Position Type:
Administration/Curriculum Coordinators

Date Posted:
11/1/2019

Location:
Central Office-Curriculum & Instruction

FLSA Status: Exempt
Grade: 18: 12-month position
Location: Central Office

Job Summary
This position is responsible for coaching, supporting, and guiding teachers in best practices for literacy instruction. Overall, the job of the instructional literacy coach is to build the intellectual capacity of school staffs to meet the learning needs of all students and to work collaboratively with the C&I English/Literacy coordinators supporting division efforts. The Instructional literacy coach serves as part of a leadership team providing job-embedded and ongoing professional reflection and learning for teachers. Coaches provide support to principals and teacher leaders as they work with School-Based Professional Learning Communities analyzing student work and data. Coaches provide professional development and guidance for teachers to enhance their content knowledge and instructional strategies. The coach's support of the team's student learning data informs ongoing school-based professional development and meeting individual teachers' unique needs over time. The effective coach is seen as an equal partner with both novice and experienced teachers (i.e., modeling, observing, co-teaching, debriefing).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coaches and supports teachers in planning, delivering, and assessing quality literacy instruction.Plans, models, and co-teaches effectives lessons with teachers.Assists curriculum writing teams in the development of curriculum assessments.Support includes classroom visits, observing literacy instruction to assess need, planning for instruction, modeling, co-teaching, consulting and guided reflection.Participates and observes the planning process and the instruction that follows, and provides supportive and specific feedback and suggestions.Collaborates regularly with English/Literacy Coordinators, reading specialists and building administrators to address areas of greatest need.Analyzes data to determine benchmarks, establish goals, and monitor improvement in identified schools and develops concrete steps within the school, and/or classroom to address identified needs.Assists in developing and implementing remediation plans and targeted interventions, as necessary.Attends and participates in professional development to improve and maintain knowledge of content, instructional strategies, coaching skills, and adult learning theory.Develops and conducts professional development for teachers regarding instructional strategies, best practices, and specific instructional topics at school and district level.Keeps abreast of developments, research, and technology in the areas of instructional best practices in literacy instruction.Builds and maintains relationships with teachers and school administrators.Collaborates across school staffs to identify student learning needs and barriers as schools organize and implement problem-solving actions.Collaborates with teachers by listening and questioning to formulate next steps and solutions.Engages in collaborative and reflective conversations with reading specialists, curriculum coordinators, school principals and other stakeholders. The instructional coach is non-supervisory and non-evaluative. The coach advocates for, facilitates, and co-constructs formative feedback exchanges among teachers, but never supervises.Models the WJCC Strategic Plan Values: Individualism, Integrity, Innovation, Accountability and Collaboration.Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)

• Must possess a Bachelor's degree with an endorsement in reading; Master's degree and Administrative endorsement preferred. Must be eligible for, or possess an appropriate Virginia teaching license and have a minimum of 3-5 years of teaching experience with demonstrated success in the area of literacy instruction. Must demonstrate evidence of involvement in school activities and committees involving leadership responsibilities beyond those required in the classroom.Must possess an in-depth knowledge of literacy curriculum and instructional best practices.Must possess effective instructional delivery techniques and the ability to guide and train teachers in effective techniques and strategies.Must possess excellent organizational and communication skills as well as strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Must have proven expertise in professional development; knowledge and understanding of equity issues, at-risk groups, and school culture.Demonstrated deep expertise in one or more of the following areas: small group instruction, how students learn, the acquisition of literacy skills and strategies, pedagogy, and content knowledge.Demonstrated knowledge and use of a rich array of instructional approaches, resources, and technologies.Demonstrated commitment to understanding action research and inquiry for building instructional capacity.Demonstrated skills in analyzing and using data for instructional decision-making.Demonstrated interpersonal, problem solving, and organizational skills required to effectively facilitate coaching and staff development.

Supervision Exercised
None.
Supervision Received
Performs duties under the supervision of the Assistant Superintendents for Elementary and Secondary Schools and the English/Literacy Coordinators.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
Must have the ability to sit and stand; to enter data into a computer; hear and understand speech at normal levels; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; to bend, to stoop, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead. Frequent travel to school sites throughout the County and occasional statewide or regional travel is required. Attendance to meetings outside the normal duty hours is sometimes required. Regular involvement made with principals and teachers throughout the School Division. Occasional debate is often characteristic of the contact and may require considerable skill in diplomacy, tact and, discretion.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The incumbent will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator. WJCC Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.