Job Description:
Job Title: Literacy Coach (2 Openings)
Reports To: Elementary School Principal and Assistant Superintendent
Location: Districtwide
Level: Grades K-5
Education and experience: Elementary Education Teaching Certificate; MA and/or Sixth-Year Certificate required, advanced graduate study in Education Leadership or Curriculum & Instruction preferred.
Salary: This position is full-time. The salary and benefits associated with this position are outlined in the current East Haven Education Association contract.
Experience: Minimum five (5) years successful teaching experience with demonstrated teacher leadership skills. Must have an in-depth knowledge of:
- Common Core State Standard for ELA
- Teacher centered instructional data team
- Meeting facilitation
- Small group instructional practice
- Effective teaching strategies for reading
- Developing standards based lessons
- Differentiation
- Assessment (summative, formative, diagnostic)
- CSDE Interim Benchmark assessments
Position Summary: To coach, support, and model with teachers, administrators, and other team members in providing educational benefit for students; effectively support and implement the East Haven Literacy Plan in alignment with the Connecticut Literacy model.
Minimum Qualifications/Skills and Knowledge Requirements:
- Extensive experience with analyzing data and making data driven decisions, including leading teacher centered data teams
- Ability to work well with people; demonstrate and maintain productive and positive relationships through the use of strong interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge and successful experience:
o Implementing research-based instructional practices
o Using a variety of assessment tools and analyzing student data to drive instruction
o Using a collaborative coaching model
o Knowledge of the adult learning process in order to promote and facilitate changes in adult instructional practices.
- Demonstrated success in communicating effectively with teachers, principals, parents, students, and instructional aides.
- Demonstrated ability to consult with and facilitate for groups of individuals.
- Ability to work closely with the building administrator to model, coordinate and implement the components of professional learning communities.
- Ability to work closely with the building administrator to model, coordinate and implement the components of professional learning communities.
- A working knowledge of current research pertaining to content area achievement and resources related to district and site-based goals, staff development, and group processes.
- Demonstrated track record of supporting student learning
- Act as a resource who is skillful, reliable, and accessible.
- Willingness to collaborate with teacher teams, model lessons, co-teach, and engage in non-evaluative observations with reflective feedback for continuous improvement of the teaching and learning process.
- Creating presentations/PD opportunities and presenting to teachers during PD days.
- Ability to think flexible and adapt to the specific instructional needs of teachers.
- Ability to manage time, schedule and perform multiple projects effectively in order to maximize teacher learning.