Department Chair – Physical Education​/Health Teacher

Department Chair – Physical Education/Health Teacher Shea High School

The Department Chairperson is responsible for overseeing the function and efficiency of the respective department, in addition to coordinating and leading department meetings and completing required paperwork such as budget and course descriptions. In addition, the Department Chair will work closely with the principals, guidance, special education, MLL, ILT, and teachers in their departments, central office personnel, and parents.

Exemplary

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works as an educational support and maintains a classroom that reflects a high quality of instruction and serves as a model for other teachers.
• Serves as curriculum expert in the department and keeps abreast of related instructional innovations, materials, and teaching techniques.
• Plans regularly, organizes and facilitates common planning time meetings, and shares results with the building principals and/or central administration.
• Oversees the implementation of the department's curriculum through the CPT process and data analysis.
• Prepares a wide variety of written materials for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference, and/or conveying information.
• To use the assessment date to adapt curriculum and instructional practices to help students meet the school's performance standards.
• To be open to using innovative approaches to teaching and receive feedback from colleagues and school administration.
• Coordinates staff development efforts to promote instructional expertise within the department through CPT, leadership team, and/or faculty meetings.
• Works with the central office and teachers to assess, evaluate, and make recommendations to modify the department's curriculum program.
• Works with teachers to monitor the department's academic standards in implementing standards-based curriculum units, grading, homework, and assessment.
• Mentors and supports teachers in classroom management strategies, lesson planning, and research-based instructional strategies.
• Works with administration at the building and central office to support substitute teachers by ensuring classroom materials and class lists are available and maintaining a check on their classroom effectiveness.
• Advocates for professional development and access to student information systems and timely Chromebooks for long-term substitutes.
• Attends school and district-level meetings, such as ILT Meetings, School Improvement Team Meetings and district initiatives, submits reports, and completes other related activities required by the administration.
• Assists in the building of class schedules.
• Prepares a departmental budget in accordance with directives and timelines established by the principals and/or central office.
• Completes an updated inventory of textbooks, departmental equipment, and instructional supplies on standard forms.
• Makes written requests to the principal to repair and maintain departmental equipment and classrooms.
• Suggests books, magazines, audiovisual material, and other instructional resources be purchased for the department and school library.
• Collaborates with guidance counselors by suggesting appropriate courses for students.
• Serves as a communication link between the school administration and the teachers in the department.
• Serves as a communication link with the middle schools and other high schools to align and increase vertical articulation as the central office facilitates.
• Experience and willingness to be trained in facilitation skills.
• A clearly articulated vision for improvement in student performance and department progress.
• Performs other duties assigned by the building principal/assistant principal related to the content area and departmental support.

Knowledgeable in:
Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction. Content Area State Standards. Current Instructional Techniques. Classroom Management Techniques. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). RTI (Response to intervention)/MTSS. Cultural competency. Technology and the Student Information System. The related laws of Rhode Island, the BEP, and the policies, regulations, and procedures of the Pawtucket School Department and the Rhode…