Dean of Curriculum and Instruction

Position Description

Breakthrough Twin Cities supports students on their journey to college by fostering a community of mutual learning with the next generation of educators so they both can collaborate, grow, and thrive. BTC is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit with three sites in the Twin Cities:
Mounds Park Academy (MPA), Saint Paul Public site (SPP), and Chanhassen High School through Eastern Carver County Schools (ECC). Students in our middle school program attend three summers of academic enrichment, where they take classes in math, science, literature, & social studies and prepare for their six-year path to college with BTC. Students are taught by a diverse faculty of Teaching Fellows: college and high school students exploring the field of education with training and support from Breakthrough.

Middle and high school students attend Saturday programming throughout the school year to continue building their skills, habits, and resumes to become successful high school students. Students matriculate into the College Bound program (grades 9-12) where they receive targeted support for each grade level.

* Location subject to change based on availability and scheduling with our district partners

• Pre-Summer Planning (15-20 hours)
• Meet with the Summer Program Director for onboarding, goal-setting
• Review instructional and curricular resources ahead of IC Training
• Help prepare for and facilitate the pre-summer Instructional Coach trainings
• Meet 1x1 with each Instructional Coach before Orientation to help provide guidance and support for their on-boarding
• Create and edit Teaching Fellow-facing resources
• Assist in the development and continuous improvement to the BTC Coaching Philosophy
• Consult and support the development of BTC Curriculum
• Prepare templates, trackers, and best practices for coaching
• Evaluating the Breakthrough Instructional Training and recommending appropriate changes
• Biweekly meeting with Summer Program Director
• Instructional Coach Training (8 hours)
• Faculty Orientation (30-40/Week
  1) (40 hours/Week
  2)

Support Instructional Coaches in meeting with their departments to build relationships, guide curriculum development, and support lesson planning.

• Support Instructional Coaches in constructing an observation schedule for the summer to ensure they can support their Teaching Fellows through the cycle of feedback.
• Lead training for full faculty group in Week 1 of Orientation
• Support Instructional Coaches and Teaching Fellows in setting up their systems and tools to collect student data.
• Work collaboratively with the Deans of Students and Dean of Faculty at the site to adjust Orientation schedules as needed to best meet the needs of students, faculty, and Instructional Coaches.
• Regularly communicate with the Summer Program Director.
• Model excellence in all that you do. Set and meet high expectations.
• Summer Program & Wrap Up Week (30 hours/week + 10 flex hours)

June 24 – July 31 (No program on July 3-4)

• Conduct co-observations of Teaching Fellows with your Instructional Coaches to help support Instructional Coaches in implementing the cycle of feedback effectively.
• Support Instructional Coaches in developing weekly professional development for their departments.
• Meet once a week with each Instructional Coach to provide support and check on progress.
• Meet once a week as a team (at least) of Instructional Coaches to check in and discuss common issues or solutions.
• Meet with the Summer Program Director once a week to check in on progress or support.
• Support Instructional Coaches in evaluating teachers using the Teacher Excellence Rubric: once at the beginning of the summer to set a baseline, a midsummer check-in, and a formal evaluation at the end of the summer.
• Work collaboratively with Instructional Coaches to use, create, or modify systems to collect and monitor student data, anticipating and adjusting to the needs of Teaching Fellows in adapting lesson plans, preparing for conferences, or writing final student evaluations.
• Check email regularly during the summer.
• Become a strong member of the community. Work to build strong relationships with both Teaching Fellows and students. Help build the…