Lead Teacher Sumrall Elementary​/Sumrall Middle

Job Title: Lead Teacher
Reports to: School Principal
Receives guidance from: School principal, school district directors and support staff, assistant superintendents, and the superintendent
Supervises: Certified and non-certified staff and students on assigned campus
Overtime status: Compliant with position, salary and FLSA regulations

A lead teacher in a school plays a critical role in ensuring high-quality education and creating a supportive and effective learning environment for students. The general purpose of a lead teacher includes instructional leadership, curriculum development/implementation, mentoring and support, classroom management and teaching, liaison role, assessment and evaluation and parent and community engagement, and advocacy. The purpose of a lead teacher in a school is multifaceted, encompassing instructional leadership, curriculum development, teacher mentoring, and active involvement in the broader educational community.

Through their efforts, lead teachers play a pivotal role in enhancing teaching and learning, supporting their colleagues, and contributing to the overall success and improvement of the school.

• Works with those to whom he/she reports to articulate and promote the school system's vision of learning and teaching
• Monitors and evaluates progress toward accomplishment of system goals and objectives
• Develops goals and objectives, programs and operations that are consistent with school system vision, mission and goals
• Communicates high expectations of students, staff and parents/guardians
• Creates, identifies, encourages and supports innovative ideas that in turn support learning and teaching in the schools
• Develops personal learning goals/plans, evaluates progress systematically
• Monitors and establishes school-wide student support plan
• Follows an ongoing supervision plan for monitoring classroom instruction
• Observes and monitors instructional personnel as assigned
• Implements the school-wide testing plan for school site
• Monitors the established school-wide security plan for the continuous supervision and safety of students
• Maintains accurate and organized records for student discipline
• Follows district policies when administering student discipline
• Insures those supervised administer disciplinary actions according to established policies
• Develops a plan for insuring faculty and staff maintain appropriate and timely communication with families concerning disciplinary referrals and or actions
• Monitors the discipline program at the school and maintains timely and appropriate communication between teachers and the administration
• Communicates and follows established procedures in the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards
• Uses appropriate grammar and syntax - verbal and written
• Communicates pertinent information from meetings, conferences, and other sources in a timely and accurate manner
• Provides an opportunity for faculty and staff input and incorporate their recommendations into the decision-making process where appropriate
• Utilizes personnel to meet the needs of the school
• Administers the finances and resources of the school with sound fiscal management and educational practices
• Achieves maximum results for available resources and money spent
• Protects instructional time
• Understands and utilizes the available technology of the school
• Plans for maximum effectiveness in all school areas
• Organizes daily, monthly, and yearly schedules to facilitate learning and teaching in the schools, as directed by the Principal
• Emphasizes and relates the importance of the Mississippi student assessment system to students, faculty/staff, families and the community
• Assists in the development of student intervention strategies
• Proposes changes in the curriculum and instructional program based upon evaluation of student achievement data and classroom observations
• Leads and facilitates the instructional staff in ongoing and continuous analysis and planning for curriculum and instructional improvement
• Contributes to the selection of effective staff to meet identified needs of the instructional program
• Communicates school and organizational goals periodically through the…