Overview

The academic coach should be a member of the school’s leadership team and provide job-embedded and ongoing professional development for teachers, staff, and administration. The academic coach needs to provide support to the teachers and staff in data analysis and assist the principal in making professional development plans to address campus needs. She must provide professional development and guidance for teachers to improve their content craft of knowledge, grade level content TEKS and effective delivery of instructional strategies. Overall, the job of the coach is to build the capacity of the school and its teachers to meet the learning needs of all students. The academic coach’s goal is to ensure the school staff acquires the understanding and skills to:

1. Enhance instructional practices at the classroom level and
2. Raise the level of the student academic achievement and assessment scores