Academic Coach

The Savannah-Chatham County Schools is seeking a highly skilled Academic Coach to join our team. As an Academic Coach, you will play a critical role in modeling best practices for teacher development, analyzing student data, and facilitating professional growth.

• Participate in School Leadership Team
  • Analyze student data to identify student learning goals by grade level and content
  • Develop school improvement plan with measurable student achievement and focused professional development goals
  • Create a school assessment plan in the target areas
  • Monitor goal-setting, activities, classroom follow-up, and goal attainment for teacher groups and individual growth plans
• Develop Individual Growth Plans
  • Oversee groups of teachers in the development of a professional growth plan that includes a specific student-centered goal, instructional objectives to meet the goal, and strategies or interventions to meet the objectives
  • Provide support to each teacher in the group based on need
  • Facilitate teacher proficiency with the new strategies through classroom follow-up
  • Ensure that the progression of teacher skill development is aligned with changing student learning needs
• Meet with Teachers
  • Meet regularly with teachers, both in groups and individually, to analyze student work and instructional practices to ensure that best practice methods are utilized
• Design and Implement Professional Learning Experiences
  • Design and implement a variety of job-embedded professional learning experiences aligned with the school improvement goals
• Assist in Assessment of Individual Teacher Performance
  • Assist in the assessment of individual teacher performance
• Model Professional Practice
  • Model professional practice by engaging in individual growth plans and by participating in and/or facilitating professional learning sessions based on the specific needs of teachers for the implementation of school goals

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• Valid Georgia Teaching Certificate in the assigned teaching field
• At least 3 years of teaching experience
• Evidence of mentoring and informal leadership activities with success in improving other teachers' instructional skills to increase student learning
• Evidence of the ability to effectively facilitate professional learning of teacher groups and individuals
• Effective skills in both oral and written communication