Horizon Area School_Literacy Coach (Stone Mountain ES) 2025-2026

DeKalb County School District; Stone Mountain (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

DeKalb County School District is seeking a Literacy Coach for Stone Mountain Elementary School for the 2025-2026 academic year. This role is focused on enhancing student reading outcomes in compliance with the Georgia Early Literacy Act, through structured coaching, collaboration, and data analysis. Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Education and five years of elementary teaching experience.

Qualifications

• Five years of elementary teaching experience required.
• Data-driven approach to improving literacy.
• Collaborate with educators to enhance literacy outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate coaching cycles with teachers to enhance literacy instruction.
• Consult with teachers to create and monitor instructional goals.
• Provide data reports to stakeholders for instructional adjustments.

Skills

Literacy Instruction

Data Analysis

Coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Education

Reading Endorsement

Job description

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Stone Mountain Elementary School is seeking an experienced and professional Literacy Coach.

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The material contained herein is subject to change. All open positions offered by the DeKalb County School District are subject to specific job requirements.The DeKalb County School District is an equal opportunity employer, and all hiring decisions are subject to federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.

Title: Literacy Coach

Under general supervision of the principal, the Literacy Coach will utilize data to support staff in developing and improving learning opportunities for students. The Literacy Coach will collaborate with administrators and teachers to support the Georgia Early Literacy Act to develop a continuous improvement process that is a cohesive, sustainable, intensive, classroom-focused approach. The process must also be rigorous, engaging, and relevant for students. The Literacy Coach will prioritize, schedule, organize, and provide technical assistance so that students achieve grade level reading by the end of third grade.

This is a grant funded position; it is limited in time to the duration of the grant and contingent upon sufficient funding.

• Facilitate structured coaching cycles with teachers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that includes goal setting, modeling, lesson observation, constructive feedback, and reflective discussions to enhance literacy instruction and student outcomes.
• Consult with teachers identified for additional support to create, implement, and monitor goals and plans for improving practice.
• Meet regularly with school leadership and teachers to review all formative and summative data and make recommendations for adjustments in instructional practices.
• Ensure the implementation of a systematic approach for documenting coaching services in designated schools. This will facilitate the alignment of schoolwide systems, processes, and resources to effectively structure literacy programs in accordance with the Georgia Early Literacy Act.
• Assist leadership with providing regular and user-friendly data reports to their respective districts and other stakeholders.
• Support educators in addressing grade-specific curriculum requirements by developing a comprehensive school-wide literacy plan and offering strategies for effectively monitoring its implementation.
• Collaborate with other literacy coaches to design and conduct professional development to meet the varied needs of teacher.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or closely related area required.
• Minimum five (5) years of elementary teaching experience is required.
• Advanced preparation in reading/literacy through completion of reading endorsement preferred.
  
  

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, PERMITS

• Valid Professional Standards Commission approved certificate at level 4 or higher

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Education and Training

• Industries

  Primary and Secondary Education

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