Immediate: Teacher, Staff Development, DuFief ES, 1.0 FTE

About the role

Under the direction of the principal, the Staff Development Teacher (SDT) supports the goal of building staff capacity to meet system-wide and local school initiatives to increase student learning, motivation, and wellbeing in collaboration with administrators, teachers and other stakeholders. The school-based SDT, in alignment with the School Improvement Plan (SIP) and in service of the principal’s vision, fosters individual staff development and the collective efficacy of groups through job-embedded professional learning and implementation support.

Responsibilities

• Support building staff capacity to meet system-wide and local school initiatives aimed at increasing student learning, motivation, and wellbeing.
• Foster individual staff development and collective efficacy through job‑embedded professional learning and implementation support.
• Attend school meetings, programs, and activities outside the instructional day as required by the MCEA agreement.
• Participate in required summer days, compensated at the regular rate of pay.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, training, a specific subject, curriculum development or a related field; master’s degree or National Board Certification preferred.
• Minimum five years of successful teaching experience; at least three years in MCPS desirable.
• Meets standard rating on the most recent teacher evaluation.
• Experience presenting and modeling exemplary teaching behaviors and practices to adult learners in workshops, seminars, college courses, etc.
• Evidence of instructional leadership (e.g., team leader, resource teacher, interdisciplinary resource teacher, department chair, systemwide committees).
• Successful completion of Studying Skillful Teaching or Observation and Analysis of Teaching preferred.
• Experience with leadership, mentoring, and/or coaching preferred.
• Meets Maryland licensure requirements in an appropriate field of education.

Skills

• Knowledge of best practices in adult learning, teaching methods and teaching skills, and ability to use and model them.
• Knowledge of teaching standards and ability to coach and mentor teachers around those standards.
• Ability to gather and analyze student performance data from multiple sources and formulate instructional strategies to meet student needs.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership 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 position; 10 working months; day shift; includes required summer days compensated at the regular rate of pay.

Benefits

For information about benefits, please see: Benefits details.