26-27 LITERACY INSTRUCTIONAL COACH

Position Summary

The Literacy Instructional Coach supports improved student outcomes at Briggs High School through a sustained, data-driven coaching model aligned to Ohio's ReadOhio coaching framework. This position directly targets the instructional conditions most closely linked to graduation outcomes in literacy.

Basic Job Responsibilities

• Facilitate a tiered coaching model for ELA teachers including biweekly whole-department data review sessions, weekly small-group collaborative planning, and individualized one-on-one coaching cycles prioritized by student performance data.
• Provide coaching grounded in the science of reading, using baseline learning walk data and available literacy assessment results to build individualized coaching plans.
• Provide data management and analysis support for the school-administered lunchtime intervention program, including student grouping informed by OST score reports by standard and universal screener data, progress tracking, and translation of data into actionable information for program staff.
• Congduct fall, mid-year, and spring learning walks using the Explicit Systematic Instruction walkthrough protocol and use results to adjust coaching intensity and teacher support plans.
• Maintain a coaching log documenting all sessions by level, duration, content focus, and teacher consistent with ReadOhio coaching log requirements.
• Administer and analyze student progress checks at three points during the year to monitor growth on priority standards in both multiple choice and constructed-response formats.
• Facilitate at minimum one cross-school data conversation per semester with 8th grade math teachers at Hilltonia and Wedgewood Middle Schools to support vertical alignment and pipeline coordination.
• Attend weekly 1:1 meetings with the building principal and biweekly Admin Team meetings.
• Participate in required ReadOhio coach training and data collection activities as directed by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.
• Prepare an end-of-year summary report documenting coaching activities, student growth data, and recommendations for the following year.

Required Qualifications

• A valid Ohio teaching license.
• Completion of Department-approved Science of Reading professional learning modules.
• One of the following:
• Reading Endorsement (PreK–12) (#059902 on teaching license).
• Master’s or Doctoral degree in reading or literacy (degree must clearly indicate “reading” or “literacy”).
• Completed LETRS Training 1 and 2.
• Completed Associate Level Orton-Gillingham Training.
• Passing score on the reading instruction assessment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of successful classroom teaching experience at the middle or high school level.
• Demonstrated experience using student assessment data to inform instructional planning and identify skill gaps.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Ohio's Learning Standards in English language arts.
• Experience or training in instructional coaching, teacher mentoring, or professional development facilitation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to build trust with teachers across a range of experience levels.
• Familiarity with Ohio's OST assessment system, item analysis reports, and student-level score reports by standard.
• Knowledge of Ohio's ReadOhio coaching framework and leveled coaching model.
• Experience with the Explicit Systematic Instruction walkthrough tool or comparable classroom observation protocols.
• Experience working in a high-need urban secondary school setting.
• Knowledge of the science of reading and its application to adolescent literacy in content-area classrooms.