Elementary Instructional; Literacy) Coach

Williamsburg James City School District TEACHING & LEARNING
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Starting Date: Immediately

Elementary Instructional (Literacy) Coach

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Grade #: U14

Revision Date:
September 22, 2026

Location:

Central Support, Teaching & Learning

Job Summary

The Elementary Instructional Coach supports high-quality teaching and learning across elementary schools through job-embedded professional learning, instructional coaching, classroom observation, modeling, collaborative planning, data analysis, and ongoing professional collaboration. The coach partners with teachers and school leaders to strengthen the design, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based instructional practices that promote student learning and achievement.

The Elementary Instructional Coach supports effective instruction in literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies, as well as evidence-based classroom management practices that foster safe, supportive, engaging, and academically productive learning environments. The coach uses student learning evidence, observational data, and collaborative reflection to help educators identify instructional strengths, determine areas for growth, implement appropriate strategies, and evaluate their impact on student outcomes.

The position works collaboratively with members of the Teaching & Learning team, school administrators, teachers, and other instructional staff to support continuous improvement and high-quality instruction aligned with division curriculum, instructional expectations, and student needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates in ongoing professional learning related to instructional coaching, evidence-based instructional practices, curriculum, assessment, and effective professional learning.
• Develops and maintains current knowledge of evidence-based elementary instructional practices in literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and classroom management.
• Provides individualized and team-based instructional coaching through collaborative planning, modeling, co-teaching, observation, feedback, reflection, and other job-embedded professional learning approaches.
• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with teachers and supports reflective practice, professional growth, and continuous instructional improvement.
• Supports teachers in designing and implementing effective instruction responsive to student strengths, needs, and learning evidence.
• Supports evidence-based literacy instruction, including practices that develop oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics and word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, written expression, and knowledge building, as developmentally appropriate.
• Supports evidence-based mathematics instruction that develops conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, mathematical reasoning, problem solving, and meaningful application of mathematical concepts.
• Supports effective science instruction that engages students in grade-appropriate scientific inquiry, investigation, reasoning, discourse, and application of scientific concepts and practices.
• Supports effective social studies instruction that develops content knowledge, disciplinary thinking, inquiry, analysis of sources and evidence, communication, and connections among historical, civic, geographic, and economic concepts.
• Supports teachers in implementing…