Foundational Literacy Coach K-3

3 weeks ago

Tucson, United States Tucson Unified School District Full time

**This position is Grant Funded and is temporary. Position will end May 23, 2025**

**SUMMARY**

The K-3 Literacy Coach is responsible for assisting teachers in the implementation and effective delivery of scientifically based reading instruction. They are also responsible for providing ongoing professional development and coaching support. Coaches will provide appropriate services to schools for a cohesive, sustained, intensive, and classroom focused approach that is rigorous, engaging, and relevant for students. Literacy coaches will provide a non-threatening, open, professional, and collaborative work relationship with district/charter-level school personnel, school-based literacy coaches, principals, and teachers. They will be required to use data to effectively identify the needs of assigned schools to prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical assistance that builds educator capacity to provide effective literacy instruction so that students meet age and grade level literacy expectations by the end of 3rd grade and beyond.

The Arizona Department of Education supports the hiring of K-3 Literacy Coaches for the purpose of facilitating and assisting K-3 teachers to increase performance of their student’s early literacy skills, measured on the state aligned reading assessment. The coaches will facilitate learning aligned to science of reading research and provide technical assistance to teachers that will improve implementation of aligned practices into daily literacy instruction and intervention. This work includes the integration of the Arizona's English Language Arts (ELA) Standards and Arizona’s Early Learning Language and Literacy Standards, locally determined K-3 curricula, and intervention programs, and use of data collected from the administration of formal and informal assessment tools.

**General Practices and Definitions**

Professional Development: building, revising, scheduling, delivering, and overseeing multiformat professional development related to foundational literacy, Arizona's English Language Arts (ELA) Standards and Language and Literacy (ECE) Standards, science of reading, structured literacy, and Move On When Reading.

Record Maintenance and Reporting: maintain records related to coaching cycles, professional development, test scores, and data related to Move On When Reading, build reports for multiple audiences to share data on foundational reading, literacy and Move On When Reading and present findings to multiple audiences. Other duties as assigned as related to the position.

School Level
- Provide daily technical support (at least 85% of the school week) to school-based coaches or lead teachers in their capacity to support instruction of the 5 components of reading, implement curriculum, administer assessments, analyze data, and utilize technology
- Model effective coaching and conferencing techniques
- Assist administrators, school-based literacy coaches, and teachers in addressing grade specific curriculum by developing an effective school-wide literacy plan and providing strategies for monitoring the plan’s implementation
- Design and conduct professional development to meet the varied needs of schoolbased literacy coaches and teachers
- Conference with administrators, school-based literacy coaches, and teachers to create specific goals and plans for improving practice
- Provide clear, practical, timely, and candid written and oral feedback to schoolbased coaches about their coaching practices and to teachers about their instruction
- Meet regularly with principals, school-based coaches, and teachers to review data and make recommendations for adjustments in instructional practices
- Maintain an organized system for documenting coaching services
- Participate in professional development sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education, district/charter, and outside consultants
- Provide expertise and support to teachers in scientifically based reading research and its implications for classroom instruction as needed
- Provide professional development to teachers in the effective use of scientifically based reading instruction and a valid and reliable assessment system
- Provide ongoing support, coaching, and modeling to teachers in the effective use of scientifically based reading instruction and a valid and reliable assessment system District/Charter and Regional Level
- Collaborate with other literacy coaches to support state literacy initiatives
- Assist principals, school-based literacy coaches, and lead teachers in providing regular and user-friendly data reports to their respective districts/charters and other stakeholders 12 Updated February 2024
- Provide on-going training and support for school-based educators within and across regions
- Provide guidance for sharing data with a variety of audiences State Level
- Communicate a consistent message as established by the Arizona Department of Education in support of statewide literacy initiatives
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