FY 26-27 HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL COACH

## Description

JOB TITLE: High School Instructional Coach

STATUS: Full Time, Exempt

REPORTS TO: Site Director/Coordinator

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center (“Vaughn”), located in Pacoima, is a large urban public school within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Since the early 1970s, low student achievement had been a pattern. In 1993, tired of being helpless and hopeless, Vaughn became the first conversion charter school in the nation and was authorized by LAUSD. The charter was renewed most recently in 2018. Vaughn has over 25 years of experience as a successful independent charter school serving the district’s low-income students. This previously failing elementary public school is now a full-service, community-based, K-12th charter school that assures all students are college/career ready, digitally literate, and globally competent.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Instructional Coach serves as an instructional leader who partners with teachers, administrators, and school teams to strengthen teaching practices and improve student achievement. Working collaboratively with the Site Administrative Team, the Instructional Coach provides ongoing coaching, observation, feedback, and professional learning to support high-quality, standards-aligned instruction. Through the analysis of student achievement data, classroom observations, and collaboration with educators, the Instructional Coach helps ensure that instructional decisions are data-driven, equitable, and responsive to the diverse academic and social-emotional needs of all students.

The Instructional Coach champions a culture of continuous improvement by leading professional development, facilitating collaborative team meetings, supporting curriculum planning, and promoting effective instructional strategies for English Learners, students with disabilities, and all learners. This role works closely with school leadership to advance Vaughn Next Century Learning Center's mission by fostering instructional excellence, building teacher capacity, supporting intervention efforts, and cultivating a college-going culture that prepares every student for success in college, career, and life.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In collaboration with the Site Administrative Team, the duties include but are not limited to

• Supervise, coach, develop, and evaluate teachers via regular observations, feedback, and coaching as part of Vaughn’s teacher development and support system.
• Develop and monitor assessment protocols that accurately evaluate student learning
• Analyze data with teachers/leaders regularly to maximize student performance and ensure student growth
• Supports teachers to improve instruction through teaming and collaborating with peers
• Supports additional instructional opportunities for students most in need
• Support administrative team in planning and leading appropriate professional development for all faculty
• Participate in interim assessment process to ensure teachers are using data to drive instruction; facilitate interim assessment data debriefs with teachers
• Oversee the facilitation of weekly data meetings with teaching teams to drive on the spot reteaching needed to support student learning and achievement
• Facilitates grade-level team/department meetings to analyze assessment data, review student work, discuss best practices, identify student needs, and plan differentiated instruction for all learners
• Assists teachers in the development of targeted Content and Language Objectives (Common Core & ELD Integration)
• Supports in the planning of common curriculum and instruction across the school site such as Advisory and SEL lessons (Secondary sites)
• Assists teachers in the development of lessons/units/projects aligned to the Common Core State Standards
• Assists site leadership team in the development and implementation of professional development activities that align to school goals (Transition to new Standards/Frameworks, Instructional Differentiation, Project Based Learning, ELD/EL Instructional Strategies, etc.)
• Assists teachers by seeking out and sharing instructional resources and strategies that will enhance classroom instruction
• Works with teachers and the leadership to facilitate the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to improve professional development and inform instructional practice
• Advocates for meeting growth targets for English Learners and students with special needs and promotes the implementation of targeted intervention and differentiation of curriculum for EL learners and students with special needs
• Communicates the importance of aligning student needs, student data and instructional differentiation
• Assists with the administration of multiple assessments (ELPAC, SBAC, etc.)
• Contributes to the analysis of data from universal screeners to make decisions regarding intervention
• Assists with the planning and development of high and realistic goals by analyzing data
• Assesses the culture of the school from students’ perspectives and advocates for the academic needs of all students
• Works with the site leadership to develop the professional development calendar
• Works with site leadership to seek out and communicate professional development opportunities for faculty
• Assists site administrator/coordinator(s) and faculty in arranging for appropriate placement of EL students and students with special needs within teams
• Plans personal growth opportunities and engages in new learning
• Attend IEPs, 504 meetings, and SSPTs as needed for academic supports and intervention
• Supports the planning, development, and implementation of a college going culture
• Supports the development of the school community through family outreach, education, and community partnerships

SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

• Possess a work ethic and personal belief system that aligns with the mission and vision of Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
• Deep knowledge of effective instruction and experience managing instructional personnel as well as instructional processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact and forge relationships with students, parents, staff and community members
• Extremely high standards for student achievement
• Demonstrated relentlessness to meet organizational goals
• Demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems
• Self-directed with the ability to work both autonomously and in teams
• Work ethic and personal belief system that align with the mission and vision of Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred

## Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Must have a valid