Hamilton County Schools

Training and Practicum of the Program:

• Throughout the year, candidates will engage in monthly full-day professional learning sessions, facilitated by internal and external experts, that focus on key actions of instructional coaches as outlined in the HCS Teacher Development Framework, including, but not limited to: 
  • Observation and Feedback
  • Coaching Cycles
  • Collaborative Planning 
  • Facilitating Adult Learning
  • PLCs & Data Meeting Facilitation
• Candidates have the opportunity to engage in job-embedded shadowing of a current instructional coach

Eligibility Criteria:

• Current HCS certified employee with 4+ total years of teaching experience
• Evidence for 2+ years of strong student achievement and/or student growth
• Evidence of initiative and leadership

Application Components for Initial Screening:

• Current, up-to-date resume
• Recommendation from the applicant’s current principal (recommendation form will be sent by the Talent team)
• Prior effectiveness data submission (AIC LEAD Data Submission Guidelines)
• Most recent Project COACH summative evaluation rubric (from T-Eval)
• Most recent summative evaluation overview (from TNCompass)

Selection Process:

• Phase 1: Screening - Each applicant's application components will be screened by multiple district leaders using a screening rubric. 
• Phase 2: Interview - Applicants with satisfactory screening scores will be invited to interview with a small panel of district leaders. 
• Phase 3: Selection - Candidates will be selected for the program based on a combination of their screening and interview scores. The number of candidates selected for a new LEAD cohort is based on multiple factors and may change from year to year.