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Teach For America
Buffalo, NY, USA
Full-time

With a vision grounded in teaching as leadership, corps members and alumni require intensive support to become the teachers students deserve within their two year commitment and, if they choose, beyond and into alumnihood. The Teacher Leader Specialist will serve a critical role in providing part-time, as-needed capacity to prep and facilitate excellent professional development experiences including, but not limited to whole group sessions, content teams, and one-on-one observations and debriefs.

Areas of Responsibility: 

Session Design and Facilitation (40%)

  • At the direction of the regional team, co/design and/or facilitate sessions both virtually and in-person
  • Use high yield facilitation techniques to drive engagement and ensure mastery
  • Follow up as needed to gather data on corps member satisfaction and mastery, adjusting future course as necessary

Direct CM/Alumni Support (60%)

  • At the direction of the regional team, observe teachers in-person or virtually (including watching recordings)
  • Provide 1:1 feedback using regional coaching tool
  • Utilize evidence such as achievement data, student work samples and observations to make recommendations for development experiences
  • Follow up as needed to assess progress and adjust course as necessary
  • Communicate frequently with other corps member support leads such as coach or PD managers
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree or higher attained
Skills/Experience: 
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience teaching, with quantitative record of results
  • Adult facilitation and coaching experience a significant advantage
  • Ability to travel in region, sometimes after traditional work hours or on weekends 
How to Apply: 

https://teachforamerica.secure.force.com/ts2__JobDetails?jobId=a0x0V0000...

Job Function: 
Education, Professional Development & Training

Organization Info

Teach For America

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Website: 
teachforamerica.org
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1993
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Education
Mission: 

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates, professionals, or graduate students who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. Teach For America's mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence. In the 2016-2017 school year, 6,900 first- and second-year Teach For America corps members are teaching in 53 regions across the United States. Since 1990, Teach For America corps members have reached more than 10 million students. Teach For America's more than 40,000 alumni are providing critical leadership -- as teachers, school and district leaders; elected officials and policy advisers; and founders and leaders of education and social reform initiatives -- to ensure all children have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Nov 4 2019
Active Until: 
Dec 4 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Teach For America
industry: 
Nonprofit