90K for a Teacher Coach

Teacher While in recent months, parents have come out to Henry Hudson Regional Board of Education meetings and questioned the adequacy of its special education programs, the school’s pre-K program apparently receives high ratings and few complaints.

This week the board approved a new position for the Pre-K program, a full-time Pre-K Teacher coach. Her salary is set at $90,000 for her work to ensure coaching and classroom support for classroom teachers. Her duties include visiting classrooms regularly to “model, coach, informally observe and provide feedback to teaching staff in preschool programs based on the reflective cycle to assist with the implementation of the comprehensive curriculum and the Preschool Standards.”

The position also calls for providing staff development based on her observations, making recommendations to administrators or supervisors, ensuring a systematic early childhood program assessment occurs in the program; collaborating with the preschool intervention and referral specialists to ensure supports in social-emotional development; ensuring the proper assessment system connected to the curriculum as part of the three-year plan, participating in parent involvement programs with proper staff; and supporting activities, programs, and services between preschool through grade three programs.

Beams explained that the appointment of Trace Graham to the position includes her also serving as the Preschool Intervention and Referral Specialist/Pyramid Model Coach (PIRS).  The instructor served at Henry Huson lasts year, she said, on a part-time basis as the teacher coach, with the other responsibilities coming under a different employee.

“This position was always part-time, even when held by our coach in Highlands, who retired from education after the 2022-2023 school year,” Dr. Beams continued.

This year, putting MS Graham into a full-time position also means she is taking over all coaching responsibilities and other duties. “And therefore, we have made the decision to make the role full-time. “

The $90,000 annual salary “is in line with the district’s collective bargaining agreement with the Education Association and “commensurate with the individual’s experience.” the superintendent said.

The collective bargaining agreement, as outlined in the district’s web page, shows the range of salaries for instructors from Pre-K through 12^th grade, depending on the individual’s background and experience, range from a low of $68,580, to $106,035, with five steps on the contract salary guide falling in the $90,000 range and seven exceeding $100,000 a year.

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