Team Leader - Grade 8 BMS

Grade Level Team Leader

Job Description:

8th Grade

• Be a positive role model, learner, and leader.
• Be an effective communicator and collaborator with other teachers, school leaders, parents, and students.
• Guide your grade-level in a goal setting process, which includes inter-disciplinary connections and grade wide academic and social-emotional initiatives.
• Facilitate weekly grade-level meetings to discuss student academic and social-emotional needs, this may include organizing and leading family conferences (academic and social-emotional concerns).
• Liaison for all student issues on the grade-level. This includes promoting and supporting restorative conversations between teachers and students, developing the family-school partnership, and overseeing any overarching concerns that impact a child's success. This includes working closely with the Clinical Team.
• Oversee the grade level PBIS program, including the co-facilitation of a Climate, Culture and Community meeting with building leadership, with the focus to develop community building events, field trips and special events.
• Actively participate in weekly planning and professional learning with other grade-level leaders and building leadership to discuss school wide needs and concerns. In addition, meet with the building leadership once per month to discuss grade specific needs.
• Oversee, in collaboration with building leadership, the budget for respective grade-level. This may include allotting funds for student resources and materials and professional learning opportunities.
• Assume other responsibilities as determined by the administration.
• As a stipend position, work may need to be completed outside of the contractual hours.