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1137 - District Literacy Coach

Added November 11, 2014

REPORTS TO:
School Principals/Superintendent

WORK ASSIGNMENTS:
Literacy coach will be assigned to schools at the discretion of the Superintendent for instruction in consultation with building principals and teachers for literacy success and improvement.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Under the supervision of the Director of Educational Services the District Literacy Coach will provide researched-based professional development and support teachers with coaching cycles. The District Literacy Coach helps to guide schools toward sustainable school improvement by providing professional development services that focus on the implementation of the District’s professional development goals that include but are not limited to; Guided Language Acquisition, reflective collegial cycle of inquiry, data analysis, high performing learning communities, Writers’ Workshop, Readers’ Workshop, and instructional leadership through alignment of curriculum and instruction to state and district-identified Common Core State Standards.

The District Literacy Coach will spend the majority of time working with schools in providing professional development that would include, but not be limited to; coaching, observing, modeling of instructional literacy strategies that support the District’s literacy framework, guiding sites in assessing student work. The District Literacy Instructional Coach advocates for, facilitates, and supports the work of teachers, but does not perform supervision or evaluation. The role of a coach is separate and apart from the evaluative role of the principal or supervisor of the teacher.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: