Literacy Coach Job Description
Literacy coaches work at educational institutions to design programs and curriculums to help students excel. A literacy coach has a rewarding job and often works with faculty and staff to implement strategic ideas that help students with reading and writing. A literacy coach wears many hats, all of which are designed to enhance a student's engagement in learning.
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Significance
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More schools are taking various measures to ensure their students succeed. Literary coaches are more frequently being used to incite change in literacy education and to foster students' success.
Building Literacy
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The central job duty of a literacy coach is to help build a student's literacy skills. Literacy coaches also offer ideas for improvement with curriculums and teaching models.
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Classroom Observation
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Literacy coaches are also used to observe classroom settings. By observation, they can tell what changes should be made to the teaching model as well as determine which students need extra instruction.
Facilitation
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Literacy coaches must have great interpersonal skills. Because literacy coaches often provide advice and coaching to administrators, teachers and students, they must enjoy working with people.
Workshops
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Some literacy coaches provide workshops. Reading and writing workshops are becoming more common and are used for the professional development of educational staff.
Considerations
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Most literacy coaches are former teachers who use their years of classroom experience to help other teachers. Many have a degree in childhood development and have spent time working with principals and educational staff.
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