Director of Teaching and Learning

Position Summary

The Director of Teaching and Learning (DTL) is a highly skilled and experienced educator with demonstrated capabilities in faculty professional development curriculum leadership and academic program innovation. The DTL reports to the Associate Head of School is a key member of Charlotte Latins Academic Leadership Team and a collaborative partner in support of the schools efforts to vertically align the TK-12 curriculum identify and support pedagogical needs and build a faculty culture guided by intellectual curiosity and professional growth. The ideal candidate embodies the attributes outlined in the Portrait of the Latin Leader and is a thoughtful empathetic educator with excellent communication and organizational skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the development articulation and alignment of curriculum across all academic divisions.
• Craft an annual data-driven professional development plan and activities to support teacher growth and student outcomes which includes working in partnership with Human Resources to develop a system to track faculty professional development and partnering with divisional academic leaders to ensure alignment between instructional goals and professional development pursuits.
• In partnership with the Academic Leadership Team and Human Resources design a comprehensive faculty onboarding experience that orients teachers to Charlotte Latin Schools expectations builds essential pedagogical skills and fosters a sense of belonging and engagement.
• Assist with the Latin Fellows program.
• Facilitate PLCs or other group conversations to promote the use of exemplary instructional practices to improve student achievement especially those aligned with competency-based instruction and other evidence-based best practices.
• Support divisional teaching and learning leaders (and their faculty) through mentorship pedagogical content knowledge development coaching plans classroom lesson demonstrations conferences and other proven strategies and best practices.
• Consult on the selection of instructional resources and other tools that create efficient and effective systems for curriculum documentation assessment design and other academic practices.
• Support key academic initiatives outlined in the schools strategic plan or others communicated by the Associate Head of School.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The following full-time employees are direct reports:

• Head Librarian

Education and Experience:

• A Masters degree in Education Teaching and Learning Curriculum and Instruction or related field is required. Extensive knowledge of and experience with the implementation of research-based best pedagogical practices and models including differentiation project-based learning inquiry-based learning backwards design standards-based learning and performance-based assessment is required.
• Minimum 10 years of teaching and/or academic leadership experience in K-12 education is required. Independent school experience is strongly preferred.
• Deep understanding of issues related to diversity equity inclusion and belonging in educational settings
• Proven experience with curriculum development and teacher professional development
• Strong facilitation skills with the ability to lead difficult conversations with grace and cultural sensitivity
• Excellent interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills

The ideal candidate embodies the attributes outlined in the Portrait of the Latin Leader and is a thoughtful empathetic educator with excellent communication and organizational skills. This role requires someone who deeply understands their own leadership style blind spots and sensitivities as outlined in the following core leadership competencies:

• Self-Awareness: Regulates urgency adapts tone to the audience and knows when to defer vision.
• High Empathy: Understands diverse perspectives (e.g. Lower School vs. varsity coach) anticipates resistance and responds to pushback with curiosity.
• Interpersonal Relationship Skills: Builds coalitions tailors influence (1:1 vs. public) and maintains relationships through productive tension.
• Influence Without Authority: Frames development as support uses data/narrative to persuade and knows when to push or plant seeds.
• Emotional Self-Regulation: Stays steady amid change/feedback avoids taking resistance personally and models program behaviors.
• Adaptability / Flexibility: Leads selflessly comfortable with iteration balances long-term vision with short-term adjustment.
• Systems Thinking with Emotional Insight: Designs growth-focused metrics spots systems that exclude/overwhelm and considers the facultys cognitive and emotional load.
• Conflict Management: Names tension early facilitates dialogue over avoidance and keeps disagreements mission-focused.
• Authenticity & Moral Compass: Models values visibly makes values-based decisions and holds students accountable with dignity.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Intermittently lift carry push and pull up to 15 pounds.
• Continuously see sit balance grasp and have repetitive use of arms wrists hands and fingers; and some fine finger dexterity.
• Frequently talk and hear.
• Intermittently stand stoop bend twist crouch kneel crawl walk climb stairs and ladders operate foot and hand controls squeeze and reach above shoulders.
• Exposure to dust chemicals fumes flammables grease dirt stacked materials electrical equipment machinery low to medium noise levels and moderate indoor temperatures of heat and cold.
• Long or odd hours as needed.