Senior Early Literacy Coach

Who We Are

OnYourMark Education is a high-dosage virtual tutoring service providing individualized early literacy virtual foundational skills instruction to elementary students grounded in the science of reading. We partner with schools as a supplement to the literacy instruction already in place to ensure students get the foundational reading skills they need to excel!

 

Why We Exist

OnYourMark exists to ensure that the students we serve have a strong foundation to become thriving readers. We also believe that spreading an understanding of the science of how children learn to read can be transformative for tutors, teachers, children, and families. Getting foundational literacy skills right early will support children to read on grade level and diminish the need for schools to remediate at their current levels.

 

Why Apply

When you join the OnYourMark team, you commit to supporting students to become lifelong readers with the foundational reading skills to tackle future school and life challenges and adventures. Joining the OnYourMark team is right for you if you are invested in having an impact on the lives of young people, are committed to learning, and are inspired to be a part of eradicating educational inequities. Being a part of a founding team requires thriving in ambiguity and fully embracing OnYourMark’s start-up mantra, “find a need and fill the need.”

 

Position Overview

OnYourMark is hiring a Senior Early Literacy Coach to support our growing tutor support structure and provide expanded leadership within our Program Coaching Team. In addition to managing a roster of tutors for coaching, the Senior Early Literacy Coach will work closely with the Director of Tutor Development to strengthen internal systems and operational support for the coaching team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment that is ever changing and is ready to take on additional leadership within our mission-driven team.

Under this hybrid role, you will combine core Early Literacy Coach responsibilities with additional actions such as supporting Early Literacy Coaches, planning Peer Group coaching content, providing internal system support, creating score norms for coaches, and undertaking special projects. The Senior Coach will help ensure OnYourMark develops exceptional literacy tutors by supporting the Coaching team’s internal effectiveness and collaboration for various needs.

Qualifications

• Six + years of teaching, tutoring, and/or coaching experience focused in reading and/or ELA
• Two + years as a coach at OnYourMark 
• A strong sense of possibility and a growth mindset
• Love for the building process
• Steadfast belief in the science of reading and the urgency of foundational skills instruction for new readers and a deep belief in the importance of early literacy
• Center diversity, belonging, and inclusion of experience, thought, and action in all areas of work
• Prior experience managing and onboarding new team members.
• Proven ability to own a new project from planning through execution with revisions
• Strong technical knowledge and confidence in troubleshooting in various tutor, curriculum and school updates
• Experience navigating difficult conversations and providing effective feedback
• Analyzing data to determine trends of support
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to guide others through change

 

Main & Evolving Responsibilities for the Role

Coaching Teams Support and System Support

• Serve as the go-to support for the Coaching Team in navigating coaching tools, scheduling systems, coaching cadence trackers, and tutor coverage planning
• Support onboarding  of new coaches, and offer just-in-time coaching support when new tools or protocols are launched
• Monitor our internal coaching documentation and systems in collaboration with the Director of Tutor Development
• Drive consistent, high-quality tutor coaching practices  by supporting coaching team implementation of feedback cycles, rubric scoring, and data-informed planning
• Co-facilitate weekly coach meetings and contribute to the design of the meeting for improvements
• Co-lead and design rubric norming sessions and rubric alignment walkthroughs to ensure all coaches are delivering clear, aligned support to tutors
• Act as a thought partner to the Director of Tutor Development on coach performance trends, coaching strategy, and tutor tiering decisions
  

Strategic Contribution for Coaching & Program Growth

• Identify gaps in tutor or coach support systems and propose process or tool improvements that elevate consistency and impact
• Contribute to coach and tutor planning by helping evaluate trends in team needs
• Collaborate with Director of Tutor Development on projects that strengthen coaching fidelity, streamline coach communication, and drive operational improvements across tutor development
• Participate in strategic planning conversations around team capacity, tiered coaching, and cross-functional integration between coaching and training with Director of Tutor Development and the Senior Director of Program
• Assist with other Program tasks as well as additional administrative tasks that will vary in nature as needed 

Maintain a Lighter Tutor Coaching Caseload  for Program Engagement 

• Coach a smaller roster of tutors each term to stay grounded in direct coaching practice
• Schedule and facilitate feedback conversations, rubric-aligned feedback, and skill-based practice of each of your assigned tutor tiers
• Use session recordings and fidelity data to inform coaching goals and support tutor advancement
• Support onboarding or facilitation/scheduling for New Tutor and Returning Tutor trainings, and collaborate with the Director of Tutor Development & Training & Development Coordinator as needed
• Respond to tutor or coach needs and support tickets related to coaching tools, tech, or scheduling

Working at OnYourMark

Join a national team that is dedicated to building OnYourMark in service of our tutors and young readers across the country!

 

All OnYourMark teammates are fully remote and enjoy the flexibilities that come with that. We work hard and thrive in a supportive environment that is really “All In” as required in a startup while centering each teammate as a whole person with real life needs and responsibilities (like picking kids up from school, going to the doctor, working out etc.) beyond our professional commitments. 

 

One of our key mantras is “find a need and fill the need.” In practice this means often stepping outside the lanes of our job descriptions to lend a hand to whatever task is most pressing across the organization, from helping to interview tutor candidates, to getting students set up with the technology needed to be able to connect for sessions. There really is no job too big or too small for any teammate. 

 

Problem-solvers and self-starters thrive at OnYourMark. There are natural ebbs and flows to the work that often mean long hours at the start of sessions and then role specific flexibilities that center around a more traditional work week. We also work across the country so early mornings or later evenings are possible depending on a teammate’s timezone and where the schools we serve are located. 

 

Our work is fully virtual. Offices are based out of a home office, anywhere in the U.S.OnYourMark offers a competitive benefits package.

Expected compensation at or around 70,000-85,000k annually, commensurate with experience.

Cambiar Education and OnYourMark Education are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, making all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic or classification protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

*OnYourMark Education is a project fiscally sponsored by Cambiar Education and as such, employees are hired directly through Cambiar.