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New Visions for Public Schools is hiring a part-time Literacy Consultant to develop tools and coaching plans that enhance literacy development within their Curriculum & Instruction Department and network of schools. The role involves collaborating with data teams, reviewing student reading data, and aligning school literacy plans to student needs to build capacity among teachers and instructional leaders.

Highlights

Develop coaching products and tools to support literacy instructional coaching across various school support situations.
Review student reading data, including data on students with disabilities and multilingual learners, to provide feedback for reading support services.
Partner with data teams to refine reading support tools in the Portal, ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements.
Assess and build coaching plans that support teachers and instructional leaders in school-based literacy capacity development.
Requires a master's degree and 7-10 years of experience in public education, with at least 3 years coaching literacy at the secondary level.
Expert knowledge of Wilson Language Interventions or Ortho-Gillingham principles is required; familiarity with Wilson Reading System, Wilson Just Words, REWARDS, and Stari preferred.
Strong leadership skills in professional development delivery and collaborative work practices.
Experience teaching reading and writing to secondary students and understanding high school graduation requirements for special populations.
Temporary role through February 2026, with a commitment of 5-10 hours per week at $65 per hour.
Collaborates with Curriculum & Instruction Department and data staff, serving New Visions’ network of urban public schools.

Literacy Consultant (Part-Time) Full Description

Literacy Consultant (Part-Time)

New York, NY

The Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) Department works to ensure outstanding instruction in every classroom. Sustainable implementation of high-quality curriculum is the most important driver of that aim and supports the growth of teachers, administrators, counselors, and librarians at various stages throughout their careers. We aspire to ground our C&I work in a set of shared elements. We start with an understanding of how students learn; we organize around adult learning principles to support teachers and school leaders; we embed opportunities to modify curriculum materials for specific classroom contexts or student needs; and we organize everything around continuous improvement, to get better over time.

The Literacy Consultant role is responsible for developing tools and resources which address the areas of need for literacy development within the C&I Department and New Visions’ network of schools. This includes developing coaching plans that build the capacity of both teachers and instructional leaders. Part of the role is also calibrating school literacy plans with their student needs. The Literacy Consultant will also clarify the instructional coaching model for various support situations and partner with our data staff to develop new tools for reading in the Portal. This part-time role requires strong collaboration and coordination with internal partners to gather information, then communicating effectively with school-facing staff to understand their challenges and provide solutions.

This role is temporary through February 2026. The expected schedule is 5-10 hours per week at $65/hour.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

New Visions Curriculum & Instruction Literacy team and the Literacy Consultant will collaborate on the following activities:

Supporting literacy instructional coaching by building out the coaching products representative of various support situations.
Reviewing student reading data, including SWD and ML, and providing schools with asynchronous feedback on student reading support services, and reading goals
Partnering with New Visions’s data teams to develop tools for reading in the Portal
- Refining and systematizing a set of core decisions that schools must make to support and monitor reading programs that are aligned with school needs and NYC PS guidelines.
- Ensuring that the state and federal compliance requirements for students with disabilities and multilingual learners are met when designing reading support programs.
Assessing coaching plans that support both teachers and instructional leaders in developing school-based capacity as necessary
Codifying and transitioning the work to existing and potentially new Literacy Team members

Education and Experience:

Masters-level degree
Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in public education, preferably urban schools and secondary level
Minimum of 3 years experience coaching teachers and leaders in literacy instruction and reading development at the secondary level

Required Skill Sets and Knowledge Base:

Expert knowledge of Wilson Language Interventions or Ortho-Gillingham principles is required and other reading interventions such as Wilson Reading System (WRS), Wilson Just Words, REWARDS, and Stari are preferred
Leadership in delivering professional development and support to educators
Experience with teaching reading and writing skills to secondary school students
Excellent written, oral, organizational, and interpersonal skills, including strong facilitation skills;
Demonstrated experience and enthusiasm for working collaboratively
Understanding of high school graduation requirements and compliance for special populations

Disclaimer:

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee in this position. These statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of a person in this position.

Who We Are

For over three decades, New Visions for Public Schools has played a central role in improving the quality of New York City public schools and removing barriers to the success of low-income students and students of color.

New Visions focuses on providing educators with the tools, resources, and support to build and continuously improve strong and responsive systems. These include major investments in student planning tools, free and high-quality curriculum, and innovative career & college preparatory programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

New Visions believes that our teams are most effective when they include representation from the diverse communities we serve as their perspectives are critical to work we do. Further, we believe that our culture and internal structures should be inclusive and equitable for all employees. At NV, Diversity, equity and inclusion doesn't determine who gets hired - that is based on qualifications. It just helps make sure the door is open wide enough so that people who have traditionally had less access to opportunities get the chance to be considered and, if chosen, feel comfortable and supported once they are part of our team.

New Visions provides a comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits package in addition to the opportunity to make a significant impact on education reform and in the lives of urban youth.

Original Job Description

Literacy Consultant (Part-Time)

New York, NY

This role is temporary through February 2026. The expected schedule is 5-10 hours per week at $65/hour.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

New Visions Curriculum & Instruction Literacy team and the Literacy Consultant will collaborate on the following activities:

Supporting literacy instructional coaching by building out the coaching products representative of various support situations.
Reviewing student reading data, including SWD and ML, and providing schools with asynchronous feedback on student reading support services, and reading goals
Partnering with New Visions’s data teams to develop tools for reading in the Portal
- Refining and systematizing a set of core decisions that schools must make to support and monitor reading programs that are aligned with school needs and NYC PS guidelines.
- Ensuring that the state and federal compliance requirements for students with disabilities and multilingual learners are met when designing reading support programs.
Assessing coaching plans that support both teachers and instructional leaders in developing school-based capacity as necessary
Codifying and transitioning the work to existing and potentially new Literacy Team members

Education and Experience:

Masters-level degree
Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in public education, preferably urban schools and secondary level
Minimum of 3 years experience coaching teachers and leaders in literacy instruction and reading development at the secondary level

Required Skill Sets and Knowledge Base:

Expert knowledge of Wilson Language Interventions or Ortho-Gillingham principles is required and other reading interventions such as Wilson Reading System (WRS), Wilson Just Words, REWARDS, and Stari are preferred
Leadership in delivering professional development and support to educators
Experience with teaching reading and writing skills to secondary school students
Excellent written, oral, organizational, and interpersonal skills, including strong facilitation skills;
Demonstrated experience and enthusiasm for working collaboratively
Understanding of high school graduation requirements and compliance for special populations

Disclaimer:

Who We Are

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

New Visions provides a comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits package in addition to the opportunity to make a significant impact on education reform and in the lives of urban youth.

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