Applicant Pool for 3 Middle School Building Level Teacher Leaders - Obsidian Middle School- Stipend Position- Open to current RSD staff only

There will be three teacher leaders assigned to each middle and high schoolfor the 2025-2026 school contact your principal for additional information about this position.

JOB SUMMARY

These teacher leader positions are designed to provide support and assistance toward meeting the performance plan goals at the assigned school. This position may take on different specific responsibilities which are identified in the next section. Individuals that hold a teacher leader position will help facilitate each area listed below and will focus on areas that capitalize upon personal areas of strength while providing input and collaboration with the principal and building teams. In addition the teacher leader will have training opportunities to further develop their leadership skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a member of the principals school leadership team.
• Lead to create a positive school culture.
• Collaboratively plan for 2-3 PLC meetings per month.
• Be willing to demonstrate and share best teaching practices with others. This may include but is not limited to best instructional strategies model PLCs and teaching demonstrations.

• Participate in leadership development opportunities including PLC training PLC planning instructional analysis and collaborative walk through/demonstrations lessons (scrub ins) as calendared.

• Attend PLC training and serve as a leader and facilitator at the department level and within the school training others and offering support and guidance in the PLC process.
• Participate in training and develop a deeper understanding in both Tier 2 practices (differentiation strategies) and effective feedback strategies (rubrics feedback flexible grouping) in the classroom.
• Participate in training on peer observation best practices.
• Effectively communicate with colleagues and other stakeholders about school leadership meetings school performance plan goals & strategies for achievement.
• Lead PLCs: Plan meetings with administrative support; keep track of PLC work and data organize and post assessments calendars data progress etc.
• Attend meetings trainings and events outside of the regular contract day both in the assigned school and at the district level (see attached calendar).
• Report progress of the team back to the overseeing administrator and provide data for the school and department scorecards and SLGs.
• Assist in school initiatives such as the RTI process PLCs and student engagement best practices.
• Availability to attend 1.5 days of on-site training in August to help prepare for inservice week tentatively August 18 2025 (8 hours) school level team building (4 hours) during the week of 8/18-8/22 determined by the building administrator
• Availability to attend professional development during 2 scheduled Individual SIWs.

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

• Optional opportunities may be made available to attend trainings of interest with sub release time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Demonstrates a strong depth of knowledge in their instructional practice and teaching strategies.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the concept of collaborative learning teams in which colleagues grow professionally together to meet the needs of all students in the school.
• Demonstrates a commitment to learning about and utilizing equitable practices in the classroom
• Demonstrates commitment to professional reflection and continuous professional growth.
• Demonstrates positive leadership skills and abilities.
• Demonstrates strong technical skills (Google Apps for Education & Canvas).

• Successful in maintaining organizational systems.
• Demonstrates success as a creative problem solver.
• Demonstrates success in facilitating small groups.
• Demonstrates success as a reliable team member.
• Must hold a valid Oregon Teaching License.

COMPENSATION

The compensation begins on the October paycheck.

Hourly breakdown

• Meet once per month from 2:30-3pm (or other arranged time) to plan for the monthly PLCs.

Event

Hours

Occurrences

Total

Monthly leadership meeting (2 per month 1 in December & June)

1

18

18

August Training (tentatively Aug. 18th for 8 hours) & Planning Sessions (during the week of Aug 18-22 for 4 hours)

12

1

12

Two Individual SIWs (contract time)

1

2

2

PLC trainings/planning (1 per month) (@secondary roundtable)

Tentatively until 4:45 on 9/8 10/13 11/3 12/8 1/12 2/9 3/9 4/6 5/4 6/1

1.75

10

17.5

Personal presentation planning: Prep time to lead SIWs & inservice trainings

7.5

7.5

Various leadership duties as directed by building principal (ie: dances pep rallies parent nights etc.)

Note: Hours missed during regular meeting times may be made up in this category

2

2

TOTALS

59

Based on stipend: $1989 w/ PERS for 59 hours as outlined in the Extra Responsibility schedule of the

2024-25 contract. Amount is subject to change at the conclusion of bargaining.

Hours are subject to slight changes but not to exceed a total of 59 hours.

If a teacher leader is unable to attend any of the required opportunities the principal may reserve the right

to reassign those hours to perform a different duty.

Required Experience:

Staff IC