Literacy Coach
Joyful Readers - philadelphia, PA
Apply NowJob Description
Position OverviewThe Literacy Coach (LC) is responsible for leading 10-13 AmeriCorps tutors through a full-time, 9-month school-based service year. The LC manages and provides individualized coaching to each of their tutors, across 4-5 partner schools. They help them to provide impactful reading interventions daily to students in grades K-3. The LC is the frontline manager of school partnerships, collaborating with a school-appointed liaison such as a reading specialist or school administrator. The LC serves on a small team of fellow LCs and reports to the organization's Literacy Director.Anticipated start date: November 4, 2024Salary: $63,000 per year, plus benefitsMost work for this position is completed in-person and cannot be performed virtually, although occasional flexibility to work remotely will exist.Position DetailsThe work of our Literacy Coaches (LCs) evolves throughout the course of the September, LCs work as a team to onboard, train, and support our AmeriCorps tutors as they start their year of service. LCs spend a significant portion of their day facilitating training sessions, supporting AmeriCorps tutor onboarding, providing general leadership, and supporting AmeriCorps tutors personally and professionally as they become accustomed to their year of service. Simultaneously, LCs collaborate with school partners to build tutoring schedules and student caseloads, preparing for an October tutoring October, LCs ensure that the tutors they lead are successfully integrated into their assigned schools and that tutoring schedules allow for consistent, daily support of students. LCs observe and coach tutors as frequently as possible to support tutors as they begin building relationships with students and school staff and implement their reading interventions for the first time.Throughout the rest of the school year (November-May), LCs provide weekly observation and coaching to each tutor they supervise. Coaching includes opportunities to plan, co-teach, model, and debrief instruction with each tutor. LCs are critical to ensuring that tutors provide high-quality support to students that need and deserve it. LCs meet weekly with school-appointed liaisons to review data, progress monitor student caseloads, and adjust tutoring as summer months (June - August), LCs plan for the upcoming school year and recruit and interview tutor candidates for the year ahead.Throughout the year, LCs lead the following activities:· Recording and analysis of student enrollment, participation, and outcomes data, including analysis of reading assessment data· Utilization of performance management tools to coach and motivate AmeriCorps tutors· Training and teambuilding sessions for AmeriCorps tutors· Committees that plan special events and ongoing initiatives for the AmeriCorps tutor cohortThey also support the following activities:· AmeriCorps tutor recruitment and interviewing· School visits from foundations, corporations, and community members interested in Joyful Readers· Grant reporting· Compliance with AmeriCorps policies· Special events such as our MLK Jr. Day of Service, Early Literacy Convening, and Young Reader of the Year Awards· Other organizational initiatives designed to strengthen the service of Joyful Readers
Created: 2024-09-14