General Description

Provides leadership and support to the Title I Schools for specific instructional areas. Supports the implementation of the supplemental instruction for Title I identified schools. Works closely with teachers and principals regarding the supplemental programs/instruction. Complex work is performed within specific departmental objectives and policies; federal /state guidelines. The employee plans own work and coordinates with others as necessary. Contacts are regularly and frequently made at all organizational levels within and outside the department to explain and implement programs and policies; considerable professional judgment is required.

Essential Job Functions

Essential Job Functions :

• Provides timely and consistent support in the classroom to assist teachers in implementation of supplemental programs/ instruction including comprehensive strategies for Pre-Kindergarten.
  
• Plans and implements a schedule of regular in-class support and demonstration experiences for teachers.
  
• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.
  
• Coordinates the acquisition and distribution of related materials and supplies.
  
• Solicits principal/teacher input and responses relative to additional needs for professional development to support the supplemental instruction for Title I.
  
• Coordinates the collection of data relative to the Title I schools.
  
• Prepares and delivers staff development activities related to Title I and/or specified instructional areas.
  
• Visits classrooms for teaching support and consultation; monitors instructional program in the schools; conducts routine observations of the effectiveness of specified instructional area instructional programs.
  
• Serves as a professional resource and support person for teachers, school administrators and other instructional personnel, community partners and parents.
  
• Uses data to: make instructional decisions related to curriculum and instruction; monitor and assess student, teacher, school and system performance. Disaggregates data to provide ongoing assessment of student achievement. Recommends and implements improvements to instruction and assessment based on ongoing analysis of results.
  
• Supports specified school improvement strategies in conjunction with the Title I guidance.
  
• Designs professional development and leadership opportunities for teachers in Title I schools; designs professional development plans for individual teachers or for the school; coaches or mentors teachers in Title I schools; work with teachers in implementation of research-based instructional strategies in daily lesson plan design.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Budgetary Responsibility :

N/A

Report Preparation :

N/A

Equipment Operation :

Utilizes personal computer, LCD projector, promethean board, laptop and general office equipment.

Contacts :
Principals, lead teachers, department chairs, instructional specialists, directors, assistant superintendent for instruction, offices of school improvement, technology and staff development.

Work Direction :

N/A

Supervision :

N/A

Decision Making :

Functions independently within the context of daily activities.

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities :

N/A

Physical Demands :
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to lift, support, handle or feel objects, tools, equipment and/or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit and occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop or kneel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment :

The employee regularly works in a school or office setting. The noise level is quiet to moderate.

Qualifications

Considerable knowledge of the content, concepts, principles, and methodologies of specified instructional areas in a public school setting; of current curriculum development and Virginia Standards of Learning, program implementation of specified instructional area, learning theory, recent research, school organization, supervision, and available state and local resources. Demonstrated skills in a wide variety of media and technology to support job functions. Demonstrated ability to secure, monitor, and evaluate appropriate specified instructional area programs; to coordinate complex programs and activities; to organize, schedule, and monitor work assignments; to train and advise staff; to communicate effectively, orally and in writing and in decision-making, problem analysis, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, program management and research and planning.

Requirements

Must hold a valid Virginia teaching license with a PK-3 or PK-6 endorsement, and have a minimum of five years successful teaching experience in a public or accredited private school.

Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation
• Tuberculosis Screening/Test

Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks. This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position and does not imply an employment contract.

Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page

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Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

• Yes
• No

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Have you ever been convicted of an offense involving the sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse or rape of anyone?

• Yes
• No

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Have you ever been the subject of a founded case of child abuse and/or neglect?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Agency Chesterfield County Public Schools

Address P.O. Box 10

Chesterfield, Virginia, 23832

Phone +1 (804) 748-1405

Website http://oneccps.org