Human Resources
(High-Needs School)

Date Available:
08/01/2019

Closing Date:
05/20/2019

   ABOUT CPS:

Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) serves nearly 36,000 students preschool to 12th grade in 63 school communities, across a 90-square-mile district in Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Public Schools is the best-performing large urban district in Ohio and ranks among the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students' learning and growth and offers families high-quality school choices and academic programs.

The district's innovative approach to education, its investment in effective and caring educators and employees, and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades - ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21st century.

Cincinnati Public is looking for creative, innovative, passionate, problem-solvers to join our team. We seek to have a positive impact on our children and families every day and are looking for staff members who want to not only do an excellent job with their career field but also serve as a role model for the children in CPS. We invite you to become a member of our CPS work family.

PCincinnati Public Schools is seeking District Wide Mentor - Lead Teacher-Early Childhood (preK exp required)
(Full time release)
Position: District Wide Mentor - Lead Teacher-

Department: Human Resources

Reports to: Director of Human Resources

General Function: To assist and evaluate teachers on the Cincinnati Teacher Evaluation System caseload.

Qualifications:

• Teachers with lead teacher credentials will be considered first.
• Demonstrates a high level of teaching.
• Obtains and maintains OTES evaluator certification.

Skills and Knowledge

• Interacts positively with district staff and community.
• Exhibits strong and effective interpersonal skills.
• Engages adults and motivates them in the workplace.
• Creates an engaging environment in which all viewpoints are welcomed and respected.
• Works collaboratively and cooperatively with others.
• Exhibits a high degree of self-initiative and works effectively with minimal supervision.
• Expresses ideas clearly, correctly and effectively, in both oral and written form.
• Possesses strong organizational and time management skills.
• Possesses the ability to make sound decisions based upon appropriate information, evidence and data.
• Possesses a high level of confidentiality.
• Possesses skills in word processing, database/spreadsheet management.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Assists, observes, and evaluates teachers.

Plans and implements practicum for new hires.

Provides assistance to teachers such as providing or arranging for classroom materials, reviewing curriculum, reviewing teaching standards and rubrics, suggesting and discussing of teaching and classroom management techniques, orienting to record-keeping requirements, demonstrating teaching and/or co-teaching, arranging for observation of other teachers, and planning for instruction.

Works collaboratively and cooperatively with evaluation staff, Peer Review Panel, administrators and teachers.

Adheres to all CTES dates and deadlines and submits all documentation as dictated by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Sends copies of records of assistance, observation reports, and evaluation forms to the teachers, facilitators, and principals and to the PRP as established.

To be considered for a position you must apply online to this vacancy.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources.

Cincinnati Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and is subject to federal regulations pertaining to employment. The district has a continuing non-discrimination policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. We hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

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