Literacy Coach P-3

Literacy Coach P-3 - Term- Req#86562

Date: Jan 20, 2025

Location: Bridgewater, NS, CA, B4V 0A2

South Shore Regional Centre for Education

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools.

Regional Centres for Education have Employment Equity Policies and/or processes and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self-identification portion on the position application.

Application Deadline (mm,dd,yyyy):         01/26/2025  at 11:59pm.

Effective Date(s) (mm,dd,yyyy):               02/03/2025  - 07/31/2025

Position Type:                                           100% Term

To apply please complete the online profile/resume. You can attach a resume to your profile, security checks, and reference letters if applicable (Please note: Failure to include your references will cause delay in processing your application.)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Literacy Coach P-3

Reports to: Literacy Coordinator 

Employee group: NSTU

Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Literacy, Leadership, Assessment, or Curriculum  completed or in progress or demonstrated successful equivalent literacy experience. 

• Knowledge of issues /strategies related to effective literacy practice and curriculum development

• Experience working with Collaborative Learning Teams and Teaching Support Teams in the use of student data and responding in short cycle responses 

• Strong interpersonal and collaborative team skills

• Deep knowledge of the ELA curriculum outcomes, P-3

• Knowledge of best assessment and instructional practice

• Experience implementing strong Literacy Instruction within an MTSS framework

Characteristics:

• Experience implementing effective literacy achievement strategies

• Well-developed, positive interpersonal skills

• Strong curriculum background knowledge

• Successful teaching experience 

• Demonstrated classroom effectiveness

• Exemplary classroom management and organization

• Knowledge of and use of professional resources

• Exemplary ability to plan, organize and implement for instruction

• Knowledge and use of Assessment FOR Learning strategies

Task Dimensions:

• Supports literacy initiatives for the Region. For example:

• Monitoring the delivery of the Language Arts / Literacy curriculum at all levels to ensure that all outcomes are being taught 

• Monitoring the delivery of the region assessments and benchmarks.

• Monitoring Provincial Literacy Assessments and working with teachers to improve instructional practice where deficiencies exist.

• Supporting Coordinators and school administrators in the delivery of the ELA program 

• Working with new classroom teachers and teachers new in the area of Literacy.

• Modelling lessons for teachers to improve their skills in developing lessons using various assessment techniques.

• Working directly with teachers on assessment data and planning a response.

• Implementing new curriculum, new textbooks and resources.

• Complies with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. 

• Performs other related duties as required. 

• Assigned schools will be negotiable depending on where the candidate lives.

Only Shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

SECURITY CHECKS:

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education requires that all newly hired employees provide a satisfactory Child Abuse Register Check and Criminal Record / Vulnerable Sector Checks. If you have current ones less than 3 months old you can attach these checks to your profile / resume.

We thank you for your interest in the posted vacancy.  The appointment to this vacancy will be according to Article 47 of the Teachers Provincial Agreement. For more information about the SSRCE visit our website at https://www.ssrce.ca/