Summer Literacy Instructional Coach-Elementary
Summer Literacy Instructional Coach-Elementary
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Purpose of Position/Summary:
The literacy instructional coach will increase the quality and effectiveness of classroom instruction through observation and feedback lessonmodeling coteaching mentoring and facilitating academic reflection. The coach will assist in implementing a plan for targeted support using evidencebased literacy practices to meet the needs of all students.
Qualifications:
- Valid Indiana Teaching License
- Bachelors degree required
- Minimum 5 years of successful teaching experience
- Demonstrated teacher leadership
- Strong pedagogical knowledge and content expertise
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Assist in instructional planning and expand teachers use of a variety of resources to provide highquality literacy opportunities.
- Create and monitor specific measurable instructional goals.
- Provide training on formative assessment administration.
- Ensure that student achievement data is routinely collected reported and used to drive instructional decisions at the school and classroomlevel while offering feedback and reflection.
- Implement intensive professional development on highquality instructional practices aligned with the Science of Reading Structured Literacy and Balanced Literacy.
- Analyze data from a district school gradelevel classroom and individual student perspective.
- Model continuous learning maintain current progress and serve as a thoughtful leader for student literacy in the school.
- Participate in professional learning as a means to continuously improve him/herself but also in order to present new learning to the instructional staff.
- Participate as a member of relevant school and district committees (Site Based Team textbook adoption committee Curriculum teams etc.)
- Provide individual and/or group instructional coaching and mentoring to teachers to improve classroom instruction for all learners.
- Maintain confidentiality of schools teachers and classrooms.
- Prepare forms records and reports as requested.
- Other duties as assigned by the associate superintendent principal or other designee.
The Instructional Coach position requires a professional with:
- Excellent organizational skills
- Exceptional communication skills
- Flexibility
- Strong content knowledge
- Strong ability to collaborate with others
- A proven track record using researchbased best practices in the classroom
- Ability to grow trust and build relationships over time in a professional learning community
- Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in instructional programs related to early literacy instructional practices.
Employment Type
Temp
