2021-2022 *$3,000 HIRING INCENTIVE* MASTER TEACHER LEADER-ENGLISH

Douglass High School

Teacher - Position - TEACHER POOL

Job Number : 4600215379

Start Date :

Open Date : 03/01/2021

Closing Date : 06/30/2021

IN PERSON LEARNING REQUIRED

Master Teacher Leaders improve instructional practice and student outcomes through direct coaching, feedback, and development of a group of teachers. The Master Teacher Leader also serves as a member of the school's leadership team and/or leads one or more strategic initiatives tied to school goals and improvement plans. Master Teacher Leaders are classroom teachers who receive significant release time (50% or more) from teacher of record duties to fulfill their teacher leadership responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Reports in person to the school building to provide face-to-face instruction to students.
• Able to provide instruction simultaneously to in-person and remote learning, if necessary.
• Responsive to changing school and district instructional needs
• Regularly observes a caseload of teachers and provides targeted feedback aligned to the TAPS rubric and Definitions of Teaching Excellence (DTE).
• Plans, leads, and/or recommends professional development for teachers based on differentiated needs.
• Models instructional and/or behavioral strategies and best practices aligned to TAPS and DTE (in own classroom and via co-teaching).
• Supports teachers with planning, instruction, and assessment strategies.
• Coordinates activities with team members to facilitate the implementation of grade level/subject area content and performance standards, instructional objectives, and interdisciplinary planning units.
• Participates in the school's leadership team and serve as a communications liaison between teachers, principal and other groups.
• Works together on strategic initiatives to address areas of need in the school that they identify together with the administration.
• Participates in professional development and collegial support to build their leadership skills.
• Acts as skillful participant in all aspects of the school, by actively participating in all meetings; advancng the school goals; modeling core norms and definitions of excellence; stepping up when leadership is needed; and mobilizing others to lead
• Reflects on successes and areas of growth, seeks to improve performance, and responds to feedback.
• If serving as teacher of record: Maintains excellence in own classroom results while performing teacher-leader duties.
• Spends no more than 50% of the time performing one or more "experienced" and/or "advanced" career pathway roles, such as mentor (cooperating) teacher, department/grade level chair, teacher recruitment ambassador, curriculum writer, Instructional resources manager, etc.

Requirements :

EDUCATION:

? Bachelor's degree required; Master's, Specialist, Doctorate degree preferred.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSE:

? T4 -T7 Georgia Professional Certification.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

? Four (4) or more years of successful teaching experience in a K-12 classroom setting, with at least

1 year of experience teaching at Atlanta Public Schools.

? Experience in "experienced" and "advanced" level teacher leader career pathway roles.

? Experience participating in or are willing to participate in APS' Teacher Leader Endorsement

Program.

The Application and Hiring Process

** To receive the $3, 000 Hiring Incentive, applicants must meet the following criteria, in addition to the hiring standards included in this posting:**

• This incentive is payable to new hires (new to APS) teachers only.
• Internal transfers (within APS) to Douglass HS are eligible for a $2, 000 hiring incentive
• Subject to Human Resources approval

Compensation :

Salary Grade: T4-T7

Salary Range: APS Teacher Salary Scale

Work Days: 202

FLSA Status : EXEMPT

Reports to: : PRINCIPAL