ability to participate in and facilitate Professional Learning Communities
- Ability to design and deliver professional development
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form using a variety of communication techniques and tools to ensure the appropriate flow of information, collaborative efforts, and feedback
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, external agencies, students, parents, and the community
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in education
- Three years of teaching experience in public education
- Experience facilitating and providing professional development to adults
- Experience working with diverse learners
- Hold a North Carolina Professional Educator's License in English as a Second Language
- Must hold and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator's license according to the State of NC requirements
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in education or related field
- Experience with instructional coaching models
- Completion of a 'train the trainer' sheltered instruction methodology model, preferably SIOP®
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