Teach For America · 5 hours ago
Content Facilitator
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Responsibilities
Internalize, prepare, rehearse, and act on the feedback for corps member sessions, including core content and pedagogy sessions and other related sessions (ex. any preparation or rehearsal spaces)
Engage in development around our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness programming and outcomes for Corps Members, building understanding around the Content Facilitator’s role in supporting these outcomes and of equity oriented teacher leadership to support connections and application in content and pedagogy spaces
Meet ongoing with the Content Coordinator as well as other Content Facilitators to build strong and supportive relationships, check progress on spring responsibilities, plan and rehearse programming, engage in feedback conversations, and more
Utilize and support others in their engagement of the systems and structures needed to achieve outcomes (i.e., email, Docebo, Slack, incident reports, etc.)
Complete 30-40 hours of asynchronous learning modules
Engage in regular synchronous, virtual training experiences with your Content Dean starting April 21st, including 1:1 check-ins and role-specific meetings
Prepare and facilitate core content and pedagogy sessions, leading Corps Members to build knowledge, skills, and orientations as it relates to content and pedagogy, including making connections to developing equity oriented teacher leaders
Build understanding of Corps Member development through introducing and facilitating andragogy such as micro teaches, rehearsals, video screening sessions, and more
Adapt and implement routine collaborative planning spaces that respond to emerging Corps Member needs and trends
Collaborate with other staff members, including the Content Coordinator, other Content Facilitators as well as DEI Facilitators, Regional Community Chairs, and Corps Member coaches, to maintain a cohesive Corps Member development program, reporting any missed assignments or escalating any other concerns as to contribute to aligned solutions and Corps Member support
Attend to CM health, safety, and wellness through the execution of sessions as well as through effective use of incident reporting
Attend and engage in Content Facilitator meetings and development spaces to reflect, prepare for upcoming facilitation, elevate and address trends and make responsive adjustments, collaborate with other pre-service staff
Building on one’s understanding of equity oriented teacher leadership to support CF and CM development
Making connections with CFs to illustrate how content sessions directly relate to DEIF sessions
Explicitly naming and interrupting racism and classism in all of its manifestations.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s degree required
At least 4 years of teaching experience
At least 2-3 years working with novice teachers in a facilitation, development, coaching, or support role, specifically focused on their instructional practice
Strong knowledge and understanding of instructional practice in your content area, as well as a commitment to developing a nuanced and rigorous understanding of how the instructional practice lives out in the Pre-Service context
Strong personal commitment to Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as the key framework through which we think about classroom teaching
Demonstrated commitment to engaging in personal reflection, giving and receiving feedback, and identifying and responding to trends
Demonstrated ability to support the development of others through feedback, modeling, rehearsing, debriefing conversations, and leading development opportunities
Ability to synthesize multiple arcs of learning and frameworks, such that learning is concrete and applicable for Corps Members
Commitment to deepening learning around curricular literacy as our central approach to teacher lesson and unit preparation, recognizing that this is divergent from previous ways of thinking about traditional 'lesson planning'
Adeptness with Zoom and other virtual platforms
Ability to work occasional weekend or evening work hours required for Spring Training
Preferred
Previous Pre-Service, VSTT, or Institute experience strongly preferred
Company
Teach For America
is a nonprofit whose mission is to engage our nation's most promising future leaders to strengthen the movement for educational equity.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.24MKey Investors
Appalachian Regional CommissionMartha Holden Jennings FoundationU.S. Department of Education
2024-10-29Grant· $0.5M
2024-04-01Grant· $0.04M
2017-11-01Grant· $3.7M
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