Are you an experienced school educator with a demonstrated coaching background; and a technical understanding and passion for implementing whole-school, evidence-based teaching practices?

Are you available a minimum of two days each week to provide coaching to education leaders and teachers on research-supported practical routines, strategies, skills and practices to improve the learning outcomes in their classrooms?

Join us, and be part of our mission to create engaged, positive and productive classrooms that enable Australian students to achieve their full potential. Roles available in Perth and Melbourne.

About us

Knowledge Society is a purpose-driven business that turns knowledge into impact. We design and deliver practice change programs for educators and policymakers nationwide.

We help school systems achieve gains in student learning by creating supportive professional learning programs that help teachers and leaders change their practice in classrooms.

All of our programs are informed by the science of learning and the science of reading for use in educational settings from early learning to higher education.

The role

We are seeking applications from experienced individuals to join our program coaching team as Instructional Coaches for classroom behaviour, high impact teaching, literacy, numeracy and/or curriculum coaching assignments. Our Instructional Coaches work alongside our Training and Coaching Lead and our faculty of expert trainers to provide the in-school dimension of our professional learning and classroom practice change programs, including classroom demonstrations and observations, coaching and feedback for teachers and leaders.

All Instructional Coaches require knowledge of the science of learning and classroom teaching experience across P-6 and/or 7-12 that would enable confident demonstration of evidence-based teaching practices, strategies and routines. Demonstrated experience in applying coaching models that deliver high impact in classrooms, and specific domain knowledge in classroom behaviour, explicit instruction, literacy instruction and intervention, numeracy instruction, and/or knowledge rich curriculum are also essential to the role.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

Support the high fidelity implementation of the routines, strategies, skills and practices relevant to our school improvement programs.

Attend school visits to delivery model lessons in the classroom.

Observe classroom instruction for the purpose of providing teachers with coaching and direct feedback on the agreed classroom practice change initiatives.

Provide written feedback to individual teachers and/or school leadership teams

Provide instruction and mentoring to school leaders to build their internal school coaching capability .

Facilitate or co-facilitate professional learning workshops, as required.

About you

To be successful in this role you will:

A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) or equivalent qualifications in education or teaching, with eligibility to teach in the Australian schools sector.

At least two (2) years working in a senior teacher or middle leader role (or above) which involved the provision of instruction, coaching and feedback to help other teachers implement evidence-based practices.

Demonstrated understanding of quality teaching practices underpinned by the science of learning, cognitive load theory, the science of reading, and principles of high impact (explicit) instruction etc.

Relevant training and demonstrated experience in literacy instruction, numeracy instruction and/or an understanding of the research and rationale underpinning knowledge rich curriculum

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including strategies for clear and succinct conversations and the ability to deliver model lessons and present professional learning workshops

Willingness to travel intra and interstate to deliver training and coaching to schools

We are interested in hearing from candidates based in Perth or Melbourne to assist with the delivery of our school improvement programs across Australia.

Coaches will initially be engaged on a casual basis with a view to developing into more permanent positions in the future if they wish. The role will therefore suit someone who is currently working in the schools sector part time, and wanting to supplement their existing role with a new challenge, or someone who is looking to work flexibly in the immediate term, or is just looking for experience outside the school environment

How to apply

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter (no more than two pages), including:

a short paragraph outlining your coaching experience; AND

an actual example of a time when you had a coaching conversation, explaining what components made it a successful conversation and what impact it had on the teacher’s practice.

Applications should be submitted to [email protected] no later than midnight (AWST) on July 2. Please note that we will commence shortlisting immediately and may close off applications earlier than this date, so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible.

Please direct any questions about the role to: Janey Smith at [email protected].

Knowledge Society is an equal opportunity employer who is committed to developing a diverse workforce and applying the principles of equity, fairness and transparency to all recruitment and selection processes. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.