Literacy Coach Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as a K–3 classroom teacher delivering explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction.
• Documented K–3 reading growth in the candidate’s own classroom, measured using Acadience, DIBELS, or a similar assessment.
• Deep knowledge of the Science of Reading, including the Simple View of Reading, Scarborough’s Rope, phonemic awareness, and orthographic mapping.
• Experience teaching a structured literacy program with fidelity, such as UFLI, Fundations, Really Great Reading, Orton-Gillingham, Preventing Academic Failure, Heggerty, SPIRE, or a similar program.
• At least 2 years of experience coaching teachers or leading professional learning.
• Experience teaching students with disabilities and multilingual learners to read.
• Must not have been employed by NYC Public Schools within the 12 months before the start date.
• Fingerprint clearance and PETS approval, or the ability to obtain them before the first school visit.
• Must reside in one of New York City’s five boroughs.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Literacy, Reading, Special Education, or Curriculum and Instruction.
• LETRS or Orton-Gillingham certification.
• Experience with MTSS for literacy.

Responsibilities

• Coach K–3 teachers onsite through modeling, co-teaching, observation, and in-the-moment feedback.
• Teach model lessons in phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and encoding that teachers can replicate.
• Guide teachers in analyzing Acadience, iReady, progress-monitoring data, and student work to identify error patterns and plan next steps.
• Support Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 instruction with fidelity using the listed structured literacy programs and materials.
• Meet with school leaders before and after each onsite day and communicate strengths, growth areas, and follow-up actions.
• Complete pre-work before each onsite day and submit visit documentation after each visit.