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SY 26-27 Academic Coach (Title I)

Location: Savannah-Chatham County Public School System – Gould Elementary, Savannah, Georgia

Job : 5820441

Final date to receive applications: Jul 31, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Jul 07, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Jul 27, 2026

PRIMARY FUNCTION: This position is responsible for modeling best practices for other teachers, for analyzing student data, for determining the instructional plans to address student learning needs, and for effectively facilitating the professional development of teacher groups as well as individual teachers.

REPORTS TO: Principal

SALARY

SCHEDULE:

Teacher + Additive

WORK DAYS: 190

• Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
  Preferred: Advanced degree(s)
• Experience, Skill, and Certification: Valid Georgia Teaching Certificate in the assigned teaching field Elementary Education (P–5).
• Required Experience: At least 3 years of teaching experience.
• Academic Coach Expertise: Evidence that matches state target needs in school improvement plan.
• Mentoring and Informal Leadership: Evidence of mentoring and informal leadership activities with success in improving other teachers’ instructional skills to increase student learning.
• Professional Learning Facilitation: Evidence of the ability to effectively facilitate professional learning of teacher groups and individuals.
• Professional Learning Requirements: Required professional learning relative to the teaching and learning needs set in the school improvement plan, and to the Academic Coach knowledge and skills.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Effective skills in both oral and written communication.

• Participate in the school leadership team to:
  • Analyze student data to identify student learning goals by grade level and content;
  • Develop school improvement plan with measurable student achievement and focused professional development goals;
  • Create a school assessment plan in the target areas;
  • Monitor goal-setting, activities, classroom follow-up and goal attainment for teacher groups and individual growth plans.
• Participate in the development of individual growth plans by:
  • Overseeing groups of teachers in the development of a professional growth plan that includes a specific student-centered goal, instructional objectives to meet the goal, and strategies or interventions to meet the objectives;
  • Providing support to each teacher in the group based on need;
  • Facilitating teacher proficiency with the new strategies through classroom follow-up;
  • Ensuring that the progression of teacher skill development is aligned with changing student learning needs.
• Meet regularly with teachers, both in groups and individually, to analyze student work and instructional practices to ensure that “best practice” methods are utilized.
• Design and implement a variety of job-embedded professional learning experiences aligned with the school improvement goals.
• Facilitate the use of data in supporting teachers in setting and measuring achievement toward school goals.
• Design model lessons and present them to coach individual teachers.
• Assist in the assessment of individual teacher performance.
• Model professional practice by engaging in individual growth plans and by participating in and/or facilitating professional learning sessions based on specific needs of teachers for the implementation of school goals.
• Perform other responsibilities as necessary for the effectiveness of the organization.

Incumbents will receive a regular annual teaching contract. The work calendar will be 190 days. Salary will be determined based on level of certification and allowable experience. The position is contingent upon availability of grant funds.

• Tyiesha Oliver , Principal
• Gould Elementary
• Phone:
• Email:

Full‑time: $56,552 to $111,208 Per Year