High School Resource Teacher, 11-Month at Westlake High School

Charles County Public Schools•Waldorf, MD

About The Position

High School Resource Teacher Terms of Employment: 11-month Exemption Status: Exempt Salary Scale: EACC, U11 https://www.ccboe.com/careers/salary-scales EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE • Master’s Degree in appropriate field and Advanced Professional Certificate required. • Minimum five years of teaching experience at the secondary level required. • Experience in presenting to a variety of audiences. QUALIFICATIONS • Demonstrated knowledge and implementation of the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards. • Demonstrated evidence of on-going professional growth. • Knowledge and application of best instructional practices and the change process. • Knowledge of effective lesson design and multiple assessment techniques. • Evidence of effective organizational, communication and human relation skills. • Demonstrated ability to differentiate instruction to meet student needs. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS • Regularly meets with administration to identify system and building instructional needs, to receive training and to develop implementation plans. • Attends and participates in High School Resource Teacher Meetings. • Models, plans, coaches and co-teaches with staff to implement curricula and best instructional and assessment practices. • Serves as an instructional liaison between the central office and the school. • Facilitates school-based professional development through presentations, study groups and other programs. • Works collaboratively with administration, content teams, classroom teachers, department chairs, content specialists and consultants to facilitate instructional growth. • Assists staff in implementing the content, skills and processes required by Maryland College and Career Ready Standards and curricula. • Provides instructional support, coaches and/or serves as mentor to teachers by co-planning, coteaching and identifying appropriate resources for all classrooms. • Supports staff in implementing best instructional and assessment practices to motivate and engage students in active learning. • Assists in facilitating instructional growth at the building level. • Assists in determining school-based needs for the implementation of curricula assessment and staff development. • Assists school-based staff in developing formative and summative assessment analyzing the test data to identify instructional needs and facilitating training for teacher scoring of assessments. • Presents to school and community groups. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS The environmental factors and/or physical requirements of this position include the following: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard. The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Charles County Public Schools reserves the right to re-advertise and modify the content of vacancy announcements at any time; however, this may be the only notice for this position during the noted advertisement period. The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Michael Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in appropriate field and Advanced Professional Certificate required.
Minimum five years of teaching experience at the secondary level required.
Experience in presenting to a variety of audiences.
Demonstrated knowledge and implementation of the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards.
Demonstrated evidence of on-going professional growth.
Knowledge and application of best instructional practices and the change process.
Knowledge of effective lesson design and multiple assessment techniques.
Evidence of effective organizational, communication and human relation skills.
Demonstrated ability to differentiate instruction to meet student needs.

Responsibilities

Regularly meets with administration to identify system and building instructional needs, to receive training and to develop implementation plans.
Attends and participates in High School Resource Teacher Meetings.
Models, plans, coaches and co-teaches with staff to implement curricula and best instructional and assessment practices.
Serves as an instructional liaison between the central office and the school.
Facilitates school-based professional development through presentations, study groups and other programs.
Works collaboratively with administration, content teams, classroom teachers, department chairs, content specialists and consultants to facilitate instructional growth.
Assists staff in implementing the content, skills and processes required by Maryland College and Career Ready Standards and curricula.
Provides instructional support, coaches and/or serves as mentor to teachers by co-planning, coteaching and identifying appropriate resources for all classrooms.
Supports staff in implementing best instructional and assessment practices to motivate and engage students in active learning.
Assists in facilitating instructional growth at the building level.
Assists in determining school-based needs for the implementation of curricula assessment and staff development.
Assists school-based staff in developing formative and summative assessment analyzing the test data to identify instructional needs and facilitating training for teacher scoring of assessments.
Presents to school and community groups.