Tlc Senior Team Lead - Retiree

About this job:

A teacher who, as a member of the Instructional Leadership Team, plays a critical role in helping a school reach their student achievement goals. Spends part of the day providing high‑quality instruction in own classroom as a teacher and part of the day developing a team of teachers’ ability to deliver joyful, rigorous, and personalized instruction that leads to high academic achievement.

Serves as a content area expert, facilitates collaborative team time, provides 1‑on‑1 observation and coaching to peers, and facilitates the end‑to‑end Leading Effective Academic Practice (LEAP) growth and performance evaluation for each teacher on the team. Contributes to the year‑long professional development plan and provides whole staff professional learning (when relevant) in area(s) of expertise. Collaborates with school leaders and team specialists to align teacher supports to advancement of school‑wide instructional priorities.

Expected Outcomes include building the instructional capacity of a team of teachers and developing a team culture of continuous learning that maximizes staff and student morale and performance. Creates distributive leadership structures in schools in collaboration with school leaders and increases opportunities for feedback and growth from content experts to drive increased student achievement while building own capacity as a leader.

Receives a stipend paid in 20 installments from September – July.

This is a One (1) Year Only Position.

• A Culture that values Equity, Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration and Fun with a shared vision that Every Learner Thrives.
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• In addition to competitive compensation, DPS has other Total Reward offerings such as: time off, health and wellness benefits, and PERA Retirement.

• Responsible for effective instruction that leads to growth in student outcomes as evaluated by the Leading Effective Academic Practice (LEAP) growth and performance framework.
• Leads and develops a team of teachers through coaching, observation and feedback, professional learning, and facilitation of collaborative team time to build their capacity to share ownership and belief in the academic success of every child and closing of achievement gaps; provides effective instruction aligned to the Framework for Effective Teaching; implements rigorous and relevant curriculum and daily and long‑term planning in all classrooms;
  
  and improves assessment practices, data analysis, and action planning.
• Observes and evaluates team members on the Framework for Effective Teaching and the Professionalism Rubric, including hosting mid‑ and end‑of‑year evaluations.
• Coordinates with complementary team specialist and school leaders to ensure that expectations, processes, and objectives for collaborative time and coaching are aligned to the school‑wide strategic plan.
• Builds the capacity of a team of teachers to create welcoming and inclusive classroom learning environments and creates a team culture that embraces continuous learning and feedback.
• Serves as a member of the school’s Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) to support alignment and build instructional and leadership capacity and accountability among a team of teachers, including attending meetings and performing other ILT duties.
• Demonstrates values‑driven, reflective, and resilient leadership by leading a team of teachers to a collective commitment to demonstrating school values.
• Selects which techniques are employed, based on the needs of their team of teachers, to achieve stated goals, including hosting and/or facilitating learning labs, co‑planning, co‑teaching/modeling, sharing resources, facilitating small group or whole‑staff professional learning, and providing input into school‑wide decisions.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field.
• At least two years of demonstrated teacher effectiveness through effective or equivalent end‑of‑year ratings through the LEAP growth and performance system or a comparable, multiple‑measure, growth and performance system.
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