Instructional Coaches a. Instructional Coaches shall be included in Article 1, “Recognition” of the Negotiated Agreement and shall be 192-day employees.
b. Instructional Coaches shall be under the supervision of one administrator for purposes of evaluation.
c. Instructional coaches shall have their schedules arranged so as to provide a duty free lunch daily as well as planning/conference time equal to that of the classroom teacher at the grade levels to which they are assigned.
d. Instructional Coaches’ work schedules will be arranged in collaboration with the classroom teachers with whom the Instructional Coach is working. The classroom teacher and the Instructional Coach must agree on the dates, times of their work. The extent and nature of activities and services provided by the instructional coach will be driven by student data, district initiatives, and/or teachers’ needs. Grade levels will be targeted annually based on student data and other services provided to staff. Building principals will be kept informed as to meeting times.
e. The Board shall provide weekly planning and collaboration time for the Instructional Coaches. Principals will work with the instructional coached and classroom teachers to identify time for collaboration and planning. Classroom teachers and Instructional Coaches may meet to plan instruction in lieu of attending grade level meetings no more than once per month and with notification to the principal.
f. Clerical duties including but not limited to data collection, reports, and logs assigned to Instructional Coaches shall be reviewed and monitored by the Board and the Union.
g. Instructional Coaches shall not have any role in teacher evaluation nor shall they provide any information to any administrator regarding individual teacher performance.
h. An Instructional Coach who requests on his/her assignment preference form not to be assigned as an Instructional Coach for the subsequent school year shall have that request honored by the Board.
Instructional Coaches. 1. The instructional coach shall not have a formal evaluation role.
2. The coach's role is to support the growth of the educator through formative tools and practices.
3. An instructional coach shall not be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment of the counselor and their activities are not part of the evaluation process.
4. No instructional coach shall be requested or directed to divulge information from the written documentation or confidential instructional coach/mentee discussions.
5. All interaction, written or oral, between the instructional coach and the counselor shall be regarded as confidential.
Instructional Coaches. A. Instructional coaches may select any other non-professional learning day for compensation for their trade time hours instead of the last scheduled professional learning day of the year. If at all possible coaches need to be a part of the last professional learning day. Unavoidable conflicts and emergency situations will be handled with instructional coaches the same way they are handled with all staff.
B. Similar to other professional staff, instructional coaches may acquire (as a facilitator or participant) up to 6 hours of trade time for trade off for this additional day.
C. Up to 6 hours will be compensated for after school sessions offered. Anything in addition, outside of the school day, must be pre-approved by the assistant superintendent.
D. Instructional coaches will be allowed to submit up to 8 hours of compensatory pay for preparation work done over the summer.
Instructional Coaches. An Instructional Coach is responsible for providing specialized instructional support to a department head, faculty member, or for providing direct instruction and tutoring to students.
Instructional Coaches. A. The instructional coach shall not have any formal evaluation role.
B. The instruction coach’s role is to support the growth and professional development of the educator through formative tools and practices.
C. An instructional coach shall not be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment or evaluation of a teacher, and his/her activities are not part of the evaluation process.
D. No instructional coach shall be requested or directed to divulge information from the written documentation or confidential instructional coach/teacher discussions.
E. All interaction, written or oral, between the instructional coach and the teacher shall be regarded as confidential.
F. An instructional coach shall provide feedback, written or oral, in a confidential manner that is not disruptive to the classroom environment.
Instructional Coaches. Instructional Coaches are TOSA positions subject to funding by the district through grants and local funds. The program may be terminated if/when these funds are no longer available. The primary duty of the Instructional Coach is to support teachers in professional development with the goal of improving academic performance. In order to preserve the integrity of the instructional coaching program, a majority of their weekly schedule shall be in direct observation or work with teachers which includes, but is not limited to: modeling lessons, data input, printing and distribution of data, subbing teachers out to observe other teachers, and assisting in assessing students for program assessments and during state mandatory testing windows. To ensure that the coaches do not cross over into the responsibilities of the principal, the following restrictions shall apply:
1. Except for beginning teachers, participation by employees shall be voluntary. Any principal recommending that an employee work with an instructional coach shall have observed that teacher at least two (2) times and held a conference with the teacher outlining the benefit to be gained from working with a coach. The final decision shall be the employees.
2. In no way shall information observed or gathered by instructional coaches be reported to any administrator or used as a basis for any evaluator comments. Instructional Coaches are not part of the evaluation process in any way, but may offer suggestions for building based staff development activities. Evaluation of staff is the sole responsibility of building administrators.
3. Instructional coaches shall not attend administrators meetings as a matter of course.
4. To insure that the training attained by coaches continues to be a benefit to the district and students, Instructional Coaches will either move to a different school after three (3) years or return to the classroom after four (4) years. The maximum term for any one certificated staff member to serve as an Instructional coach is six (6) years.
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Instructional Coaches. The Parties agree the priority of an Instructional Coach is to engage teachers in reflective practice to build capacity for understanding and improve instructional practices for the purpose of increasing student achievement. Every effort will be made to ensure this priority is maintained. No coach shall be assigned duties inconsistent with their job description or their status as a bargaining unit member.
Instructional Coaches. The instructional coach shall not have a formal evaluation role.
Instructional Coaches. The purpose and role of certificated instructional coaches is to partner with teachers in continuous growth, as they strive to meet the varying needs of their students. Instructional coaches are peers, and not supervisors or evaluators, and as such the information exchanged or learned through the relationship will not be provided or used for evaluative purposes.
1. Instructional coaches will be provided with ten (10) additional work days at the curriculum rate of pay per school year in recognition for work outside the work day and/or work year.
2. In order to facilitate collaboration and reflection among Instructional Coaches, the District will provide a shared office/work space for all coaches to utilize.
3. Instructional coaches who leave a LSSD classroom position to become an Instructional Coach will have to right to return to their original position after one (1) year. Instructional Coaches shall be considered to be on leave from their original position during this year. Should a coach remain for longer than one year, then the District will make every effort to place the employee in the same or comparable position should they return to a classroom or other position.
Instructional Coaches. 45-1 The District and JCEA will form an Instructional Coaches Committee that consists of three (3) teachers and three (3) instructional coaches appointed by JCEA as well as three (3) principals and three (3) central administrators appointed by the District.
45-2 The Instructional Coaches Committee will make recommendations regarding the instructional coaches program and will meet at least quarterly or as needed.
