Teacher Leader - Learning Specialist - Special Education (School Year 2024-2025) JobID: 9973

• Position Type:

  Teaching: Special Education/ Teacher-Learning Specialist

• Date Posted:

  4/30/2024

• Location:

  Thornton Middle School

• Closing Date:

  Open Until Filled

  SALARY INFORMATION: 2024-2025 PILOT SALARY SCHEDULE (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1713217288/adams12org/q9iikrnsjcego4b9lnc6/FinalPilotSchedule.pdf) (See information below)

  STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40

FTE: 1.0

MONTHS PER YEAR: 9

POSITION TYPE: NEW – PERMANENT/REGULAR

LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

We are excited to announce a pilot program taking place at Thornton Elementary and Thornton Middle Schools for the 2024-25 school year. The pilot program will be effective August 1, 2024 pending ratification and Board of Education approval. Salaries for new hires will be set using the proposed Pilot Salary Schedule (https://www.adams12.org/fs/resource-manager/view/256bc85f-cd4e-4b6a-abb7-9dfc30722574) . Teacher Leaders fall under the Building Leader category on the salary schedule which has a salary range of $90,500-$93,000. A teacher leader is a classroom teacher that has additional leadership and mentorship duties, as outlined in the job description (https://docs.google.com/document/d/17CRFgIDWJEyMGBM1kaey_Mp0QUqJhtq_GLcIX96LLFY/edit) .

Job descriptions, contract length, and educator expectations are specific to the pilot program design. The District webpage (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/teach) will be updated as the details of the pilot are finalized and ratified.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission toelevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

SUMMARY: A teacher leader in the pilot program will demonstrate leadership and mentorship of effective teaching methods as they support colleagues in their instructional practices to ensure student success and promote an exemplary educational program which fosters achievement for all students. This contract begins five (5) days prior to the district calendar for the purpose of professional learning associated with the pilot school requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Advocacy

• Advocate for students with disabilities to ensure access to learning opportunities and equity in discipline processes

• Model and promote inclusive language

  Assessment

• Administer formal assessments and analyze/report data in order to support the IEP Team in determination of eligibility of students with disabilities

• Develop and monitor progress of SMART learning goals for each student

• Collect and analyze universal data to determine student growth patterns and support IEP development

  Collaboration

• Collaborate with classroom teachers, school psychologists, speech/language pathologists, school social workers (https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-to-get-a-job-in-social-work-2060793) and other special education service providers to develop integrated plans for students with disabilities

• Collaborate with families to ensure students’ strengths, needs, services and progress are regularly communicated

  Compliance

• Implement IDEA and ECEA regulations

• Develop and implement legally compliant, instructionally sound IEPs

• Ensure IEP implementation across settings

• Abide by all district/policies/procedures

  Instruction

• Identify students’ current instructional levels

• Develop appropriately ambitious trajectories toward grade level standards

• Plan lessons incorporating evidence-based practices and identify resources for instruction

• Implement specially-designed instruction in a continuum of special education/general educational environments

• Understand or be willing to learn the foundations of literacy instruction

• Understand or be willing to learn how math instruction relies on the integration of knowledge to solve problems

• Differentiate instruction for learners with diverse needs

• Demonstrate an understanding of student behavior and classroom management structures

• Participate in ongoing professional development sessions

  Leadership

• Lead ongoing training sessions and book studies as required by the district and the pilot school, before/after the school year, during the contract day and after hours.

• Plan and facilitate Professional Learning Community (PLC) and Data Driven Informed Instruction (DDII) twice weekly during the contract day using the district model.

• Plan and facilitate grade level or department meetings weekly during the contract day.

• Conduct regular peer observations and provide feedback during the contract day with initially licensed teachers.

• Participate in at least one school leadership committee (i.e. discipline, student recognition, MTSS, equity, PBIS, etc.)

• Participate in monthly district ILT professional learning sessions.

• Plan and facilitate Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) meetings prior to school year and after school twice monthly.

• Actively participate in the District Content Standing Committee monthly after school.

• Are highly regarded and influential among their peers

• Have exemplary interpersonal skills - listens skillfully, communicates clearly

• Are comfortable sharing, discussing, and reflecting on their practice and data through the use of student work and video

• Are comfortable with productive tension and conflict

• Stay current on evidence/research-based practices and district communications/initiatives

• Are well versed in adult learning and comfortable leading professional learning sessions for large and small groups

  EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.

• Must be a minimum of 18 years old.

  LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:

• Criminal background check required for hire.

• Must possess, or be able to obtain from, or be in process with, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire.

• Must possess the required license and endorsement. If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, with no endorsement: applicant must posses a Colorado educator license license with a passing score on a CDE approved content test or 24 semester hours in specific core content classes as determined by Human Resources.

Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.

SALARY INFORMATION (FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES):

All salary placement on Pilot Salary Schedule (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1713217288/adams12org/q9iikrnsjcego4b9lnc6/FinalPilotSchedule.pdf) is dependent on the employees’ education and/or work experience.

Internal Candidates Only:

13.2.5 Voluntary transfers that occur fifteen working days before the start of the school year and until the end of the school year shall happen once the position being vacated has been filled, for a duration of no more than four weeks. This four week time period could be adjusted in consultation with the educator, current and receiving supervisor and with approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer and the Association President.

BENEFITS INFORMATION:

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eli gible employees.The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date). To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/human-resources/benefits-overview) .

THIS POSTING IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

Rev 8/21