Model Teacher

Responsibilities

• Design and host lab classroom visits, meeting with colleagues before and after visits to determine goals and action plans in partnership with school leaders.
• Cookordinate school-wide intervisitation initiatives in order to promote low-inference pedagogical reflection and develop a common language around instructional practices.
• Facilitate non-evaluative debrief conversations to support their colleagues through collaborative planning and focused modeling.
• Design research-based professional learning opportunities utilizing adult learning principles, student/family input and routine feedback.
• Analyze impact of professional learning opportunities and design and archive library of resources, including videos from their own lab classroom.
• Structure ongoing inquiry or action-research initiatives based on the school’s “problem of practice” and/or instructional focus.
• Coach individual teachers as needed to support alignment to the school's instructional focus and effective teaching strategies.
• Conduct strategic conversations with school leaders to advocate for customized adult and student learning opportunities and structures.
• Develop goals and action plans with school leaders for teacher leader initiatives, based on school community needs and the instructional focus.
• Engage in routine reflective conversations with school leaders and colleagues about data and the impact of the lab classroom model.

Qualifications

• Equity-centered practice: Engages in practices that promote fairness and opportunity for all stakeholders through data and conversations with the school community and identifies and disrupts inequitable policies through advocacy, inclusion, and enduring structural change.
• Inquiry-based learning practice: Approaches change through a learner’s stance, leading with curiosity and making low-inference observations about data to discover opportunities for improvement.
• Servant Leadership: Amplifies voices and needs of students, caregivers, and colleagues, with a keen eye on leveraging assets.
• A Masters degree.
• A current, full-time licensed educator, with at least one class of record and 40% of time spent in the classroom.
• Earn Distinguished and Proficient ratings for classroom teaching and professional responsibilities.
• Show openness to feedback and demonstrate a growth mindset and a willingness to continually improve.
• Exhibit patience, empathy, and the ability to motivate students toward their full potential.
• Experience and knowledge of the Data Wise Improvement framework is a plus.
• Collaborative attitude toward teaching and learning.
• Embrace and celebrate diversity, creating an inclusive classroom environment that reflects the dynamic nature of our community.