Elementary Literacy Coach

The Diocese of Bridgeport Catholic Schools seeks an accomplished elementary literacy educator to serve as an Elementary Literacy Coach with the Gillis Literacy Center.

The Gillis Literacy Center is a five-year initiative designed to strengthen literacy instruction and student achievement across five pilot schools:
Kolbe Cathedral Preparatory School and the four Catholic Academy of Bridgeport campuses. The initiative brings together evidence-based instruction, professional learning, targeted intervention, data-driven decision-making, and dedicated literacy centers to build a sustainable PreK-12 approach to reading and writing.

The Elementary Literacy Coach will work directly with PreK-8 teachers and school leaders to improve literacy instruction, strengthen classroom practice, and build teachers’ capacity to meet the needs of all readers.

The role combines classroom-based coaching, modeling, observation, feedback, professional learning, and data analysis. The successful candidate will serve as a literacy content expert while helping teachers translate evidence-based reading research and student performance data into stronger daily instruction.

The Elementary Literacy Coach has five central responsibilities:

The role requires an educator who is credible in the classroom, skilled at developing other teachers, and able to translate literacy research and student data into practical instructional improvement.

• Serve as a school-based literacy content expert for teachers and instructional leaders.
• Provide individualized, classroom-based coaching through collaborative planning, model lessons, classroom observations, feedback, and implementation support.
• Support teachers in preparing and delivering high-quality reading and writing instruction.
• Model exemplar lessons and effective instructional practices.
• Observe classroom instruction and provide timely, specific, and actionable feedback.
• Collaboratively develop instructional improvement plans with teachers based on student needs, classroom observations, and identified goals.
• Strengthen teachers’ ability to engage students as active participants in their learning.
• Support implementation of approved literacy curricula and evidence-based instructional practices.

• Support teachers in applying the Science of Reading and evidence-based approaches to literacy development.
• Provide expertise in reading, writing, foundational literacy skills, and developmental reading acquisition.
• Help teachers understand how children learn to read and how instruction should respond when students struggle.
• Promote consistent and effective instructional practices across classrooms and grade levels.
• Support teachers in adapting instruction while maintaining fidelity to approved curricula and instructional expectations.

• Guide teachers in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting student literacy data.
• Help teachers translate assessment findings into specific instructional actions.
• Participate in school assessment procedures, including training, administration, data collection, and analysis.
• Support teachers in adjusting instruction based on student performance and progress.
• Participate in school-based data meetings and instructional planning.
• Collabo…