ELD Instructional Coach
Martha's Vineyard Public Schools
Martha's Vineyard Central Office - Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Job Details
Job ID:
5891206
Application Deadline:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Yesterday
Starting Date:
To Be Determined
Job Description
ELD Curriculum Coach
Title 3 grant contingent on funding
Martha's Vineyard Public Schools
School Year 2026-2027
Position Summary
The ELD Curriculum Coach provides job-embedded, non-evaluative instructional coaching to support successful implementation of Martha's Vineyard Public Schools' adopted English language development curricula: Cengage (National Geographic) Trailblazer (K-4), Impact (grades 5-8), and Lift (grades 9-12). The coach partners with the ELL Director, school leaders, and ESL educators to build curriculum literacy; strengthen implementation of the Massachusetts Next Generation ESL Standards; and increase multilingual learners' access to systematic, explicit, sustained, and rigorous English language development instruction.
This districtwide implementation-support position includes approximately 433 annual hours, averaging 10-11 hours per week across a 40-week school year. Instructional support will be delivered through a hybrid model that includes both virtual and in-person coaching, collaborative planning, classroom observation, modeling, and professional learning.
Employment Term:
September 1, 2026-June 30, 2027.
Supervision and collaboration
The ELD Curriculum Coach reports to the ELL Director and works closely with ESL teachers, principals, classroom/content teachers,
special educators,and curriculum leaders.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide biweekly, a non-evaluative coaching to 13 ESL teachers through classroom observation, co-planning,
modeling, feedback, and reflection.
- Support teachers in implementing the Trailblazer, Impact, and Lift ELD curricula with fidelity while responding
to student needs
- Model effective ELD instructional routines, scaffolds, language objectives, academic discourse, and formative assessment practices
- Conduct non-evaluative walkthroughs, model lessons, co-teaching, and push-in support as needed
- Co-facilitate professional learning, curriculum launch sessions, unit planning, instructional rehearsal, student-work analysis, and reflection
- Support K-4, grades 5-8, and high school ESL teacher planning, including weekly Lift co-planning at the high school
- Develop practical planning tools, model lessons, templates, and curriculum-aligned resources
- Facilitate collaborative planning and professoional learning communities across schools and grade spans
- Support teams in using student work, formative assessments, ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS data, and classroom evidence
to improve instruction
- Collaborate with ESL, general education, and special education staff to strengthen inclusive instruction for multilingual learners,
including English learners with disabilities
- Maintian confidential coaching records and help identify districtwide trends, needs, and next steps for curriculum implementation
Position Type:
Part-time