Instructional Coach

City Teaching Alliance is seeking an experienced, equity-centered educator to serve as a Full-Time Instructional Coach in Washington, D.C.

The Full-Time Instructional Coach plays a critical role in developing early-stage educators through high-quality coaching. This position supports a caseload of up to 24 Fellows in City Teaching Alliance’s multi-year clinical model, helping them build the instructional knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to drive student learning and become effective, culturally responsive teachers.

Key Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Manage a caseload of up to 24 Fellows, providing consistent coaching, feedback, and support throughout the coaching cycle.
• Design and facilitate structured coaching cycles that include goal-setting, co-planning, observation, feedback, and reflection.
• Align coaching with City Teaching Alliance’s scope and sequence, Accountable Teaching Practices, Teacher Practice Rubric, coursework, and partner-school priorities.
• Use observations, student data, Fellow reflections, and partner input to identify instructional priorities and tailor coaching to individual Fellow needs.
• Maintain timely, accurate coaching documentation and provide specific, evidence-based written feedback through City Teaching Alliance’s instructional coaching platforms.
• Establish psychologically safe, identity-affirming, and trust-based coaching relationships with Fellows.
• Apply asset-based, culturally responsive, and anti-racist coaching practices while maintaining high expectations for all Fellows.
• Collaborate with mentor teachers, school leaders, and colleagues to support Fellow success and strengthen the clinical experience.
• Design and facilitate professional learning for Fellows, including regional professional learning days.
• Represent City Teaching Alliance’s mission, coaching model, and values in interactions with Fellows, school partners, and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to regional hiring, onboarding, coaching calibration, team learning, organizational initiatives, and continuous improvement of the coaching model.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree, such as an M.A. or higher, in education or a related field.
• At least five years of K–12 classroom teaching experience.
• At least two years of experience in instructional coaching or a school-based leadership role supporting teacher development, such as an instructional coach or school administrator.
• Experience in urban public education as a teacher, staff developer, instructional coach, and/or administrator.
• Extensive content knowledge in mathematics, science, literacy, and/or special education.
• Demonstrated success facilitating groups, mentoring, and developing early-stage teachers.
• Knowledge of evidence- and research-based practices for high-quality instructional coaching.
• Experience leading and facilitating professional learning for staff and colleagues preferred.
• Strong organizational, time-management, written communication, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Commitment to City Teaching Alliance’s mission and values.

Location: Washington, D.C. (In-person; hybrid work available, but candidates must be based in the Washington, D.C. region)

Salary: $75,000–$77,393 (Non-negotiable)