Literacy Coach SY

WHAT WE EXPECT

Commitment to Excellence:

• High Standards: Strive for the very best in all you do, maintaining high standards for yourself, your students, and your colleagues. Embrace lifelong learning and adapt to new teaching methods and challenges.
• Educational Equity: IPS is deeply committed to breaking down systemic inequities. We do this by “walking the walk” on new policies and practices, building diverse and inclusive classrooms and staff teams, and ensuring our environments are grounded in our values of respect, inclusivity, and educational equity.

Resilience and Passion:

• Dedication to Students: Put students at the heart of your work. Be passionate about their success and well‑being.
• Adaptability: Handle adversity with resilience and flexibility. Be prepared for a dynamic work environment.

Professional Integrity:

• Ethical Conduct: Uphold the highest standards of professionalism and integrity. Act responsibly and respectfully toward all individuals, communicating with candor and care.
• Team Player: Be dependable, punctual, and collaborative, contributing positively to our supportive work environment.

Literacy coach performs a variety of instructional support tasks in coordinating the effective implementation of reading and English Language Arts programs. Literacy Coach will primarily assist teachers with developing strategies and methods for assessing and addressing the literacy deficiencies of their students.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• Must be deemed Highly Qualified in accordance with the Indiana Department of Education or their last state of employment
• Minimum of 3‑5 years of successful classroom teaching experience and working with teachers
• Strong organizational and management skills
• Strong leadership abilities, particularly within a change process
• Knowledge and expertise in the area of literacy instruction
• Experience and expertise in guided reading
• Experience in planning and facilitating professional development sessions either as a teacher or presenter
• High level of expertise regarding the Indiana Academic Standards
• Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with other professional staff members
• Evidence of utilizing data to make instructional decisions

• Demonstrates an understanding balanced literacy
• Participates in regularly scheduled staff, district, regional and school level meetings as required
• Plans, schedules and facilitates teacher meetings focused on best practices in literacy instruction and student achievement
• Facilitates meetings devoted to examining samples of student work and assessment data
• Guides teachers in linking best practices and materials to standards
• Develops and models mastery lesson plans
• Works collaboratively with teachers in the development of ELA common formative assessments
• Provides ongoing support of district-wide literacy initiatives
• Implements coaching cycles to provide targeted support to teachers
• Meets with the principals to monitor and support literacy implementation
• Provides ongoing training and support for teachers
• Participates in and seeks out professional development opportunities to improve knowledge and skills
• Supports teachers in analyzing literacy data to improve instructional practices

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES None.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one, small group, and large group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
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Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY
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Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
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Valid Teacher's License or Valid Teacher's License from another state.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be…