Building Leadership Member; BLT - West Willow

Overview

Building Leadership Member (BLT) - West Willow at Cedar Rapids Community School District

Position Type:
Extra Duty (up to 6 positions per elementary school). Position funding source:
Teacher Leadership or Building Control (non-licensed teacher). Supervisory responsibility:
Building Administrator.

• Work collaboratively with the building administration to create, implement, and evaluate the School Improvement Plan, using the BLT Framework and relevant data, including the BLT survey, as a guide.

• Number of Positions: up to 6 for each elementary school (extra duty only).
• Amount of Teacher Leader Service:
  Additional hours outside of the contract day accompany this position.
• Compensation: $500 annually.

• Reflective, growth-oriented, seeks and acts upon feedback, and willingness to be coached.
• Deepen and maintain knowledge of equity principles and culturally responsible pedagogy to identify and address inequitable practices and engage teachers in using an equity lens to reflect on their practice.
• Ability to train and coach New Art and Science of Teaching.
• Knowledge or willingness to become knowledgeable in the Building Leadership Team framework.
• Knowledge and experience with research-based strategies within digital literacy.
• Knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
• Ability to design, present, and facilitate adult learning experiences (preferred).
• Experience conducting professional learning activities.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Iowa Core Standards and Standards-Based Grading.
• Mentoring and coaching skills.
• Knowledge of Professional Learning Community processes and protocol.
• Standard Teaching License with three years of teaching experience, with at least one year in the Cedar Rapids Community School District (preferred for extra duty positions).

• Annual evaluation of all Teacher Leader positions to provide opportunities for reflection and feedback to enhance professional growth, using CRCSD evaluation procedures.
• TLS rubric used to monitor growth and determine continued effectiveness in the teacher leader role.
• Personal reflection on professional growth related to essential job elements. Meets or exceeds all performance targets.

• Deepen and maintain knowledge of equity principles and culturally responsive pedagogy to identify and address inequitable practices and engage teachers with an equity lens.
• Co-create, implement, and monitor building school improvement plans aligned with the Building Teacher Leadership Framework.
• Facilitate PLCs to address curriculum, assessment, instruction, and student achievement issues.
• Co-create, implement, and monitor opportunities for teacher growth through reflection and professional development plans.
• Provide job-embedded professional development related to teacher instructional growth goals.
• Establish clear, measurable goals addressing critical needs related to overall student achievement.
• Regularly analyze and interpret data to monitor progress toward school achievement goals.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel objects, talk and hear. The role may require squatting, stooping or kneeling, reaching, lifting up to 50 pounds, and occasional pushing/pulling of items.

Vision requirements include close, color, and focused vision for supervising students and working with materials and data.

The work environment is typically quiet, with professional hours that may extend beyond a typical 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. day. Work may occur in classrooms, on the floor, or outdoors when supervising students. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The Cedar Rapids Community School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability.

Federal law requires reasonable accommodations for known disabilities in the hiring process; contact the Executive Director of Human Resources for accommodations.