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Montgomery County Public Schools · 4 days ago

IMMEDIATE: Teacher, Staff Development (0.6) / Classroom Teacher (0.4), Silver Spring International MS, 1.0 FTE

Silver Spring, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$65K/yr - $131K/yr

5+ years exp

Montgomery County Public Schools is focused on enhancing staff capacity to improve student learning, motivation, and wellbeing. The Staff Development Teacher will collaborate with administrators and teachers to foster individual and collective staff development through professional learning and support aligned with the School Improvement Plan.

Education

Responsibilities

Supports the goal of building staff capacity to meet system-wide and local school initiatives to increase student learning, motivation, and wellbeing in collaboration with administrators, teachers and other stakeholders

Fosters individual staff development and the collective efficacy of groups through job-embedded professional learning and implementation support

Required to attend school meetings, programs, and activities outside the instructional day as mandated by the MCEA agreement

Qualification

Adult learning practicesInstructional strategiesData analysisTeaching standards knowledgeLeadership skillsCoaching skillsCurriculum developmentTeaching experienceMaryland licensureCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsMentoring skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in education, training, a specific subject, curriculum development or a related field

Minimum five years of successful teaching experience; at least three in MCPS is desirable

Meets standard rating on the most recent teacher evaluation

Experience in presenting and modeling exemplary teaching behaviors and practices to adult learners in a variety of settings such as workshops, seminars and college courses

Evidence of instructional leadership (e.g. team leader, resource teacher, interdisciplinary resource teacher, department chair, systemwide committees, etc.)

Meets Maryland licensure requirements in an appropriate field of education

Knowledge of best practices in adult learning, teaching methods and teaching skills and the ability to use and model them

Knowledge of the teaching standards and as well as the ability to coach and mentor teachers around those standards

Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze student performance data from multiple sources, then, formulate instructional strategies to meet student needs

Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills