KIPP Durham Middle School Substitute

Description Preparing and Delivering Instruction

• Thoroughly review, deeply internalize, and meticulously prepare KIPP NC adopted curricula every single day.
• Practice—and then practice some more—lesson delivery to execute curricula at an exceptionally high level
• Work to learn the students in the room—working to learn their data and individual needs, including those addressed by IEPs, multilingual language plans, and other individualized plans
• Create exemplar responses and documents for work to hold students accountable and to facilitate collaboration with colleagues
• Use assessment data (i-Ready data, IA data, EOG data, DIBELS data, curricular data, exit tickets, student quizzes and work) to drive instruction, make hard pivots when necessary, and make individualized learning plans for every student in their care
• Set clear, high expectations, and hold students accountable for performance—all of which requires taking personal responsibility and doing everything required to reach challenging goals
• Embrace and incorporate the gift of feedback from wherever it comes—colleagues, principal, assistant principal, regional coaches, students, wherever—in the spirit of Pursuing Excellence, one of KIPP NC core values
• Do all the operational things that support great instruction, like maintaining an accurate and timely gradebook, keeping records, and completing tasks for data tracking systems

• Develop positive relationships with students, families, teachers, and staff through regular positive phone calls to families, routine curbside check-ins with families at arrival and dismissal, weekly newsletters from the classroom, and attendance at all school events, including Back-to-School Night, family conferences, report card conferences, and all other school celebrations
• Leverage those relationships to induce behaviors and instructional habits from students that are significantly different from those previously exhibited; pinpoint and tap the needs, wants, and underlying motivations of students
• Participate fully in the daily routines of a school that form the foundation of culture, like arrival/dismissal, advisory/circle time, lunch, hallway transitions, and the 1,000 other moments that make up a day
• Embody, nurture, and build KIPP NC’s core values (Pursuing Excellence, Building Knowledge, Fighting Injustice, Sparking Joy, and Rising Together) and the school’s student and staff cultures
• Assume personal responsibility for student achievement, all the students in the school, and the success of staff colleagues
• Create and maintain a joyful classroom space that exudes love, builds a sense of belonging, and celebrates learning, which includes displaying current student work and grade level/content-appropriate and identity-affirming decorations

• Collaborate with leaders and coaches to identify areas of strength and areas of growth for professional development throughout the year, some of which will be leader-led, and some of which will happen in the quiet after-school moments in classrooms with colleagues in the routine preparation for the next day
• Attend practice clinics to hone and sharpen pedagogical skills and lesson delivery
• Participate in Teacher Work Days, Regional Data Days, and Professional Development meetings after school; satiate their hunger to learn and grow as a professional

KIPP Durham Middle School staff for the 24 – 25, 25- 26, and 26-27 school years are refounding KIPP Durham Middle School to improve student achievement outcomes. To this end, KIPP Durham Middle School staff receive a salary boost to compensate for an increase in hours and responsibilities to their roles that are different from similar roles in the KIPP North Carolina Public School Network.

For the 25 – 26 school year, the following will be required of all KIPP Durham Middle School instructional staff:

• School Work Hours 7:30am – 5pm Monday – Thursday, 7:30 – 3:45pm Fridays
• Outside of work hour requirements:
  Providing Saturday School for students who are in need and when asked by school leadership, and providing Summer Academy for students…