Reading Coach

Position Overview

Winston-Salem State University invites applications for a Reading Coach within Learning Support Services. This temporary, non-teaching position plays a critical role in supporting student success, retention, and degree completion by providing targeted academic reading and literacy support to undergraduate students.

The Reading Coach delivers proactive, student-centered, and strengths-based academic support designed to strengthen college-level reading comprehension, learning strategies, and academic engagement across disciplines. The position primarily supports first-time freshmen, transfer students, and students identified as academically at risk, with an emphasis on early intervention and coordinated academic support.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide individual and small-group academic reading coaching focused on comprehension, annotation, vocabulary development, fluency, and discipline-specific reading strategies.
• Assist students with engaging effectively with textbooks, scholarly articles, learning management system materials, and gateway course content.
• Teach metacognitive learning strategies that promote independent learning and academic confidence.
• Support students identified through early alert systems, faculty referrals, or academic performance indicators.
• Conduct proactive outreach and document student interactions and outcomes using designated student success platforms.
• Collaborate with advisors, tutors, faculty, and the Writing and Communication Center as part of an integrated Learning Support Services model.
• Facilitate literacy workshops and contribute to retention-focused academic support programming.
• Track student engagement and contribute to assessment and reporting efforts related to student success and persistence.

Primary Function of Organizational Unit

The Learning Support Services unit supports Winston-Salem State University’s mission to promote student success, retention, and degree completion by providing coordinated academic support services. Learning Support Services integrates tutoring, coaching, early alert response, and skill development into a centralized, data-informed support model that strengthens academic engagement and persistence for new and continuing students.