Who We Are Since its founding in 2010, Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) has provided students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway, Queens. We currently serve over 1200 scholars from Kindergarten to 12th grade across 3 sites. Our school's mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, to demonstrate mastery of the NY State Learning Standards, and to achieve their career aspirations. Challenge cultivates and supports the intellectual, aesthetic, social, emotional, and ethical development of its students and prepares them to be responsible 21st century citizens. To accomplish its mission, Challenge offers a rigorous instructional program in a safe, supportive, technology-infused and data-enriched and social-emotional learning sequence, authentic field experiences, career counseling, and college coursework. It is understood that we are one organization with multiple sites, and it is expected that all members of the team collaborate to support all of our scholars. Understanding the Role The instructional coach (IC) is a learner who models continuous improvement, lifelong learning, and goes above and beyond to ensure student success. The role of the coach is to build teacher capacity by providing individual and group professional learning opportunities that will expand and refine the understanding of research-based effective instruction in response to student and teacher data. The instructional coach works collaboratively with members of the elementary leadership team to support student achievement through teacher development. The Instructional Coach will promote reflection, provide guidance and structure where needed, and focus on strengths, collaboration, and common issues of concern. They are responsible for ensuring high-quality instruction in classrooms through modeling, co-planning, co-teaching, and providing feedback to teachers. The instructional coach will demonstrate and model a passion for urban education reform and leadership. This is a non-supervisory position that does not evaluate teachers but does provide documented feedback. This position reports to the principal. Overall Job Goals and Responsibilities * Leadership and Coaching: * Serve as a member of the instructional team by preparing for and participating meaningful in meetings, tasks, and collaborating with all members of the ILT * Build strong relationships with teachers and teacher assistants * Support teachers with understanding and demonstrating commitment to the CPCS vision and mission * Collaborate with the leadership team to ensure the validity and reliability of student data by attending to the rigor and alignment of assessments * Orient and support new teachers * Provide support and training to teacher assistants * Provide a wide variety of learning opportunities for teachers focused on analyzing student work, effective planning, targeted and differentiated instruction, and setting high expectations for classroom culture and behavior * Coach, manage, and develop a caseload of teachers to achieve exceptional student achievement by modeling and/or co-teaching regularly * Develop coaching plans (informed by Adult Learning Theory) for teachers and motivate them to improve their professional practice to ensure student improvement * Support teachers in using data to improve instruction, especially for underperforming scholars * Observe teachers weekly to gather and share data on student learning and teacher proficiency, to diagnose teachers' strengths and weaknesses, and determine strategies for improving their practice and improving student learning; document findings in TeachBoost * Assist teachers with planning and pacing of lessons, the development of differentiated lessons, and the selection of best practices to meet the needs of their students as evidenced by reliable data * Support teachers by helping with the ―strategic how of teaching -- share multiple instructional strategies/processes with teachers during planning times * Develop coaching plans for teachers to ensure student improvement * Support the development of Individual Achievement Plans (IAP) * Contribute to the development of the career education curriculum * Create and maintain a strategic schedule as evidenced by a weekly coaching log * Assist teachers with resources, materials, tools, information, etc. in supporting classroom instruction and planning, including new resources * Perform additional duties as assigned by the Principal Who We Seek * We will consider candidates who demonstrate: * A love and passion for serving the urban scholar and community * Ability to lead and manage adults to achieve desired outcomes * Ability to analyze teacher practice, provide compelling feedback, and translate that into action * A strong understanding of rigorous and effective instruction * Ability to analyze data to inform instructional decision-making * Experience designing and implementing curriculum and assessments aligned with Next Generation Learning Standards * Practical knowledge of data management tools, organizational tools, and computer skills Qualifications * Master's degree in reading, English, mathematics, science, educational leadership or related field (required) * At least three (3) years of exceptional teaching experience (required) * At least three (3) years of educational leadership experience (preferred) Benefits and Perks: * Challenge Charter School's staff members receive a competitive salary, paid time off, matching of retirement contributions up to 3%, and more * The comprehensive benefits package includes four health plans to choose from, two dental plans, and vision insurance. * We also offer flexible spending accounts for health, dependent care, and transit. * Flexible and reflective leadership: dedicated to staff development, team cohesion, and shared responsibility for decision-making, development, and team-wide priorities * Driven and passionate colleagues who contribute to a professional and collaborative work environment * Opportunities to sit on various committees and participate in initiatives central to key organizational decisions and strategic planning * Professional development: weekly PD, year-round training, and the ongoing coaching by professionals $87,500 - $93,500 a year Work Year This is a full-time position commencing mid August through June. School Sites Grades K-1: 12-79 Redfern Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 Grades 2-5: 710 Hartman Lane, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 Selection Process Phase I - Interview with a member of the K-5 Instructional Leadership (ILT) Team Phase II - Panel Interview and Skills Assessment with the ILT Phase III - Reference Check Final - Offer and Contract