K-12 Instructional Coach

Contract Length: ‎2 years
Number of Vacancies: ‎1
Eligible Candidates:
* Licensed Teacher
Requirements:
* Education Required: Master
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎3 years of teaching experience
* Major: Education
* Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License
* Master degree in Education.
* Teaching/instructional coaching certification is essential.
* Prior classroom experience.
* This position is required to teach at least one course.
Job Benefits:
* Travel allowance: Annual home leave (summer break) cash allowance (equivalent of return economy class airfare to point-of-origin for employee and eligible dependents residing in Kuwait)
* Furnished accommodation: allocation based upon family size and availability, AUS provides utilities and transportation to and from work
* A list of other benefits will be provided during the interview.
Job Description:
The role of an Instructional Coach is to build educator capacity and their
understanding of instructional practices as related to Common Core, Math and
Data Driven Instruction. The Instructional Coach is a learner who models
continuous improvement, lifelong learning, and goes beyond to ensure student
success. Moreover, the Instructional Coach will promote reflection, provide
guidance and structure where needed, and focus on strengths, collaboration and
common issues of concern. This position is responsible for ensuring high-
quality instruction in classrooms through modeling, co-planning, co-teaching
and providing feedback to educators. The Instructional Coach will demonstrate
and model a passion for leadership.
Assists the Teaching and Learning Support Team to foster professional learning
communities using data teams, classroom walk-through, peer observation, and
action research. Also, assists educators in developing, testing, and
implementing research based instructional strategies that will increase
student achievement. Use, analyze, and reflect on formative assessment data to
improve teaching and learning.