What are the responsibilities and job description for the SY25-26 Structured Literacy Coach position at Bibb County Public Schools?
JOB SUMMARY
This position will work in CSI schools to support the Georgia Early Literacy Act. The Structured Literacy Coach will provide appropriate services so that there can be a cohesive, sustained, intensive and classroom-focused approach that is rigorous, engaging, and relevant for students. The coach will provide a non-threatening, open, professional, and collaborative working relationship with principals, other academic coaches, and K-3 teachers. The coach will identify the needs of the school and prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical assistance so that students achieve grade level reading by the end of 3rd grade.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Facilitate and lead structured coaching cycles with teachers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that includes goal setting, modeling, lesson observation, constructive feedback, and reflective discussions to enhance literacy instruction and student outcomes.
- Provide clear, practical, timely, and candid written and oral feedback to teachers about their instruction.
- Conference with teachers identified for additional support to create, implement, and monitor goals and plans for improving practice.
- Meet regularly with principal, other school-based coaches, and K-3 teachers to review all formative and summative data (including required screeners) and make recommendations for adjustments in instructional practices.
- Maintain an organized system for documenting coaching services.
- Assist principals and other leadership in assigned schools with aligning schoolwide systems, processes, and resources to structured literacy as defined by Georgia Early Literacy Act.
- Assist school administrators and other leadership with providing regular and user-friendly data reports to their respective districts and other stakeholders.
- Assist K-3 teachers in addressing grade specific curriculum by developing an effective school-wide literacy plan and providing strategies for monitoring the plan’s implementation.
- Collaborate with Regional Structured Literacy Support Coaches to design and conduct professional development to meet the varied needs of K-3 teachers.
- Attend all required GaDOE professional learning.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Valid Georgia Teaching or Service Certificate at Level 4 or higher
- Bachelor degree in Elementary Education or Special Education or Related field
- Advanced preparation in Reading/Literacy through completion of Reading Endorsement, Dyslexia Endorsement, or independent training program approved by International Dyslexia Association
- Minimum of 5 years elementary teaching experience including evidence-based word recognition and comprehension instruction
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Thorough understanding of:
- Reading processes, acquisition, assessment, and instruction
- Systematic, explicit instructional process
- Instructional coaching approaches and strategies for teaching adult learners
- Scientific reading research and its application to effective classroom instruction, structure, and practices, as well as intervention
- Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) in English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science as well as new Georgia K-12 ELA Standards
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
- Data analysis and application
CERTIFICATION, LICENSE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Clear Renewable Certification in Designated Content Areas.
Consideration/interviews will begin as soon as a list of applicants is established.
