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Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4,000 students in 11 schools. Salem is a small, diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Our vision is to ensure that all students are locally engaged, globally connected, and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging, equity, and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students, regardless of ability, economic status, gender/gender identity, language, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other backgrounds.

Lead Coaches are a critical component of the Academics Department and members of the Academics Team. Salem Public Schools is seeking experienced Salem coaches to serve as Lead Coach for the duration of one academic year, performing the following duties during the first and fourth Mondays of each month from 8‑12 at Central Office.

• Develop agendas, plan, and facilitate content coach meetings aligned with district priorities
• Create and monitor the standards landscape
• Monitor MCAS, STAR, and DCA data
• Coordinate DCA creation, naming, and sharing between educators and the technology department
• Communicate information from the Academics Team to other math coaches
• Facilitate building‑based work related to PRISM
• Ensure communication and consistency around district assessments (DCA, MCAS, STAR, CBMs, data required for PRISM)

• Develop agendas, plan, and facilitate content coach meetings aligned with district priorities
• Create and monitor the standards landscape
• Monitor MCAS, STAR, and DCA dataCoordinate DCA creation, naming, and sharing between educators and the technology department
• Communicate information from the Academics Team to other math coaches
• Provide feedback and contribute to the execution of logistics for professional development and coaching across grade levels in collaboration with the Academics Team Directors/Executive Director and partners
• Ensure communication and consistency around district assessments (DCA, MCAS, and STAR)

• Develop agendas, plan, and facilitate Job Alike meetings aligned with district priorities
• Monitor assessment (MCAS, ACCESS, DCA, etc.) implementation, communication, and data, as needed
• Contribute to the creation and revision of assessments (DCAs, etc.) as needed
• Manage and monitor the standards landscape (K‑12)
• Write or contribute to grant applications and implementation with stakeholders as needed
• Communicate information from the Academics Team to the Content Coach Team (for input and/or completed decisions)
• Collaborate with community stakeholders to plan equitable, standards‑aligned learning experiences/field trips for all grades
• Interface with NewsELA, Proquest, and other curricular products
• Support implementation of Civics Action Projects

• Support planning and facilitating monthly ELD Job‑Alike meetings
• Monitor ACCESS testing and serve as a point person for ML Coaches and teachers during testing
• Monitor ACCESS, WIDA Model, DCA, and STAR data
• Collaborate with content coaches to ensure SEI strategies are incorporated across all content areas
• Align progress monitoring for students not meeting ACCESS benchmarks
• Create writing portfolio exemplars for the ML department
• Participate in SEI learning walks

• Develop agendas, plan, and facilitate PreK coach meetings for work with SPS/community partners
• Communicate information from the Academics Team
• Raise PreK‑specific information/data to the Academics Team
• Track PreK assessment data and communicate this to stakeholders
• Plan and implement professional development for the year
• Work with the literacy coach team for PRISM alignment PreK‑3
• Align and implement components of PRISM
• Ensure communication and consistency around district assessments

• Monitor assessment (MCAS, ACCESS, DCA, STAR, etc.) implementation, communication, and data, as needed
• Communicate about the creation and revision of assessments (DCAs, etc.) to CMS coaches
• Communicate about how to manage and monitor the standards landscape (6‑8) to CMS coaches
• Communicate information from the Academics Team to other CMS coaches for input and/or completed decisions

• Develop additional lenses to provide input and evaluate and refine systems for future opportunities
• Advocate for all students across all schools in the district
• Advocate for all teachers in all content areas across the district
• Represent instructional priorities of individual schools across the district
• Provide cross‑functional input, learning, action steps, and break down silos
• Gain access to district decision makers for more direct and timely action steps
• Protected time to visit other schools
• Learn from external, high‑quality instructional partners by participating in district‑level planning meetings
• Gain access to district‑level data available only to District Leadership
• Hours and guidance for additional licenses

• Communicating district messages and priorities with content and building teams
• Ensuring vertical alignment of content and standards
• Analyzing data, relevant guidance, laws, district priorities, and values to drive action steps
• Developing systems to manage all components of the position

• Instructional vision planning that balances the uniqueness of schools and their autonomy with district initiatives and priorities
• Calibration with district leaders to influence district‑wide decisions through research, data, and experience
• Intersectionality awareness
• Ability to persuade without formal authority and communicate potentially polarizing information in ways that honor voices, hold expectations, and ease concerns and anxieties
• Advocacy through representation of the team’s consensus outside of the room as a single point of view
• Curating community builders and facilitation moves to build a community of learners among coaches
• Belief that every student and teacher in Salem can grow and succeed
• Skill in providing equitable access to the curriculum, particularly for underserved populations
• Collaborative and flexible teamwork
• Strong work ethic, self‑directed, and capable of working independently
• Self‑reflection and acceptance of feedback with a growth mindset

• Current coach in Salem Public Schools
• Massachusetts educator certification
• SEI endorsement

Interested candidates should send a letter of interest to Sonia Lowe at slowe@salemk12.org. The letter should detail why you are interested in being a lead coach and why you would be a good fit for this position.

Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information, or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.