District Content Lead - Secondary Transitions and Early Post Secondary Opportunities

Responsibilities

• Aids in the development, implementation, evaluation, and ongoing improvement of district curriculum.
• Supports numerous partnerships with middle and high schools and outside institutions.
• Designs, facilitates, monitors, and oversees school-based collective team and individual role professional development.
• Shares a vision of deep conceptual understanding of content that goes beyond the teaching skill.
• Collaborates with leaders to design, implement, and evaluate teacher professional development.
• Provides planning feedback to teachers and assists in developing supplemental instructional materials and assessments.
• Analyzes data to inform daily lesson planning, quarter reflections, and quarterly Benchmarks and TCAP assessments.
• Models and coaches teachers and instructional coaches on effective instructional strategies.
• Maintains records of progress and development for schools.
• Communicates progress toward academic development goals with school leaders and C.O.
• Serves as a liaison between iCivics and district leaders, content leads, teachers, and administrators.
• Supports all learning communities through Learning Walks and teacher observations.
• Supports schools in pursuing and maintaining STEM/STEAM Designation status with the Tennessee Department of Education.
• Provides innovation coaching to support STEM, computer science, and project-based learning across the district.
• Finds, organizes, purchases, and recommends curricular supplies and materials.
• Manages online course platforms and instructional materials for various grade levels.
• Assists with the development and implementation of frameworks to address challenging topics.
• Collaborates with content leads to facilitate leadership council meetings, learning community collaboratives, and professional development sessions.
• Travels to school locations and other locations throughout the district to perform job duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in the education or related field; five (5) years previous experience in school leadership such as instructional coach or teacher leader.
• Master’s degree in education leadership or related field strongly preferred.
• Knowledgeable about formative and diagnostic assessments and research based instructional practices.
• Deep understanding of best practices for teaching.