Instructional Coach

INSTRUCTIONAL COACH

DO YOU:
● believe in the power of wonder to inspire children’s learning?
● believe that potential, not zip code, should determine students’ trajectory for their future?
● have the organizational, problem solving, and communication skills to effectively serve young children,
teachers, parents, and the community as a whole in a variety of roles?
● possess the willingness to collaborate with your colleagues and our school families, doing “whatever it
takes,” to make our vision for our students a reality?
If so, you are a great candidate to serve as the Early Childhood Education Coach

at SPARK Academy and we encourage you to apply!

At the heart of SPARK Academy is a focus on “whole child” education. We seek to foster confidence and a desire to
learn in our students and to build and sustain family support. SPARK emphasizes engagement and support to ensure
that each child has a high quality early childhood experience and continues on to successful future education, health
and wellness and expanded opportunities.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR TO JOIN OUR SPARK TEAM:

SPARK Academy is committed to the recruitment and retention of the highest caliber employees dedicated to our
mission, our students, and our families.. We get excited about people who are fired up about learning; who want to
work collaboratively with their colleagues to build a truly integrated curriculum experience for students. We’re
looking for educators who believe that family and community partnerships are crucial to student learning and
success. Above all, we are looking for candidates who are passionate and committed to our ultimate goal of closing
the achievement gap for all our children at SPARK.

POSITION DETAILS

POSITION: Early Childhood Instructional Coach
REPORTS TO: Director

QUALIFICATIONS:

● CERTIFICATION:

○ Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or equivalent.
○ North Carolina Early Childhood Administration Credential or its equivalent

○ North Carolina Early Childhood Credential or its equivalent

● EXPERIENCE:
○ Must be 21 years of age
○ 2 or more years experience in a leadership, mentoring or coaching role with staff,
preschool children and with families from low income and culturally diverse
backgrounds

● SKILLS/ABILITIES:

The candidate has demonstrated an ability to:
○ effectively communicate with supervisors, peers, teachers, students, and families
○ effectively collaborate with all school stakeholders
○ model desired behavior among staff and students
○ be highly organized with demonstrated ability to meet reporting deadlines
○ maintain confidentiality of documents and conversations
○ Be a self-starter and team player

● Pass a pre-employment background and fingerprinting, physical, initial drug screening,
have a negative TB skin test (or chest x-ray if necessary) and provide required
documentation of the NCDCDEE.
● Commitment to the mission, vision, and core values of Spark Academy.
● Other qualifications as the Board of Directors may find appropriate.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

● Operations
○ Helps to ensure the supervision, safety and well-being of children and classroom
teaching staff daily.
○ Report or address any maintenance items that need attention.

JOB DETAILS

Assists the Director in leading instruction at SPARK Academy in areas relative to:
● Conducting training, conferences, courses, and other aspects of personal growth.
● Monitor and ensure implementation of a developmentally and linguistically appropriate
approach to child development and education.
● Facilitates and coordinates meetings and trainings
● Works with staff to create an intentional and systematic process to gather and record
information that is guided by the action plan and focused on the staff member’s goals.
● Use coaching strategies that support the staff member’s understanding and use of
specific teaching or practice and curriculum.
● Develops coaching agreements in partnership with staff that guide the scope and
structure, including expectations and roles that define the work within the context of a
culturally respectful, safe, and supportive environment.
● Identifies strengths and celebrates progress with staff.
● Demonstrated flexibility that builds on respectful interest in learning about diverse
cultures and languages of staff and the children and families they support to establish
mutually respectful and effective relationships.
● Create and maintain schedule for regular center staff trainings
● Assist classrooms with proper techniques with children and guidance with daily
classroom activities and lesson plans.

SALARY $38,000 - $43,000 per year

BENEFITS

● Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Plan
● Employer paid dental
● Competitive employer matched 401K program
● Long Term Care Insurance
● $20,000 life insurance policy
● Employee accrued paid time off
● Other benefits are available at the employee’s expense