School-Based Literacy Coach

Organizational Overview KIPP Atlanta Schools is part of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) national network of free, open enrollment, college-preparatory schools dedicated to ensuring that every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities. There are around 280 KIPP schools in 21 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 175,000 scholars and alumni.

KIPP Atlanta currently operates 9 schools including four primary schools, five middle schools and one high school, as well as KIPP Forward which supports scholars on their journey to a choice-filled life. We are a social justice organization and our vision and mission require the work of dedicated, bold and skilled leaders, educators, and support staff who are committed to serving as the catalyst for joyful, academically excellent schools and the foundation for building a more just and equitable world for our scholars.

• Good Decision-Making: “I make thoughtful decisions in alignment with my school’s and organization’s values.”
• Peer Accountability: “I hold all Big KIPPsters accountable to our schools’ and organization’s values, standards, and expectations.”
• Excellence Always: “I do all aspects of my work with excellence - the big and the little things, the parts being monitored as well as those not monitored.”
• Communication is Key: “I communicate with both honesty and love. How I communicate nurtures courage, belonging, partnership, and progress toward our promise to KIPPsters and families.”
• Scholars Over Everything: “I put our scholars first, 100% of the time, without fail. I quickly resolve any and all adult-centered concerns and qualms to reserve my individual and our collective time and attention for our KIPPsters.”
• Walk Trumps Talk: “I chose this social justice career. And so, I behave in alignment with my choice. My behaviors match our promise to our scholars and families.”
• “Us” Only: “I belong to every member of our organization, and every member of our organization belongs to me. I choose unity always - in both the good times and hard times.”

School-based literacy coaches will work in assigned schools to support Georgia's literacy legislation and provide appropriate services so that there can be a cohesive, sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused approach that is rigorous, engaging, and relevant for students. They will provide a non-threatening, open, professional, and collaborative work relationship with principals, other academic coaches, and teachers. They will identify the needs of assigned schools in order to prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical assistance so that students in assigned schools achieve grade‑level reading.

• Authorized or required to perform administrative functions or duties, including, but not limited to, performing any rotating duty assignments or serving as an evaluator, substitute teacher, assessment coordinator, or school administrator.
• Invited, required, or permitted to attend placement committee meetings.
• Designated as a teacher of record.

• Coach educators using non-evaluative, evidence-based practices, including modeling instruction, analyzing instructional practice and data, providing actionable feedback, and delivering side-by-side classroom support.
• Spend no less than 70 percent of the school day in classrooms working directly with students and teachers.
• Prioritize time for those teachers, activities, and roles that will have the greatest impact on student reading achievement, such as coaching and mentoring in classrooms.
• Demonstrate competency through approved, periodic, practice-based assessment that verifies the ability to apply the science of reading, learning science, and instructional science to deliver explicit, systematic, evidence-based literacy instruction directly with students.

• Analyze student data, including screening, diagnostic, and progress-monitoring data, to inform instruction, grouping, and intervention within a multi-tiered system of…