Literacy Cadre Coach

LITERACY CADRE COACH

GEO Academies - 21st Century Charter School in Gary, IN

OUR MISSION

“Through these doors walk college graduates” serves as a daily greeting to all GEO Academy students. We believe all children should have access to a quality education regardless of their race, income, and home zip code. Further, we believe access and experience in real college and career readiness programs is essential to prepare students for success beyond high school. To actualize these beliefs, GEO has systematically built a student-centered, content-rich education model that delivers K-14 and K-16 results with K-12 dollars. By providing students an accelerated pathway to real college and career programs during high school, GEO Academies help thousands of families take the first steps to breaking the academic and psychological barriers prevalent in challenging communities across the country

ABOUT US:* _21st Century Charter School at Gary *_is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.

REPORTS TO/TERM: Principal and Administrative Team. This is a 10-month position.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Literacy Cadre Coach will increase the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning in grades K-2. The Literacy Cadre Coach will co-plan with individual teachers and teams, model lessons, and engage in co-teaching cycles. The Literacy Cadre Coach will partner with the school principal, leveraging local data to plan and provide professional development related to the science of reading and assist in implementing evidence-based literacy practices aligned with science of reading research to meet the needs of all students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in all professional development provided by the Department of Education (IDOE) and Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL), including: Week-long summer training, Collaboration Network (CN) sessions - synchronous or asynchronous, twice a month from August-May, and other professional development and training provided by the Literacy Cadre.
• Collaborate with educators in grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade to: expand educator’s knowledge of the science of reading research, implement professional development on high-quality instructional practices aligned with science of reading research.
• Assist in instructional planning with individuals and groups of teachers, conduct mini and full coaching cycles that target student outcomes, provide training on the use of formative assessment data to drive classroom instruction based on science of reading research, and ensure that student achievement and growth data is routinely collected, reported, and used to drive instructional decisions at the school and classroom levels.
• Collaborate with school leaders and stakeholders to: model continuous learning, maintain current progress, and serve as a thoughtful leader for student literacy in the school, and partner with cadre leadership related to the goals of the Indiana Literacy Cadre and Indiana’s Initiative for Early Literacy.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships and communication with students, educators, administrators, and other cadre personnel.
• Engage in continuous growth and development in learning in the field of early literacy and coaching pedagogy and practice.
• Read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, articles, and texts.
• Provide professional development to staff based on learning at Collaboration Network sessions.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from different stakeholder groups.
• Solve practical problems and offer solutions that align with early literacy instructional practices.
• Maintain current school-level data and anecdotal records on coaching cycles and work with teachers and administrators.
• Assist in gathering survey data and local assessment data as required by the IDOE.
• Create and maintain a shared coaching calendar, making the calendar accessible to teachers and administrators as well as the cadre leadership team.
• Perform duties in compliance and accordance with all IDOE requirements, district requirements, and Board of Trustees policies.

REQUIRED CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of three years’ teaching experience, five years preferred
• Current Indiana Professional Educator’s License (cannot accept Substitute licenses or Emergency Permits)