Instructional Coach

5 days ago

Eastern Cape, South Africa Funda Wande Full time

**Purpose of Role**:
Reporting to the Lead: Eastern Cape Intervention, the role of the Instructional Coach is to build teacher capacity and their understanding of instructional practices in the Foundation Phase education. The Instructional Coach’s main focus will be to support the HoD in managing and affecting teaching and learning in the Foundation Phase level. The role is responsible for ensuring high-quality instruction in classrooms through modelling, co-planning, co-teaching, and providing feedback to educators.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have passion to motivate and work with others as a team player, especially with critical stakeholders such as the School Management Team (SMT), District Officials, Departmental Heads (DH), and Teachers. You would also need to be analytical, adaptable, professional and possess strong communication, advocacy, presentation, reporting and interpersonal skills.

**Objectives of Role**:
**1. Teacher Training and development**
- Support the instructional development of all Foundation Phase teachers
- Orientate teachers on teaching and learning material.
- Conduct Pedagogical Content Knowledge trainings for all teachers
- Provide technical support to Foundation Phase teams (Funda Wande website and APP and Reading

Academy)

**2. Foundation Phase Departmental Heads (DH) Support program**
- Support DH on managing content development of their phase teachers at their schools and establish

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) within and outside schools
- Support HoDs on the Quality Management System through workshops, lesson observations and

feedback.

**3. School Management Team (SMT) support & Advocacy**
- Engages SMTs on the management and monitoring of teaching and Learning in the phase
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with district teams
- Maintain relationships with the provincial curriculum team.

**4. Administration**
- Prepare and maintain schedule of field work
- Submit a coaching log and any pertinent data requests/coaching documentation
- Submit reports for activities conducted
- Attend workshops/conferences related to Funda Wande work
- Facilitate and coordinate trainings and workshops

**Experience and Qualifications**:

- IsiXhosa Home Language
- Relevant Degree and/or Diploma in Foundation Phase Education
- 8 - 10 Minimum years’ experience in working/teaching in Foundation Phase

**Competencies**:

- Demonstrates proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office skills
- Demonstrated expertise in oral and written communication Ability to work cooperatively and effectively

with colleagues
- Demonstrated leadership qualities and strong interpersonal skills, including giving and receiving

constructive feedback.
- Strong educational knowledge and content expertise
- Understands the social issues children face and how these can interfere with learning
- Models’ continual improvement, demonstrates lifelong learning, and applies new learning
- Coaching experience desirable
- An interest in and alignment to Funda Wande’s Vision and Values
- Attention to detail and extremely organized
- Committed to improving processes and systems
- Work well under pressure and with changing deliverables
- Confident, proactive, self-reliant and performance oriented
- Great team player
- High degree of emotional intelligence
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- Disciplined administrative skills

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