2026-27 Elementary School Instructional Coach - STEM

About this role

About Us

Brilla Schools, a growing K-8 network in the Bronx, serves over 2,000 students with plans to expand to educate 3,000 across four elementary and four middle schools. Managed by Seton Education Partners, Brilla Schools are dedicated to forming students of strong wisdom and virtue. Our classically inspired approach to education combines a content-rich curriculum, inquiry-driven learning, and a focus on virtues, while providing individualized support to meet each child’s unique needs. A national leader in character education and supporting students with varying needs, over the past two years, Brilla alumni have secured spots in the most prestigious high schools in the tri-state area, earning over $3 million in scholarships and financial aid. Our staff are mission-aligned change-makers who believe in fostering a joyful, rigorous learning environment, and Brilla offers some of the most competitive salaries in the market to honor their dedication. With high expectations and a supportive community, we’re preparing students to excel in high school, college, and beyond.

Position Overview The Elementary School Instructional Coach is a full-time leadership team member who supports teachers to align their instruction with the curricular and instructional vision of Brilla Schools and to attain school and network academic targets. Supervised by an Assistant Principal, the Instructional Coach serves as the content expert and planning authority for all of the STEM components in the school, ensuring vertical and horizontal alignment, high quality learning opportunities aligned to strategic priorities, and exceptional student performance and achievement across the content. Instructional Coaches develop the content knowledge and pedagogical techniques of teachers , ensuring that deep content knowledge and best instructional practice permeates the school (such as lesson plan internalization, assessment data, Blended Learning supplementation, and Intervention support). Instructional Coaches are sensitive to the interwoven relationship of academic and character formation and are attentive to ways to ensure mutual reinforcement of the intellectual and affective dimensions of learning. Instructional Coaches embrace the Classical approach to education and actively facilitate the adaptation of lesson plans and curricular resources to enrich the student encounter of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.

This position requires a positive, flexible, solutions-oriented, organized, and reflective leader who can balance multiple roles and responsibilities with grace and virtue. Instructional Coaches work daily with teachers and in close collaboration with the Assistant Principal, Principal, and Brilla Network Schools Team to ensure that curricular materials are consistently adapted to meet the needs of teachers and the classroom . In addition to planning and coaching requirements, Instructional Coaches maintain materials inventories and requisitioning, attend regular content meetings, and actively deepen their own knowledge of content, standards, and Classical pedagogy. Brilla Instructional Coaches daily support teachers through active observation, live coaching and must have a deep appreciation for inductive, inquiry-driven, data-informed, student-engaged learning. They must offer as well as accept, implement, and seek feedback. They will manage multiple concurrent tasks and responsibilities, while inspiring outstanding achievement in a joyful, vigorous, and collaborative work environment.

Core Competencies & Responsibilities

• Conduct daily classroom observations, live coaching and provide feedback to urgently develop teachers instructional practice

• Organize and lead campus and cross-network teacher development meetings, developing their content knowledge, data analysis and action planning and pedagogical skills

• Collaborate with Assistant Principal and Instructional Leadership Team to analyze assessment data and create targeted interventions for student academic goals

• Support teachers in achieving school-wide goals aligned with curriculum, pedagogy, and professional evaluation expectations

• Facilitate campus and cross-network professional development exercises and workshops on curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment cycles

• Manage assessment cycles, including scheduling, quality assurance, and preparation

• Lead curriculum development aligned with New York State Next Generation standards, adapting materials as needed

• Coach teachers in STEM content knowledge and pedagogical practices

• Foster positive relationships with school stakeholders and actively participate in school events

• Engage in ongoing professional development, collaborate with colleagues, and provide constructive feedback for continuous improvement in teaching methodologies and school culture

• Perform other duties, as assigned

Qualifications

• Passionate commitment to Brilla Schools' educational mission and holistic child development

• Embrace of Classical education principles with a focus on nurturing students' well-rounded growth

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited institution, preferably in a STEM-related field

• Current elementary school teaching certification and demonstrated teaching excellence

• Experience in special education (preferred) and familiarity with Classical liberal arts education

• Proven track record in fostering outstanding student growth and coaching teachers

• Strong, diverse content knowledge across grade levels or subjects

• Dedication to character development in both children and adults

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral, and sensitivity to diverse backgrounds

• Analytical mindset, problem-solving abilities, and adaptability in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

• Spanish language proficiency (preferred)

Qualifying Tasks

• Portfolio of demonstrated, consistent student achievement

• Portfolio of created unit plans and lesson plans

• Demonstration Les

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