Behavioral Health & Instructional Coaching Director - PA / NJ

Overview

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed and highly talented staff. The Woods System of Care is guided by their mission to support children and adults with disabilities or challenges to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• PTO- Paid time off
• On-site medical center
• 403b retirement plan
• Continuing education programs
• Tuition assisted program
• Career growth opportunities

Salary: Starting at $80000 / Annually - depending on education / experience

Job Summary:


The Behavioral Health & Instructional Coaching Director is responsible for designing, launching, and scaling a job-embedded professional learning system across Woods System of Care "WSOC" schools. This role builds the capacity of schools through coaching, modeling, and train-the-trainer systems. The position leads: Summer Institute for new teachers; A train-the-trainer model for 10 Instructional Supervisors; System-wide implementation reaching 100+ teachers across Woods, Archway, and Legacy Schools

The role operationalizes a push-in professional development model, where teacher learning occurs through classroom-based coaching cycles, modeling, co-teaching, and reflective practice rather than one-time workshops. This leader ensures all training is aligned to the WSOC instructional model.


Responsibilities

System Design & Training Strategy

• Designs and implements a multi-tiered professional development system: Summer Institute; School-based applied training; and Coaching for mastery
• Aligns all training to: WSOC instructional model (IEP-driven, PBIS, Behavioral Regulation) and staff competency framework domains (communication, behavior, trauma-informed care, etc.)
• Builds a replicable training architecture that can scale across schools and states
• Establishes clear competency benchmarks and observable indicators of teacher practice

Summer Institute Leadership

• Designs and lead a 4-week Summer Institute grounded in: Foundational knowledge; Applied simulations; and Classroom-based practice
• Ensures teachers are prepared in: AAC & communication systems; Behavioral Regulation strategies; Trauma-informed teaching; and Differentiation & IEP alignment
• Integrates: Modeling of instruction; Practice teaching sessions; and Feedback cycles
• Assesses teacher readiness using competency-based evaluations

Train-the-Trainer Model

• Develops Instructional Supervisors into Instructional Coaches / Trainers
• Trains them to: Facilitate coaching cycles (goal-setting • observation • feedback); Models lessons in classrooms; and Lead reflective dialogue and PLCs
• Creates standardized coaching tools , including: Observation rubrics aligned to competencies; Coaching protocols; and Fidelity checklists
• Trains/Coaches supervisors as internal trainers responsible for scaling to 100+ teachers

Job-Embedded Coaching & Implementation

• Coordinates implementation of push-in professional development across schools: Classroom observation; Modeling; Co-teaching; and Feedback cycles
• Ensures coaching reflects core model components: Observation • coaching • modeling • reflection
• Monitors transfer of training into classroom practice
• Supports instructional supervisors in delivering consistent, high-quality coaching
• Drives teacher mastery across key domains:
  • Communication & AAC
  • Social-emotional & behavioral regulation
  • Trauma-informed practice
  • Crisis prevention
  • Differentiation & UDL
  • Assessment-driven instruction
  • Transition/vocational programming
• Ensures all training supports: Individualized, IEP-aligned instruction; Integration of academic + behavioral + functional skills; and PBIS and Behavioral Regulation
• Trains staff to: Use data to drive instruction; Implement differentiated and scaffolded learning; and Integrate communication, behavior, and academic instruction

Technology Driven Instruction: Management and of Platforms and Coordination of Training

• Oversees the educational technology platforms and serve as primary contact with technology companies.
• In coordination with Woods Services, Legacy, and Archway Technology Teams, coordinates training of educational technology platforms and manage technology infrastructure.

Professional Learning Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Builds and leads Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Cross-school learning networks
• Uses Student outcome data, Classroom observation data, and Coaching data to refine training systems
• Establishes continuous improvement cycles for staff development
• Leads implementation across:
  • Woods Schools
  • Archway Schools
  • Legacy School (Mary Dobbins)
• Ensures consistency while allowing site-specific adaptation
• Supports expansion of WSOC model through training systems

Qualifications

• Master's Degree (required)
• Valid Pennsylvania or New Jersey Supervisors Certificate (preferred)
• At least five years demonstrated successful teaching in education preferably Special Education or in a Behavioral based setting (required)
• At least three years demonstrated experience in instructional coaching or teacher training (preferred)
• Experience with alternative programming preferred.
• Successful experience in working with culturally diverse students, families, and communities
• Demonstrated leadership skills in the areas of curriculum development, program evaluation, staff development, and school improvement
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Required criminal history background checks and proof of US citizenship or legal resident alien status required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Cognitive, verbal and manual skills necessary.
• Must be able to work under required deadlines and schedules, while being flexible to special requests and projects.
• Must be able to professionally manage stressful situations.
• Demonstrates kindness, empathy, patience, and compassion

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Duties require extensive standing and walking.
• Must be able to walk, run, lift, push, pull and bend.
• Requires lifting up to 50 pounds. Duties require frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.
• Hearing and visual acuity necessary; corrective devices are acceptable.
• Requires SMART Training and Behavior Intervention training.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND HAZARDS : May become involved in physical crisis management. Risk of exposure to communicable diseases.

About Woods System of Care

Woods System of Care (WSOC) is a forward-thinking nonprofit population health management organization transforming how care is delivered to individuals with behavioral and emotional challenges, intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and medical complexities. As a dynamic network of 12 affiliate agencies, WSOC champions a holistic, life cycle-oriented model of care that meets clients where they are, while driving innovation in access, outcomes, and cross-sector collaboration.

At WSOC, we value creativity, teamwork, continuous learning, and bold ideas that redefine what's possible in integrated care. Our staff are mission-driven professionals who continually expand their expertise through professional development, conferences, and thought leadership opportunities.

Our diverse services include integrated healthcare, behavioral health, residential care, community-based programs, vocational services, crisis response, substance use services, special education, and supportive case management - delivering a truly comprehensive and remarkable safety net for our region's most vulnerable.