Instructional Coach – Science Teacher

About the role

Curriculum Associates' Stile, a science curriculum for Australian secondary schools, is seeking an experienced science teacher with a passion for instructional coaching and professional learning. The role works alongside schools that implement Stile to improve student outcomes and engagement. It is a full-time position based in a major capital city; if you are not in Melbourne you work from home, and you will travel regularly to schools across your state.

Key responsibilities

• Run implementation meetings with school leaders and Heads of Science, agree on a Science Teaching Excellence Framework focus for the year, and ensure every teacher is set up and confident.
• Tailor professional learning to each school's priorities, bring teachers into Stile Academy and centralised PL days, and give prompt, actionable feedback on their Academy responses.
• Teach a full day of regular science classes in partner schools while the faculty observes, then lead the debrief, modelling explicit instruction, engagement and off-device learning.
• Hold three data reviews per year with each school, reviewing how teachers use Stile and how teaching tracks against the framework, and leaving a clear plan for the next term.
• Build relationships with Heads of Science and school leadership, spot schools drifting before the data does, and act on it.
• Bring feedback from schools back to the product and content teams so schools shape what is built.

Required profile

• A science teacher at heart with real classroom credibility, ideally with secondary science experience; past experience as a Head of Science, instructional coach or learning specialist is helpful.
• Comfortable in front of a principal and proactive in following up with schools.
• Ability to read usage reports and framework rubrics and turn them into plain-language next steps.
• Organised and self-directed enough to manage a diary across a state, with many schools and travel.

Success criteria

• Within 6 months: deep understanding of Stile, the pedagogy and the framework, solo Stilist in Schools days, and data reviews with every implementing and platinum Head of Science in the state.
• Within 12 months: implementing schools retained at 95% and platinum schools renewed at 90% with licence utilisation over 80%; three data reviews per school; well-received PL sessions; Heads of Science describing you as part of their team.