Literacy Coach & Instructional Leader

New Haven Public Schools; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 53,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership development opportunities

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

Loan forgiveness

Job summary

New Haven Public Schools is seeking a Literacy Coach to support high‑quality literacy instruction across buildings. Under the Supervisor of Elementary Reading and Language Arts, you will model lessons, provide feedback, analyze data, and lead professional development to raise student achievement and literacy equity.

You will collaborate with teachers, including special education and multilingual staff, to implement the CSDE Language Arts frameworks and reading interventions.

Qualifications

• Five years of successful teaching experience.
• Knowledge of Common Core and Smarter Balanced Assessment.
• Experience using instructional technology to support teaching and learning, curriculum development, staff training, and program and student accountability.
• Valid teaching certification.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates Professional Development Communities.
• Meets regularly with Administrators to discuss literacy practices, goals, and outcomes.
• Oversees and supports ongoing literacy assessments across all literacy classrooms.
• Collects data, analyzes data, and keeps comprehensive records on student progress to facilitate progress monitoring.
• Assesses and communicates classroom needs for instructional materials, and focused student support, to allocate resources and determine professional development and coaching needs.
• Communicates with Literacy Team on schoolwide literacy progress.
• Designs, presents, and facilitates adult learning experiences through ongoing, embedded, targeted professional development.

Education

Remedial Reading and Remedial Language Arts 1-12(102)

Reading Consultant K-8 (096)

Job description

New Haven Public Schools is seeking a Literacy Coach to support high‑quality literacy instruction across buildings. Under the Supervisor of Elementary Reading and Language Arts, you will model lessons, provide feedback, analyze data, and lead professional development to raise student achievement and literacy equity.

You will collaborate with teachers, including special education and multilingual staff, to implement the CSDE Language Arts frameworks and reading interventions.