Green Hills Academy (GHA) serves 2,000 students in Kigali, Rwanda. Green Hills Academy wishes to fill the below vacant positions with qualified, experienced, talented, capable and dedicated individuals to join the team to make a difference. The positions’ details are outlined below:
- High School Instructional Coach
- Middle School Instructional Coach
Job Description
The role of the Instructional Coach is to build educator capacity and help educators continuously improve their instructional practices in line with International Baccalaureate (IB) pedagogy. The Instructional Coach models continuous improvement and helps educators and learners improve. Moreover, the Instructional Coach promotes reflection, provides guidance and structure where needed, and focuses on strengths, collaboration and issues of concern. The Instructional Coach is responsible for ensuring high-quality instruction in classrooms through modeling, co-planning, co-teaching and providing feedback to educators. The Instructional Coach demonstrates and models a passion for education, and learner and educator success.
Responsibilities
- Assist educators by coaching them on how to improve their teaching practice and learner performance
- Develop a trusting and reflective professional partnership with educators
- Provide regular classroom based coaching support to each educator
- Model and demonstrate effective instructional practices
- Coach and assist educators with curriculum development, classroom management, instructional strategies, assessment of learner performance
- Help educators improve their ability to understand, plan and assess learner progress toward meeting standards
- Improve educators content knowledge, management and instructional strategies to better address the needs of all learners in a positive environment
- Support administrators in curriculum and instructional leadership
- Facilitate PLC and provides opportunities for peer reflection, collaboration and coaching
- Visit classes and observe all educators a minimum of one time per year
- Observe educators new to GHA and those who are performing at an unsatisfactory or basic level as determined by Principals, Vice Principals and Head of School through observations and feedback forms more than once per year and as often as necessary for educators to achieve proficient performance levels
- Provide feedback to administrators on IB programme effectiveness
- Participate in IB programme evaluation processes
- Participate in orientation and professional development activities for educators
- Take a leadership role in professional development activities
- Establish and maintain clear communication and cooperative working relationships with a variety of educators and groups
- Prepare reports and maintain program files and record keeping systems for accountability
- Demonstrate a working knowledge and use of instructional strategies for working with the diverse needs of learners in multiple content areas
- Plan and record monthly work schedule in electronic calendar at least 30 days in advance
General Responsibilities
- Support, model and promote the school mission and vision
- Remain up to date with relevant pedagogy and current practices
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and confidentiality, and report all concerns to the appropriate person
- Maintain actively involved in a program of professional development to improve practice
- Create and manage relevant documentation and other administrative requirements
- Maintain positive and productive relationships with learners, parents, educators and support staff
- Attend meetings and participate in events as required
- Fulfill other responsibilities as required by the Principal
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education or closely related field, Master’s Degree preferred
- Five years of successful Secondary School teaching experience required, preferably in an IB school
- Successful leadership and mentoring/coaching experience preferred
- English proficiency required, French proficiency preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of IB or constructivist principles and practices of instruction, curriculum, professional development and assessment
- Knowledge of coaching models and resources focused on support of standards based instruction
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Ability to impart knowledge and understanding about effective teaching practices to others
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and concisely in oral and written form
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and professional working relationships with Individuals, groups and public and private agency personnel
- Ability to motivate, challenge and guide others in the improvement of educational goals
- Ability to utilize reflective coaching in content and pedagogy
- Ability to plan, organize and conduct coaching activities
