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About the Role
CSAS is seeking per diem Literacy Coaches with deep Science of Reading expertise and a proven record of K-3 student reading growth. You will coach teachers onsite in partner schools across New York City, model lessons in their classrooms, and help school leaders turn data into stronger instruction. This role is for experienced experts who understand how children learn to read and how to teach it.
Responsibilities
- Coach K-3 teachers onsite through modeling, co-teaching, observation, and in-the-moment feedback
- Teach model lessons in phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and encoding that teachers can replicate the next day
- Lead teachers through analysis of Acadience, iReady, progress monitoring data, and student work to find error patterns and plan next steps
- Support Tier 1, 2, and 3 instruction with fidelity using various structured literacy programs
- Meet with school leaders before and after each onsite day with clear strengths, growth areas, and follow-up actions
- Complete pre-work before each onsite day and submit visit documentation after each visit
Requirements
- 5+ years as a K-3 classroom teacher delivering explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction
- Documented K-3 reading growth (Acadience, DIBELS, or similar) from your own classroom
- Deep Science of Reading knowledge: the Simple View of Reading, Scarborough’s Rope, phonemic awareness, and orthographic mapping
- Experience teaching a structured literacy program with fidelity (UFLI, Fundations, Really Great Reading, Orton Gillingham, Preventing Academic Failure, Heggerty, Fundations, SPIRE, Orton-Gillingham, or similar)
- 2+ years coaching teachers or leading professional learning
- Experience teaching students with disabilities and multilingual learners to read
- Not employed by NYC Public Schools within the 12 months before your start date
- Fingerprint clearance and PETS approval (or ability to obtain before your first school visit)
- Residence in New York City
Skills
- Science of Reading
- K-3 student reading growth
- Structured literacy
- MTSS
- Job-embedded coaching
- Leadership development
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Decoding
- Fluency
- Encoding
- Data analysis
- Acadience
- iReady
- Progress monitoring
- Tier 1, 2, and 3 instruction
- UFLI Foundations
- Fundations
- Really Great Reading
- Preventing Academic Failure
- Orton Gillingham
- Heggerty
- HMH Into Reading
- Heggerty Bridge the Gap
- Phonics for Reading
- REWARDS
- Explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction
- DIBELS
- Simple View of Reading
- Scarborough’s Rope
- Orthographic mapping
- SPIRE
- Orton-Gillingham
- Teaching students with disabilities
- Teaching multilingual learners
- Master’s degree in Literacy, Reading, Special Education, or Curriculum and Instruction
- LETRS certification
- Orton-Gillingham certification
- MTSS for literacy
Location
- New York City
- Onsite in partner schools
Work Type
- Per Diem
- Independent contractor (1099)
- Part time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Experienced experts
- 5+ years as a K-3 classroom teacher
- 2+ years coaching teachers or leading professional learning
Education Level
- Master’s degree in Literacy, Reading, Special Education, or Curriculum and Instruction (Preferred)
- LETRS or Orton-Gillingham certification (Preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $500.00 to $650.00 per full onsite day
About the Company
- CSAS partners with schools and districts to put the Science of Reading into daily practice through structured literacy, MTSS, job-embedded coaching, and leadership development.
- CSAS is a strengths-based team that builds on what teachers do well and holds high expectations because students are counting on us.
- Our coaches change the lives of teachers and students through expertise, warmth, and follow-through.