Literacy Coach

Literacy Coach - SY

Competitive Salary, Bonus Opportunities, and High-Quality Professional Development

LOCATION: Hope Community Charter School

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 16, 2026

Hours: 7:30am-4:00pm

WORK YEAR: 10-month contract position

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Work Location: In person

• Three Years of Teaching Experience (Urban Experienced Preferred)
• Valid Middle School with Subject Matter certification in ELA
• A minimum of five years teaching experience
• Demonstrated success raising student achievement in literacy
• Preferred, but not required:
  Reading certification (1430), instructional coaching or adult PD experience

Create a literacy environment conducive to effective instruction.

Demonstrate reading/learning strategies in the classrooms.

Research and provide staff support that will improve teaching and learning, including teaching strategies, assessment of math skills and interpretation, and use of assessment results, etc.

Facilitate instruction based on current reading/study/thinking research throughout the total instructional program.

Assist teachers in building an interactive classroom and ensure that recommendations for improvement are implemented.

Serve as a resource in identifying appropriate strategies and interventions to improve student achievement for all students.

Conduct regular meetings with classroom teachers to examine student work and monitor progress in order to support teacher reflection and action.

Work with the school’s leadership team and other constituent groups to determine the school’s strengths and needs for improvement in the area of literacy to improve students’ reading, writing, and communication skills and content area achievement.

Assist the school’s leadership team in providing services to special populations.

Participate in team reviews concerning academic progress of at-risk students who are not responding to interventions. Assist classroom teachers with analysis of formal and informal assessment data on their students to determine student response to instruction.

Provide on-site staff development to ensure that teachers are knowledgeable about program components and understand the instructional design of how the program meets the standards.

Provide staff development for teachers, volunteers, parents, paraprofessionals, administrators and other appropriate personnel as needed.

Observe and provide feedback to teachers on instruction related to literacy development and content area knowledge.

Maintain and promptly submit accurate, complete, and correct records and reports as required by law, grant regulations, district policy and administrative directives.

Attend scheduled meetings and parent conferences.

Perform other duties as assigned.

We are a small literacy-based neighborhood school serving students throughout the City of Camden in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Teachers have a tremendous impact on student achievement, so we recruit, employ, and develop teacher-leaders who meet the definition of “quality professional” based on their character, qualifications, effectiveness, capacity, performance, and expertise. Our teachers’ own self-efficacy and the personal messages of accountability, caring, and encouragement they express each day show them to be the heart and soul of Hope Community Charter School.

As an equal opportunity employer, Hope Community Charter School hires without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.

• Pension
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Paid Time Off (Sick, Personal & Public Holidays)
• Training & Development

Charter schools ARE public schools. Our teachers are part of the New Jersey Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF), same as teachers at traditional public schools, and can transfer their pension credits from a traditional public school to our school and vice versa. Additional benefits include:

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