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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field
• Valid Georgia Teaching or Service Certificate (Level 4 or higher)
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience, including at least 3 years of successful classroom teaching with demonstrated impact
• Proven experience in instructional coaching, managing or supervising educational teams, and school-based leadership.
• Demonstrated skill with data-driven instruction, progress monitoring, and translating data into adult action.
• Working knowledge of Georgia Standards of Excellence, and ability to support standards-aligned planning and rigorous task design.
• Working knowledge of the Georgia Standards of Excellence, the Georgia Early Literacy Act, and the CCRPI accountability domains.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and adult learning skills; ability to build trust and influence across stakeholders.
• Ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Advanced literacy credentials (Reading Endorsement, Dyslexia Endorsement, or equivalent structured literacy training aligned to IDA guidance).
• Experience leading cross-campus initiatives within charter or school improvement environments.
• Expertise in MTSS frameworks and intervention models.
• Valid Georgia educator leadership certification.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of a cohesive, research-driven literacy strategy aligned to regional priorities and scientifically based reading research.
• Direct the team deployment, schedules, and priorities for the Science of Reading Coaches to maximize regional impact across primary campuses.
• Ensure vertical and horizontal coherence across the primary grades, paying explicit attention to early literacy progressions and student transitions.
• Conduct regular classroom walkthroughs, learning walks, and school visits alongside coaches to evaluate curriculum fidelity, foundational literacy routines, and student access to high-quality instruction.
• Analyze multi-source student performance data to identify trends and regional root causes of underperformance.
• Partner directly with Principals, Assistant Principals, and the coach team to set measurable action steps in school improvement contexts, specifically targeting below grade level achievement or inconsistent Tier 1 instruction.
• Ensure day-to-day instructional systems position schools to improve CCRPI outcomes by establishing clear alignment between Tier 1 instruction and MTSS intervention systems.
• Provide direct supervision, job-embedded coaching, and professional development to the team of Science of Reading Coaches.
• Support coaches in providing high-impact coaching cycles to Assistant Principals, instructional leaders, and classroom teachers.
• Lead development for coaches on lesson internalization, modeling, rehearsal, structured observations, and student work analysis.
• Act as an expert model teacher of early literacy, demonstrating explicit and systematic instructional moves in phonics, foundational skills, and vocabulary development for both coaches and teachers.
• Coach the literacy team on key components of structured literacy, including explicit foundational skills for grades K through 3, close reading, text-dependent questions, and academic discourse routines.
• Build the capacity of school-based leaders and coaches to conduct calibrated literacy walkthroughs with clear, consistent look-fors and actionable feedback loops.
• Anchor all coaching leadership in equity-driven practices that guarantee access to grade-level texts for all learners, including multilingual scholars and students with disabilities.
• In schools requiring intensive support, guide the coach team to lead rapid learning cycles consisting of professional development, implementation, coaching follow-up, data checks, and subsequent adjustments.
• Design, facilitate, and oversee high-impact professional learning workshops, book studies, and training modules focused on the Science of Reading.
• Collaborate with regional and school-level leadership to formulate clear, research-based professional development goals for literacy across all assigned sites.
• Develop concrete tools, walkthrough protocols, and co-planning templates that enable Science of Reading Coaches to effectively develop school staff.
• Facilitate regional communities of practice to deepen coach and leader content knowledge regarding structured literacy and early childhood pedagogy.
• Support the coaching team and school leadership teams in developing and monitoring content-aligned action plans tied directly to literacy improvement priorities and CCRPI levers.
• Ensure strict alignment of formative, diagnostic, and summative foundational literacy assessments to Georgia standards and expectations.
• Lead the coach team in delivering targeted training sessions on interpreting student data to inform core instruction, with a strong focus on progress monitoring and needs assessments.
• Support the maintenance of K through 4 reading benchmarks, writing progressions, and early literacy learning trajectories.
• Partner with MTSS and Special Education teams to design and implement targeted literacy interventions that protect core grade-level access.
• Continue to study new research as it becomes available to ensure the coach team and regional programming remain fully informed by the most current scientific discoveries in literacy.

Benefits

• 20 days of Paid Time Off, in addition to identified holidays
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical and dental)
• Life insurance
• Optional short and long term disability
• Counseling and Telehealth Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Participation in Georgia retirement plan
• Optional 403(b) retirement plan
• Professional development opportunities