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FY27: Teacher, Content Specialist (ELD), A. Mario Loiederman MS, 1.0 FTE

Montgomery County Public Schools · Silver Spring, MD · Yesterday
Education$67k–$136k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Middle School Content Specialist has the responsibility for his/her department and builds the capacity of the department to analyze achievement data for improved instruction. The content specialist ensures that accelerated and enriched instruction and intervention support is available for all students. The content specialist contributes to building and sustaining a community of learners.

The content specialist is an exemplary teacher and has demonstrated success in increasing student achievement. He/she works directly with adults to support the implementation of the instructional program and observe teachers to assist them in improving teaching and learning. He/she focuses on coordination of the instructional program and collaboration among teachers within departments and across teams.

In order to support these additional responsibilities, he/she is provided with additional time and compensation.

Requirements

  • Holds, from an accredited institution, a master's degree or its equivalent in semester hours of credit or is within one year of fulfilling this requirement
  • Completion of OAT 1 by the beginning of the second year of the assignment and OAT 2 by the end of the second year in assignment
  • Has had a minimum of three years of outstanding teaching experience with one year in MCPS preferred
  • Has had appropriate middle school teaching experience within subject fields of the department
  • Demonstrates skill in working effectively with people
  • Meets the Maryland State Department of Education certification requirements for the appropriate content area. For the Arts/PE content specialist, the person needs to be certified in one of these areas.
  • Other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position may be considered
  • This position requires the knowledge and application of the six performance standards that have been established for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Teacher Professional Growth System (TPGS)

Qualifications

  • Thorough knowledge of curriculum, assessment and instruction
  • Understanding of the middle school child
  • Ability to work well with students, teachers, and administrators
  • Exemplary teaching skills
  • Outstanding facilitation, organizational and supervisory skills
  • Skill in providing professional development to teachers
  • Skill in providing feedback to teachers about their teaching
  • Strong technology skills
  • Strong skills in collecting and analyzing formative and summative data sources
  • Excellent oral and written communication and collaboration skills

Pay

The wage range for this position is a salary between $66,690 and $135,745 based on education and experience.

Schedule

Full-time, 10-month working schedule, day shift. This job includes required summer days for which you will be compensated at your regular rate of pay.

Benefits

For information about benefits, please follow the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nCKtJEqy4w4SLTzmvmVXgE8hPfOBolkb/view

Selection shall be made by the principal and a team that will include teachers from the content department. (When the career lattice is implemented, content specialists will have to achieve lead teacher status.) Evaluation will be conducted using the standards of Teacher Professional Growth System. Required to attend school meetings, programs and activities outside the instructional day as mandated by the MCEA agreement.

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