Kansas Secondary ELA Teacher/Instructional Coach/Master Educator
On-siteKansas City, Kansas, United States
Job Summary
Contract Instructional Coach / Master Educator (1099) for Nebraska border districts. Seeking experienced Secondary ELA educators to support grades 6–12 across Nebraska with on-site instructional coaching, modeling lessons, and collaborative professional development. Responsibilities include collaborating with ELA teachers, aligning curriculum to state standards, conducting classroom observations with actionable feedback, co-teaching, leading PD on writing instruction, text complexity, close reading, and academic vocabulary, analyzing student data to guide literacy interventions, designing rigorous assessments and instructional materials, and building teacher capacity through coaching cycles. Ideal candidates hold deep ELA expertise, have coached teachers or led ELA departments, possess data-analytic skills, and can drive into Nebraska from bordering states. Compensation is a competitive daily rate with flexible scheduling; background checks and state-screening procedures are required, and consultants will work as 1099 contractors serving Nebraska schools while residing in a bordering state (e.g., Kansas City, KS area). This role emphasizes improving adolescent literacy outcomes and educator effectiveness through professional development and coaching partnerships across districts in Nebraska. Includes travel considerations and a focus on collaboration with school leaders and educators to scale literacy achievement across the state.
Required Qualifications
- Deep expertise in Secondary ELA (grades 6–12)
- Experience coaching teachers or leading ELA departments
- Data analysis skills to inform instruction
- Ability to drive into Nebraska from bordering states (CO, IA, KS, SD, MO, WY)
- Strong knowledge of reading, writing, and language standards
Desired Qualifications
- Deep expertise in Secondary ELA (grades 6–12)
- Experience coaching teachers or leading ELA departments
- Data analysis skills to inform instruction
- Ability to drive into Nebraska from bordering states (CO, IA, KS, SD, MO, WY)
- Strong knowledge of reading, writing, and language standards
- Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly
- Organizational discipline and professionalism
- Experience delivering professional development and instructional coaching
- Familiarity with state standards and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS)
- Facility with modeling lessons, co-teaching, and classroom observations
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