Lead Teacher

About the role

The Lead Teacher at Virginia Virtual Academy (VAVA) is a key member of the school leadership team. They are responsible for directing and supervising the daily learning process, mentoring teachers, and supporting VA efforts to improve student performance.

Responsibilities

• Directs/supervises the daily learning process and/or mentors teachers in the VA providing coaching and the daily performance expectation in systems, with families, and with students.
• Strives to proactively address identified needs and support VA efforts to improve student performance.
• Provides instruction for teachers’ daily activities through launch, communicates requirements, sets and enforces deadlines, maintains regular office hours and facilitates a learning laboratory to model instructional practice for teachers to support teachers and students.
• Develops expert-level knowledge of the full K12 curriculum for assigned grade levels and provides expert support for use of K12 curriculum to achieve student mastery of state standards.
• Ensures course content is optimized to meet standards mastery at depth of knowledge according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools.
• Affirms ownership for student’s academic progress and attendance, communicates high expectations and shows an active interest in student’s achievement by prescribing daily required actions and activities for teachers with clear deadlines for completion throughout the day, establishes and maintains a positive rapport with families and teachers, conducts data driven conferences with teachers and administrators.
• Serves as a member of the school leadership team; Provides instruction for teachers’ daily activities through launch, communicates requirements, sets and enforces deadlines, maintains regular office hours and facilitates a learning laboratory to model instructional practice for teachers to support teachers and students.
• Supports teachers with curricular, instructional, and operational challenges while balancing the flexibility of the K12 curriculum with Academy policies, procedures, and accountability expectations.
• Focuses on one or more ongoing tasks/projects related to managing school operations such as: recruiting/interviewing teaching candidates; training new teachers; implementing teacher evaluation processes; assisting with student-teacher matching; maintaining uniformity among teaching procedures; developing and implementing school policies/procedures; acting as a curriculum expert for a grade level/series of grade levels; coordinating aspects of testing readiness; assisting teachers in addressing low attendance and progress issues; preparing regular reports/facilitating communications across stakeholders; and assisting with marketing events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field AND Three (3) years of successful teaching experience including experience as a virtual teacher OR Equivalent combination of education and experience
• Knowledgeable of state and charter school law and regulations
• Knowledgeable of the State Performance Standards
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Exceptionally strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Experienced in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and able to learn specific student management system(s)

Skills

• Passionate Educators

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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