TLC SENIOR TEAM LEAD - TEACHER, ELEMENTARY, K-5TH GRADE

About the role

The goal of a Senior Team Lead is to build the instructional capacity of a team of teachers, developing a team culture of continuous learning that maximizes staff and student morale and performance. Through distributive leadership structures in schools, Senior Team Leads—in collaboration with the rest of the Instructional Leadership Team—increase opportunities for feedback and growth from content experts to drive increased student achievement, while building their own capacity as leaders. As members of the Instructional Leadership Team, Senior Team Leads play critical roles in helping schools reach their student goals.

Responsibilities

• Spend part of the day providing high-quality instruction in your own classroom as a teacher.
• Spend the rest of the day developing a team of teachers’ ability to deliver joyful, rigorous and personalized instruction that leads to high academic achievement as an expert in their content area.
• Facilitate collaborative team time.
• Provide 1-on-1 observation and coaching to your peers, and facilitate the end-to-end LEAP growth and performance evaluation for each teacher on your team, including hosting midyear and end-of-year conversations.
• Contribute to a year-long professional development plan and provide whole staff professional learning (when relevant) in your area(s) of expertise.
• Collaborate with School Leaders and Team Specialists to align teacher supports to advancement of school-wide instructional priorities.
• May participate in extra-duty activities as outlined in the teachers' collective bargaining agreement (this is for coaching, tutoring, or summer programs, etc. for Dept. of Labor laws).

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or in the subject areas for which you are applying.
• A Master's Degree is only required for Concurrent Enrollment positions.
• Have a valid Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license.
• Be Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• At least two (2) years of demonstrated teacher effectiveness through effective or equivalent end-of-year ratings through the LEAP growth and performance system, or a comparable, multiple measure, growth and performance system.
• Demonstrate essential skills for this role outlined in the Teacher Leader Scope and Sequence.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.

Qualifications

• ELA-S ONLY (teaching in both Spanish and English) positions, candidates are required to take the Spanish language proficiency (SLP) exam, proctored by Berlitz Testing.
• ELA-S Only: Must be Bilingual in Spanish and English Required.

Skills

Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.

Benefits

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Pay

Denver Public Schools offers an additional $5,500 annual stipend on top of the teacher salary.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are not specified in the job posting.