JOB SUMMARY
These teacher leader positions are designed to provide support and assistance toward meeting the performance plan goals at the assigned school. This position may take on different specific responsibilities which are identified in the next section. Individuals that hold a teacher leader position will help facilitate each area listed below, and will focus on areas that capitalize upon personal areas of strength while providing input and collaboration with the principal and building teams. In addition, the teacher leader will have training opportunities to further develop their leadership skills.
Each building will hire 3 general teacher leaders for the 2024-2025 school year.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as a member of the principal’s school leadership team.
- Lead to create a positive school culture.
- Be willing to demonstrate and share best teaching practices with others, including in the area of AVID instructional strategies.
- Participate in systemic change and transformations that are necessary for school improvement for the benefit of students and improved student achievement.
- Participate in leadership development opportunities (ie: PLC training, PLC planning, Equity collaborative) as calendared
- Attend PLC training and serve as a leader and facilitator at the department level and within the school, training others and offering support and guidance in the PLC process.
- Effectively communicate with colleagues and other stakeholders about school leadership meetings, school performance plan goals & strategies for achievement.
- Lead PLCs: Plan meetings with administrative support; keep track of PLC work and data, organize and post assessments, calendars, data, progress, etc.
- Attend meetings, trainings, and events outside of the regular contract day both in the assigned school and at the district level (see attached calendar).
- Report progress of the team back to the overseeing administrator and provide data for the school scorecard and SLGs.
- Assist in the following initiatives: the RTI process, AVID, PLCs and school accreditation.
- Availability to attend 1.5 day of on-site training in August to help prepare for inservice week [tentatively August 22, 2024 (8 hours) + school level team building (4 hours)]
- Availability to attend ½ day leader training plus ½ planning with principals on October inservice day (scheduled for October 11, 2024)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty 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.
- Demonstrates a strong depth of knowledge in their instructional practice and teaching strategies.
- Demonstrates a commitment to the concept of collaborative learning teams in which colleagues grow professionally together to meet the needs of all students in the school.
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning about and utilizing equitable practices in the classroom
- Demonstrates commitment to professional reflection and continuous professional growth.
- Demonstrates positive leadership skills and abilities.
- Demonstrates strong technical skills (Google Apps for Education & Canvas).
- Successful in maintaining organizational systems.
- Demonstrates success as a creative problem solver.
- Demonstrates success in facilitating small groups.
- Demonstrates success as a reliable team member.
- Must hold a valid Oregon Teaching License.
COMPENSATION
The compensation begins on the October paycheck.
Hourly breakdown
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Event
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Hours
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Occurrences
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Total (60)
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Monthly leadership meeting (2 per month, 1 in December & June)
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1
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18
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18
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August Training & Planning Sessions
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12
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1
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12
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October Inservice Day- Equity Collaborative Training & Planning Session
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8
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1
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8
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PLC trainings/planning (1 per month) (@secondary roundtable)
Tentatively until 4:30 on 9/9, 10/7, 11/4, 12/2, 1/13, 2/10, 3/10, 4/7, 5/5
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1.5
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9
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13.5
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Personal presentation planning: Prep time to lead SIWs & inservice trainings
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6
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–
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6
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Various leadership duties as directed by building principal (ie: dances, pep rallies, parent nights, etc.)
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1.5
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–
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1.5
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4 hour June training with Equity Collaborative (Orchid paid)
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4
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1
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(4)
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Based on stipend: $1989 w/ PERS for 59 hours as outlined in the Extra Responsibility schedule of the
2024-25 contract.
Hours are subject to slight changes, but not to exceed a total of 59 hours.