Reading Coach (2026-2027 school year)
Young World Physical Education, Clover, SC, United States
Reading Coach (2026-2027 school year)
Clover School District – Clover, South Carolina
Job Details
Job ID:
5668959
Application Deadline:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Apr 24, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date:
Jul 27, 2026
Job Description
Reading Coach Job Description (Elementary)
Description and Goals:
The Reading Coach will support all K-5 staff in the implementation of the site reading plan and program. The Coach will work directly with teachers in a school providing classroom-based demonstrations, collaborative and one-on-one support, and facilitating teacher inquiry and related professional development. The Coach will focus on enhancing teachers’ ability to provide instruction that builds students’ sense of engagement in the ownership of learning. The Coach will also work with administrators and teachers to collect and analyze data, interpret, and use it to guide instructional decisions.
Responsibilities:
Guide teachers to collect and analyze data and develop action plans in response to determined student needs.
Provide individualized, classroom-based support to implement comprehensive program. This will include modeling of best teaching practices.
Work with the principals within the school to create a school-wide focus on goals for reading achievement.
Oversee the school’s assessment procedure, training, data collection and collaborate with the principal to complete reports due.
Participate fully in professional development opportunities and professional research and reading.
Qualifications:
5+ years elementary classroom experience
Certification: Holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and an add-on certification for literacy coach; or holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and is enrolled and actively participating in the SCDE Literacy Leader Institute or is actively pursuing the literacy coach endorsement by enrollment in an SCDE-approved program; or holds a master’s degree or higher in reading or a closely-related field and is pursuing the required qualifications in coaching.
Deep knowledge of reading, writing and literacy development
Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills
Interpersonal skills (communication, problem solving, conflict management, collaboration) to share research based instructional approaches with teachers and administrators and provide advice, mentoring and coaching.
Strong organizational skills.
Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Using pertinent classroom technology
Stages of child/adolescent development (knowledge)
Communicating with diverse groups; maintaining confidentiality; and working with frequent interruptions (abilities)
Work Context
Requires standing
Requires walking
Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people
Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions
Terms of Employment
190 days per school year; Salary based on District Scale for Teachers
Evaluation
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Certified Staff
Position Type:
Full-Time
Contact Information
Anthony Scorsone , Director of HR
604 Bethel St
Clover, South Carolina 29710
Phone: 803-810-8000
Email: anthony.scorsone@clover.k12.sc.us
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Clover School District – Clover, South Carolina
Job Details
Job ID:
5668959
Application Deadline:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Apr 24, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date:
Jul 27, 2026
Job Description
Reading Coach Job Description (Elementary)
Description and Goals:
The Reading Coach will support all K-5 staff in the implementation of the site reading plan and program. The Coach will work directly with teachers in a school providing classroom-based demonstrations, collaborative and one-on-one support, and facilitating teacher inquiry and related professional development. The Coach will focus on enhancing teachers’ ability to provide instruction that builds students’ sense of engagement in the ownership of learning. The Coach will also work with administrators and teachers to collect and analyze data, interpret, and use it to guide instructional decisions.
Responsibilities:
Guide teachers to collect and analyze data and develop action plans in response to determined student needs.
Provide individualized, classroom-based support to implement comprehensive program. This will include modeling of best teaching practices.
Work with the principals within the school to create a school-wide focus on goals for reading achievement.
Oversee the school’s assessment procedure, training, data collection and collaborate with the principal to complete reports due.
Participate fully in professional development opportunities and professional research and reading.
Qualifications:
5+ years elementary classroom experience
Certification: Holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and an add-on certification for literacy coach; or holds a bachelor’s degree or higher and is enrolled and actively participating in the SCDE Literacy Leader Institute or is actively pursuing the literacy coach endorsement by enrollment in an SCDE-approved program; or holds a master’s degree or higher in reading or a closely-related field and is pursuing the required qualifications in coaching.
Deep knowledge of reading, writing and literacy development
Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills
Interpersonal skills (communication, problem solving, conflict management, collaboration) to share research based instructional approaches with teachers and administrators and provide advice, mentoring and coaching.
Strong organizational skills.
Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Using pertinent classroom technology
Stages of child/adolescent development (knowledge)
Communicating with diverse groups; maintaining confidentiality; and working with frequent interruptions (abilities)
Work Context
Requires standing
Requires walking
Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people
Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions
Terms of Employment
190 days per school year; Salary based on District Scale for Teachers
Evaluation
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Certified Staff
Position Type:
Full-Time
Contact Information
Anthony Scorsone , Director of HR
604 Bethel St
Clover, South Carolina 29710
Phone: 803-810-8000
Email: anthony.scorsone@clover.k12.sc.us
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