Early Literacy Coach
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Will Carleton Academy
Hillsdale, MI, US
Summary
The Early Literacy Coach implements evidence-based instructional strategies and provides professional development to teachers to improve student literacy outcomes. They collaborate with stakeholders to create a culture of literacy and support the Read by Grade 3 law initiatives.
Job Description
About the role
To improve literacy outcomes for students by implementing evidence-based instructional
strategies, providing professional development and coaching to teachers, and
collaborating with stakeholders to create a culture of literacy within the school
community. This position will support and uphold the mission and vision of the
environmental academy.
What you'll do
Curriculum and Instruction
● Accepts responsibility for the achievement of students.
● Supports all Read by Grade 3 law initiatives.
● Helps lead and support literacy leadership teams at the school.
● Works with teachers to ensure that evidence-based reading curriculum resources such as
comprehensive core reading curriculum resources , reading intervention programs, are
implemented with fidelity.
● Works with teachers in applying evidence-based reading strategies in other content areas.
● Support and provide initial and ongoing professional development, that meets the research
requirements consistent to the science of reading in the following ways:
-The five reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension) based on an analysis of the pupil performance data.
-Data analysis.
-Using data to differentiate instruction and utilize intensive intervention, including but
not limited to decoding and word recognition.
-Using data diagnostically to adjust intervention instruction and to understand reasons
why a pupil may not be responding to intervention instruction as expected.
● Coaches and mentors colleagues.
● Models and coaches on effective instructional strategies in K-3 classrooms during whole group
and small group instruction.
● Work frequently with pupils in whole and small group instruction or tutoring in the context of
modeling and coaching in or outside of teachers’ classrooms.
● Uses Science of Reading resources effectively to support learning activities in the classroom, the
academy, and the community.
● Facilitates study groups for the teachers as needed.
Professional Development and Leadership
● Continually increase knowledge base in best practices in reading instruction and intervention.
● Advise in developing schoolwide and classroom infrastructure to meet the collective and
individual needs of pupils using a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework.
● Uses technology effectively for instruction, record keeping, communication and other
administrative tasks.
● Shares responsibility for professional, cooperative staff relations and for out-of-class activities
important to the operation of the academy.
● Conducts himself or herself according to professional and ethical principles.
● Displays personal qualities, which reflect favorably upon the individual, the group, and the
academy.
● Displays pride in being an employee and a member of the academy.
● Works cooperatively with administration and staff and is not asked to perform administrative
functions that will confuse the early literacy coach’s role for staff.
● Demonstrates genuine concern for students in a climate characterized by high personal and
student expectations.
● Promotes responsible citizenship through one’s actions as a role model.
Facilities
● Assumes responsibility for the orderliness of the learning environment and the appropriate and
safe use of instructional facilities and equipment.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
● Has experience as a successful classroom teacher.
● Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree and advanced coursework in reading or have completed
professional development in evidence-based literacy instructional strategies..
● Have sufficient knowledge of scientifically based reading research, special expertise in quality
reading instruction and infusing reading strategies into content area instruction, and data
management skills.
● Exemplary work habits verified by reference check.
● Have a strong knowledge base in working with adults.
Desired Qualifications:
● Knowledge of and skills working with students from all backgrounds.
● Valid Michigan Teacher Certificate
● Demonstrated competence as a teacher in all areas of focus.
● Excellent verbal and written expression using proper grammar and vocabulary.
● Strong interpersonal skills.
About Choice Schools Associates
Will Carleton Academy (WCA) is part of the Choice Schools Community. As a comprehensive education service provider, Choice Schools offers a student-centered approach to tailored school operations support. Much like a superintendent's office, Choice Schools provides invaluable assistance in various crucial areas, including instruction, professional development, curriculum, human resources, finance, compliance, communications, and enrollment. By being a part of the Choice Schools Classical Model, WCA is a vibrant community of learning, comprised of multiple other outstanding classical schools within the state. The Classical Model will provide you with the support and collaboration of a large district while serving at a tight-knit community school in your area.
#IND100
Will Carleton Academy is a tuition-free premier K-12 charter school located in Hillsdale, Michigan. In 1998, Will Carleton Academy was founded by a group of mothers looking for a better educational choice for their children. The school is dedicated to presenting students with a strong understanding of the world around them, while also forming the character of each student.
Will Carleton Academy devotes itself to serving the community as a charter school where parents can choose a traditional curriculum and educational atmosphere that is committed to both the intellectual development and the character formation of the students. The school will provide students with an orderly and beautiful environment maintained through discipline and strengthened by constant exposure to the wonder and joy of learning.
The High School at Will Carleton Academy provides students with a secondary education driven by the purpose of forming the character of the students and challenging them to develop intellectually, socially, and morally. The Will Carleton Academy High School pursues this mission through challenging curriculum that emphasizes core academics, while also exposing students to arts, culture, and athletics. This program will prepare students to enter college, the workforce, and their communities as citizens of personal integrity and responsibility.
Will Carleton Academy dedicates its mission to the memory of the school's namesake, Will Carleton, a poet and public speaker in Michigan in the late nineteenth century. According to Jerome Fallon in his monograph, "Will Carleton, Michigan's Poet of the People," the love of learning that drove Carleton's life reflected itself in his poetry-writings that promoted "the homely virtues of honesty, thrift and integrity, and the importance of family and home." Everyone who is a part of the WCA family strives to uphold these values each and every day.
Founded
1998
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Primary and Secondary Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Hillsdale, Michigan
Will Carleton Academy is a tuition-free premier K-12 charter school located in Hillsdale, Michigan. In 1998, Will Carleton Academy was founded by a group of mothers looking for a better educational choice for their children. The school is dedicated to presenting students with a strong understanding of the world around them, while also forming the character of each student.
Will Carleton Academy devotes itself to serving the community as a charter school where parents can choose a traditional curriculum and educational atmosphere that is committed to both the intellectual development and the character formation of the students. The school will provide students with an orderly and beautiful environment maintained through discipline and strengthened by constant exposure to the wonder and joy of learning.
The High School at Will Carleton Academy provides students with a secondary education driven by the purpose of forming the character of the students and challenging them to develop intellectually, socially, and morally. The Will Carleton Academy High School pursues this mission through challenging curriculum that emphasizes core academics, while also exposing students to arts, culture, and athletics. This program will prepare students to enter college, the workforce, and their communities as citizens of personal integrity and responsibility.
Will Carleton Academy dedicates its mission to the memory of the school's namesake, Will Carleton, a poet and public speaker in Michigan in the late nineteenth century. According to Jerome Fallon in his monograph, "Will Carleton, Michigan's Poet of the People," the love of learning that drove Carleton's life reflected itself in his poetry-writings that promoted "the homely virtues of honesty, thrift and integrity, and the importance of family and home." Everyone who is a part of the WCA family strives to uphold these values each and every day.
Founded
1998
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Primary and Secondary Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Hillsdale, Michigan
