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3rd Grade Teacher/Multi-Classroom Leader ($10,000 stipend)
Sampson County Schools
Union Intermediate - Clinton, North Carolina This job is also posted in North Carolina School Jobs, and Sampson County Schools
Job Details
Job ID:
5773237
Application Deadline:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Today
Starting Date:
To Be Determined
Job Description
Multi-Classroom Leader™ Job Description
Summary
An educator in the Multi-Classroom Leader™ role leads a small team of teachers, paraprofessionals, and teaching residents in the same grade or subject to meet the standards of excellence. These team leaders establish each team member's roles and goals at least annually, determine how students spend time, and organize teaching roles to fit each teacher's strengths, content knowledge, and professional development goals. The team uses its leader's methods and tools. Each team leader co-plans, co-teaches, models, coaches and gives feedback, and leads and supports the team in building a tutoring culture. They also teach students part of the time. The leader organizes the team to analyze student learning data and change instruction to ensure high-growth learning for every child, with a focus on small-group teaching and tutoring. The leader collaborates with the team, using the team's ideas and innovations that the leader agrees may improve learning. The leader also guides and directs any paraprofessional with whom they work. The team leader is fully accountable for the learning and development of all students taught by the team members. This role is responsible for teaching students directly for at least 30% of the time, whether through a teacher of record or through team teacher support in classrooms with students
Responsibilities
Planning and Preparation
Set high expectations of achievement that are ambitious and measurable for all students taught by team
Establish methods and create instructional tools and materials that team teachers use in all classrooms
Set direction, verbally and with tools and materials, that clarify content and teaching process
Lead team to:
plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments using a high-standards curriculum
design and lead instruction that is enriched (developing higher-order thinking skills) and personalized (reflecting learning levels and interests of individual students), prioritizing small-group teaching and tutoring and offering accelerated learning
design assessments that accurately assess student growth
prepare to deliver small-group teaching and tutoring
Classroom Environment
Lead team to:
hold students accountable for high expectations of behavior and engagement that are ambitious and measurable
create physical classroom environments conducive to collaborative and individual learning
establish a culture of respect, enthusiasm, and rapport
Instruction
Lead team to:
hold students accountable for ambitious, measurable standards of academic achievement
maximize student learning by incorporating small-group teaching and tutoring
identify and address individual students' social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs and barriers
identify and address individual students' development of organizational and time-management skills
invest students in their learning using a variety of influence techniques
incorporate questioning and discussion in teaching
monitor and analyze student assessment data to inform engaging instruction and small-group teaching and tutoring
communicate with students and keep them informed of their progress
Professional Responsibilities
Solicit and eagerly receive feedback from supervisor and team members to improve professional skills
Lead team to maintain regular communication with families, and work collaboratively with them to design learning both at home and at school, and to encourage a home life conducive to learning success
Organize and schedule team time to ensure alignment of instructional vision, prioritize small-group teaching and tutoring in all classrooms, and troubleshoot students' persistent learning challenges
Determine how students spend instructional time based on strengths of all adults on the team
Allocate instructional process elements (lesson planning, minimal large-group instruction, a focus on small-group instruction, individual interventions, data analysis, grading, etc.) among team based on strengths, content knowledge, and professional development goals
Allocate noninstructional administrative duties among team
Model instructional tasks to aid team development
Clarify and adjust team members' roles and provide feedback, developmental advice, and assignments to develop their effectiveness
Participate in professional development opportunities at school
Qualifications
Knowledge of subject matter being taught
Bachelor's degree
Valid teaching certificate
Prior evidence of high-growth student learning in the relevant subjects (At least 1.1 average growth in EVAAS over the last 3 years.)
Ideally, experience successfully leading a team of adults to accomplish goals, though not necessarily as formal leader
Demonstrated interpersonal and group effectiveness working with adults and students, including interpersonal understanding and action to maintain relationships needed for success in a school or similar environment.
Hours Full-time position
One hour-long, virtual meeting each month after school hours (4-5 PM).
Professional development July 9-10, 2025
Other work possible during July 2025
This role has built-in additional or consolidated planning and collaboration times to complete administrative tasks, analyze data, plan instruction, and manage the team
Pay
NC Teacher Salary Schedule plus a stipend (approx $10,000). Performance is evaluated annually for contract renewal.
Reports to: Principal/Curriculum Director
These are the critical competencies a candidate for this position should have.
Multi-Classroom Leader™ Role—Critical Competencies
Critical Competency
Definition
Achievement (ACH)
The drive and actions to set challenging goals and reach a high standard of performance despite barriers.
Monitoring and Directiveness (M&D)
The drive and actions to set clear expectations and hold others accountable for performance.
Planning Ahead (PLA)
A tendency toward planning in order to reach goals and avoid problems.
Impact and Influence (I&I)
Acting with the purpose of influencing what other people think and do.
Team Leadership (TL)
Assuming authoritative leadership of a group for the benefit of the organization.
Interpersonal Understanding (IU)
Understanding and interpreting others' concerns, motives, feelings, and behaviors.
Initiative & Persistence (I&P)
The drive and actions to do more than is expected or required in order to accomplish a challenging task.
Belief in Learning Potential (BLP)
A belief that all students, regardless of circumstances, can learn at levels higher than their current achievement indicates.
Developing Others (DO)
Influence with the specific intent to increase the short- and long-term effectiveness of another person.
Flexibility (FL)
The ability to adapt one's approach to the requirements of a situation and to change tactics. Adapted from Competence at Work, Spencer and Spencer, 1993
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