JOB SUMMARY
This position will work in CSI schools to support the Georgia Early Literacy Act. The Structured Literacy Coach will provide appropriate services so that there can be a cohesive sustained intensive and classroom-focused approach that is rigorous, engaging, and relevant for students. The coach will provide a non-threatening, open, professional, and collaborative working relationship with principals, other academic coaches, and K-3 teachers. The coach will identify the needs of the school and prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical assistance so that students achieve grade-level reading by the end of 3rd grade.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
• Facilitate and lead structured coaching cycles with teachers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that includes goal setting, modeling, lesson observation, constructive feedback, and reflective discussions to enhance literacy instruction and student outcomes. • Provide clear, practical, timely, and candid written and oral feedback to teachers about their instruction. • Conference with teachers identified for additional support to create, implement, and monitor goals and plans for improving practice. • Meet regularly with principal, other school-based coaches, and K-3 teachers to review all formative and summative data, including required screeners, and make recommendations for adjustments in instructional practices. • Maintain an organized system for documenting coaching services. • Assist principals and other leadership in assigned schools with aligning schoolwide systems, processes, and resources to structured literacy as defined by Georgia Early Literacy Act. • Assist school administrators and other leadership with providing regular and user-friendly data reports to their respective districts and other stakeholders. • Assist K-3 teachers in addressing grade-specific curriculum by developing an effective school-wide literacy plan and providing strategies for monitoring the plans implementation. • Collaborate with Regional Structured Literacy Support Coaches to design and conduct professional development to meet the varied needs of K-3 teachers. • Attend all required GaDOE professional learning.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Valid Georgia Teaching or Service Certificate at Level 4 or higher Bachelor degree in Elementary Education or Special Education or Related field Advanced preparation in Reading/Literacy through completion of Reading Endorsement Dyslexia Endorsement or independent training program approved by International Dyslexia Association Minimum of 5 years elementary teaching experience, including evidence-based word recognition and comprehension instruction
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Thorough understanding of reading processes, acquisition, assessment, and instruction • Systematic explicit instructional process • Instructional coaching approaches and strategies for teaching adult learners • Scientific reading research and its application to effective classroom instruction, structure, and practices as well as intervention • Georgia Standards of Excellence GSE in English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, as well as new Georgia K-12 ELA Standards • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) • Data analysis and application
CERTIFICATION LICENSE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Clear Renewable Certification in Designated Content Areas
Consideration for interviews will begin as soon as a list of applicants is established.