Team Leader-Ela; Internal

Position

Team Leader (ELA)

BEHS

BUILDING PRINCIPAL

To provide the leadership and expertise needed to make the teaching team most effective in the provision of the educational program for students.

• Coordinate all activities of the teaching team.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary units of study with the teaching team.
• Conduct team meetings regularly.
• Assume responsibility for the continual improvement of the quality of instruction provided by the team.
• Oversee and coordinate the clerical work of the team.
• Assist with the master schedule and any individual teacher scheduling problems.
• Assume responsibility for the development and implementation of resource files for the team.
• Coordinate the creation and development of special curriculum materials.
• Encourage team members in the use of new methods and materials.
• Offer in-service workshops that are deemed useful by the teachers of the team.
• Meet periodically with other team leaders to discuss new materials and programs, evaluate present programs and consider problems of mutual concern.
• Assume responsibility for generating solutions to problems of concern.
• Attend pertinent conferences and conventions and share information with team members.
• Meet and confer with parents as necessary.
• Assist members of the team in evaluation of all students.
• Serve as a member of the mentor support team for new and beginning teachers.
• Analyze multiple student data as a means for improving instruction.
• Assist colleagues in identifying, collecting and analyzing student data.

Supervises classroom and students (volunteers and parent helpers where appropriate). Performs general supervisory duties as scheduled.

• Education and/or
  
  Experience:
  
  Bachelor Degree. (Masters Degree for certain positions).
• Additional Credits Required For Completion Of Certification Requirements.
• Demonstrate instructional leadership qualities.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
  Valid Connecticut Teaching Certificate.
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to read, analyze, and interpret periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations; write memos, reports, and correspondence; effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, staff, parents and the general public.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals; compute rates, ratios, and percentages; draw and interpret bar graphs; calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume; apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Basic knowledge and experience with standard hardware and software applications; use computer for e‑mail, word processing, accounting, databases, and presentations.
• Reasoning Ability:
  Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Other
  
  Skills and Abilities:
  
  Application of current research and teaching competencies to instructional program; plan and implement lessons based on school objectives and the needs and abilities of students; establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents; skill in oral and written communication; perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies and the code of professional responsibility for teachers.
• Physical Demands:
  Frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit; may occasionally push or lift up to 50 pounds; directly responsible for safety, well‑being or work output of other people; vision abilities required include close vision; position requires meeting multiple demands from several people and interacting with the public and other staff.
• Work Environment:
  Noise level moderate to loud; duties performed indoors and occasionally outdoors.

As per negotiated contract

School Year