Teacher Leadership Specialist
About the Employer
Overview
Job Title: Specialist, Teacher Leader Pathways - Job Description: The Teacher Leader Pathways Instructional Specialist, under moderate supervision, performs instructional programs support work with limited decision-making discretion.
Responsibilities
Qualifications: - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. - Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Salary/Status: - Certified schedule + Instructional Specialist Supplement / Full-time - Reports To: - Teacher Leader Pathways Manager - Place of Work: - The normal place of work is on the premises used by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reserves the right to require you to work at such other place(s) as it may reasonably require from time to time. - *Essential Functions: - - Adhere to all state, federal, and local laws, policies, and procedures - - Collaborate with management, school leadership, central office, and school-based administration to implement teacher leader roles in accordance with local and state policy for advanced teaching roles - - Assist with the TLP Talent Pool Process for teacher leader roles and grant writing - - Coach and build teacher leader capacity to meet district goals - - Support recruitment and retention of teacher leaders through advertising and marketing - - Support retention of all teachers through developing and implementing proven coaching models and guidelines for teacher leaders - - Use student achievement and performance data to refine schools’ retention and development plans through consultation with the school principal - - Review and analyze hiring, performance, and retention data associated with teacher leader roles to ensure program success - - Analyze school data to determine professional development needs and develop teacher leader programs to provide differentiated support to schools - - Guide central office and school leadership in assessing effectiveness of teacher leader roles in schools - - Help teacher leaders transfer learning experiences into practice - - Coordinate the implementation of professional development plans to support teacher leader roles across the district - - Design, implement, facilitate, refine, and evaluate professional development for teacher leaders - - Provide professional development resources to help school-based administrators achieve specific goals - - Support individuals and groups in determining the course of action that is aligned to objectives of each school’s improvement plan - - Design and implement processes for teacher leaders to improve practices - - Build instructional leadership capacity in teacher leaders through differentiated and job-embedded learning activities - - Promote flexible scheduling and integration of technology in instructional strategies that foster high quality teaching and learning - - Facilitate professional development and attend other related meetings as needed/required - - Participate in professional development workshops and training - - Create an inclusive environment with positive communication - - Perform related work as assigned or required
• Develop and maintain programs for aspiring and in-program teacher leaders.
• Collaborate with teachers, curriculum leaders, and principals to provide development and growth through job-embedded professional learning.
• Perform both school-based and district-level work to carry out board of education policies under the direction of the Teacher Leader Pathways Manager.