School Based State Literacy Coaches

Requirements

• Lead teachers through individual literacy coaching cycles.
• Provide non-evaluative, job-embedded coaching to strengthen reading instruction aligned to the Science of Reading and Maryland's Comprehensive PreK-3 Policy.
• Support teachers in delivering systematic, explicit foundational skills instruction including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Model structured literacy practices through co-teaching, lesson modeling, and elbow coaching and conducts observations focused on reading instruction and provide targeted, literacy specific feedback.
• Guide and support teachers in implementing high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for reading and in administering and interpreting early literacy screeners and diagnostics to select appropriate interventions.
• Deliver professional learning aligned to the Science of Reading, structured literacy, and HQIM implementation.
• Provide training for teachers on using literacy assessment data to make instructional decisions within an MTSS literacy framework and facilitates professional learning on evidence-based interventions, structured literacy instruction, academic routines and procedures, text complexity, and metacognition.
• Build teacher capacity to deliver coherent literacy instruction across grade-levels aligned to Maryland's Comprehensive PreK-3 policy, the Ready to Read Act, and COMAR 13A.03.08 Students At-Risk for Reading Difficulty.

Benefits

• State of Maryland benefits