JOB OPENING: DISCIPLINARY LITERACY COACH

What is Disciplinary Literacy?
Disciplinary literacy is the ability to think, read, write, and communicate in ways that align with the unique practices of a discipline. It recognizes that different subjects — such as mathematics, history, and science — require distinct strategies for engagement. In culturally responsive classrooms, secondary educators bridge students’ cultural backgrounds with disciplinary learning by incorporating diverse cultural perspectives and languages and enriching students’ disciplinary knowledge by recognizing their lived experiences as valuable for interpreting academic texts and solving problems within the discipline (Fang, 2012; Goldman et al., 2016). Disciplinary literacy includes how secondary educators use disciplinary texts along with comprehension strategy instruction to enhance understanding of the content-specific text and support students in accessing more advanced coursework within the subject area (Shanahan & Shanahan, 2008).

 Job description: Disciplinary Literacy Coach