POSITION TITLE: SECONDARY LITERACY COACH

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid Arkansas teacher licensure in 4-8 or 7-12 (secondary) English
• Five (5) years teaching experience minimum
• Master’s Degree
• Curriculum and Instruction Specialist preferred

REPORTS TO: Building Administrator/Deputy Superintendent for Learning Services

JOB GOALS: Work collaboratively with District Instructional Strategists, building administrators, classroom teachers and other instructional staff to support planning, alignment of assessment, curriculum development/alignment, instructional practices and intervention to improve student achievement outcomes in literacy for feeder pattern.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Promote high standards and expectations for all stakeholders vertically and horizontally within feeder patterns.
2. Exhibit professionalism that demonstrates enthusiasm and interpersonal skills to collaborate well with adult learners, administrators, parents, and the community-at-large.
3. Analyze data and determine instructional needs within district and feeder pattern areas.
4. Improve classroom instruction: provide onsite technical assistance, model best practices, observation and coaching of teachers using explicit instruction and feedback.
5. Follow the district coaching model (conduct a pre-conference, model research-based or best practices or observe teacher using research-based or best practices, conduct a post conference).
6. Attend feeder-area meetings and share findings from classroom observations and coaching cycles to improve instructional strategies and student performance.
7. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of curriculum development, program evaluation, effective instructional strategies, classroom management, assessment and diagnosis, and assist with selection of research-based materials for district and feeder-areas.
8. Maintain current knowledge of effective practices in the area of research-based curricula, instruction, and assessment practices for the purpose of professional development.
9. Integrate technology in the literacy curricula to personalize learning and differentiate instruction based on needs of feeder-areas.
10. Provide high quality, job-embedded professional development for teachers and other instructional stakeholders related to current teaching strategies and techniques for learning.
11. Assist District Instructional Strategists with writing curriculum, units of instruction and the development of content-based lessons.
12. Disaggregation and analysis of test data for all assessments required by law and/or PCSSD in order to drive instruction.
13. Assist in implementation of instructional components of the INDISTAR Process and the District School Improvement Plan.
14. Implement the PCSSD desegregation plan.
15. Know Board of Education policies, District and school guidelines and regulations and adhere to the same.
16. Additional duties as assigned.