Literacy Specialist_Jamestown_ES

Georgia Literacy Coach

This position is responsible for working in elementary schools to support Georgia's Literacy legislation and provide appropriate services to schools so that there can be a cohesive, sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused approach that is rigorous, engaging, and relevant. Georgia Literacy coaches are required to spend 70% of the school day in classrooms working directly with students and teachers. School-Based Literacy Coaches will provide a non-threatening, open, professional, and collaborative work relationship with principals, other academic coaches, and K-3 teachers.

They will be required to effectively identify the needs of assigned schools to prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical assistance so that students in assigned schools achieve grade level reading by the end of third grade.

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, and sit.