[Hiring] Structured Literacy Coach @Glean Education

Role Description

Glean Education is hiring Structured Literacy Coaches to join our Glean Structured Literacy Coaching team! Our Structured Literacy Coaches will deliver Glean’s Structured Literacy Coaching™ to support teachers in implementing evidence-based practices and achieving quantifiable improvements in student literacy.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• COACHING
  • Deliver virtual dialogical coaching sessions aligned with the Glean Coaching Model to teachers in Glean’s client districts with coaching in their partnership contracts.
  • Training on the Glean Structured Literacy Model will be provided upon hiring.
  • Build rapport with teachers to understand client context, needs, and areas of support by creating a positive, warm, and supportive coaching environment that involves dialogue, a sense of humor, empathy, and patience.
  • Deliver Structured Literacy Coaching sessions to teachers in client districts via Zoom (or in-person if applicable).
  • Reporting on all sessions and providing follow-up to ensure integration of skills that drive impact.
  • Create monthly progress reports for Glean leadership with updates on teachers coached, barriers, successes, and Glean Coaching system improvement ideas.
  • Track student data related to the coachee to build an understanding of student improvement efficacy.
  • Present student improvement efficacy data related to coaching to Glean Leadership quarterly.
  • Record and share coaching sessions as needed for internal feedback and professional development.
  • Collaborate and build out resources relevant to the work of coaching to ensure effective systems and high-quality resources.
  • Work with clients typically between the hours of 8:30 - 4:30 PST, but most often between 2:30 - 4:30 pm PST.
• REPORTING & COMMUNICATING
  • Take notes, send recaps, and create follow-up items as per the Structured Literacy Coaching model & systems.

Qualifications

• A master's degree is preferred (comparable work experience will be considered), with major coursework related to literacy.
• Use Zoom, Calendly, and Google Suite to schedule, deliver, and record coaching sessions.
• Training in LETRS, Glean Education’s Online Learning Academy, AIM Institute, Keys to Literacy, and/or other Science of Reading-based professional learning.
• Exemplary knowledge of delivering reading instruction based on the Science of Reading, Structured Literacy instructional practices, and Data-Based Decision Making.
• Orton-Gillingham training is a plus.
• 5 -10 years of previous experience as a reading interventionist, instructional coach, school leader, or administrator with a proven track record of meeting or exceeding objectives and goals.
• Technologically Savvy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• The contract period will run from August 15 to May 15.
• Contractor will be assigned teachers in client districts.
• Pay will be based on coaching sessions. We pay $125 per session, inclusive of planning and follow-up.

Interested?

Please send your CV and a cover letter explaining your interest, previous experience, and qualifications to [email protected] .