District Focused Instructional Coach (Culture and Climate) - Doherty Quadrant Team 2025-26

Job Description

SUBJECT : District Focused Instructional Coach (Culture and Climate) - Doherty Quadrant Team 2025-26 (This position is a currently a one-year assignment.)

REPORTS TO : Supervisor of Positive Youth Development

POSITION PURPOSE :

The District Focused Instructional Coach of Culture and Climate provides support to teachers and staff. The coach collaborates with instructional staff, site administrators and leadership teams to increase student’s sense of belonging and promote a safe, inclusive, and welcoming school environment that is conducive to teaching and learning by identifying current, research-based strategies and practices, providing constructive feedback and assisting teachers in collecting student data and using the data to modify interventions. Using student data, the Focused Instructional Coach for Social Emotional Learning will identify professional development needs and plan, present, and evaluate on-site staff development activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

1. A minimum of five (5) years of successful school adjustment counseling or psychology experience with school-aged students

2. DESE Licensed School Adjustment Counselor or Psychologist

3. Masters Degree in a counseling field

4. Experience working with students with disabilities as well as ML students

5. Demonstrated experience in providing professional development for teachers

6. Demonstrated successful experience in working with adults and understanding of adult learning theory

7. Demonstrated knowledge, experience, and engagement in providing leadership around improvement

8. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with current social emotional learning as it relates to the school’s evidence-based best practices in support of the school focus.

9. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team setting with other adults

10. Demonstrated ability to build effective teams

11. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others

12. Demonstrated ability to effectively organize professional development activities

13. Demonstrated ability to Communicate clearly in oral and written form

14. Demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver oral presentations

15. Demonstrated ability to analyze data accurately and adopt an effective course of action

16. Demonstrated ability to meet schedules and timelines

17. Demonstrated ability to work independently and / or in collaboration with the SPED Dept. and Culture and Climate Dept. to plan and organize evidence-based frameworks and resources to improve outcomes for students.

18. Demonstrated ability to provide technical assistance to ensure progress monitoring occurs, and to ensure that evidence-based frameworks are implemented with fidelity.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

1. Experience as a coach, ILT member, or other leadership position(s).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. Implements the philosophy, goals, and policies of the WPS.

2. Facilitates the development of a learning community focused on raising expectations and promoting a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment that is conducive to teaching and learning.

3. Provides support using current scientifically, research-based strategies and practices to strengthen students’ social emotional competencies and sense of belonging.

4. Provides constructive feedback on engaging students and building strong and positive relationships with students, as well as fostering an environment that is safe, inclusive, and welcoming.

5. Assist’s classroom teachers in collecting, analyzing, and using student data to guide their targeted interventions and to ensure that all students are ready to learn.

6. Provides job embedded professional development focused on organization of the classroom to construct a positive learning climate.

7. Identifies site professional development needs by using student data.

8. Plans, schedules, and conducts site professional development aligned with the district and site goals outlined in the School Accountability Plan and connected to a sense of belonging, and inclusivity practices.

9. Analyzes data and prepares data presentations for schools, staff, and family groups.

10. Assist’s teachers and grade levels in analyzing student data for program improvement and strengthen student’s social emotional competencies.

11. Attends instructional leadership, department, and district meetings.

12. Participates fully in professional development for coaches, professional research and reading, and peer observations.

13. Provide coaching and modeling to teachers, as needed.

14. Maintains coach activity log.

15. Responsible for assuring equal educational opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, gender, age, marital status, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, homelessness, or disability.

WORK YEAR : 187 days

TO APPLY : Any person interested in this position must submit a resume, cover letter, licensure, and answer all questions on-line at https : / / worcesterschools.org / about / employment-opportunities. This information must be submitted on-line.

This deadline date does not preclude further advertisement or recruitment Position Type : Full-time

Salary : $61,410 to $113,833 Per Year

Job Categories :

Instructional Support >

Teacher Mentor

Special Education >

Emotionally Disabled

Special Education >

Mild / Moderate Disabilities

Student Services >

Teacher Mentor

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Worcester Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action

Employer / Educational Institution and does not discriminate regardless of

race, color, ancestry, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, gender

identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, disability,

pregnancy or a related condition, veteran status or homelessness. The

Worcester Public Schools provides equal access to employment and the full

range of general, occupational and vocational education programs. For more

information relating to Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action contact the

Human Resource Manager, 20 Irving Street, Worcester, MA 01609,

508-799-3020.

Job Requirements

To maximize the effectiveness of your application, it is recommended that you provide a cover letter, which describes the specific training, and experience that you have for the position(s) that you are applying for and that you ensure that the certification information in your SchoolSpring profile is updated.

Your MA DESE certification number will allow us to verify that you possess the correct license. Please ensure that your SchoolSpring resume, specifically, is updated as this will be used to determine your Degree and Step placement on the Teachers salary schedule.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

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