Consulting Teacher (Middle Years)

The School District of Philadelphia is committed to becoming the fastest improving District in the country and transforming the educational opportunities it offers to our city’s more than 200,000 students. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?

Job Summary

Essential Functions

• Plans and implements an intensive program of intervention and support for the participating teachers which includes observations, ongoing communication with teacher, demonstration lessons, modeling, co-teaching and a variety of instructional strategies to enhance teaching skills of participating teachers in the PAR program.
• Provide responsive coaching in alignment with the Office of Professional Learning Coaching Framework.
• Prioritize coaching supports in a manner that is developmentally appropriate, given the teacher, classroom, and school context.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date coaching records and data to ensure transparency with participating teachers and to inform appropriate adjustments to coaching approach
• Analyzes and diagnose teacher specific needs, designs a teacher specific assistance plan.
• Assist teachers with data analysis, and implementation of the District’s curriculum and assessments at the elementary, middle and/or high school level(s)
• Uses technology to access web-based data, and provides suggested resources for participating teachers.
• Creates a supportive, collegial and confidential environment.
• Participate in professional development and educational training opportunities aligned to current research in educational methodology and pedagogy.
• Prepares and submits regular written documentation such as progress/status reports, final summative reports and other narratives.
• Monitors and records progress of participating teacher in the PAR program and makes recommendation for retention to the PAR Pair for participating teachers.
• Prepares and presents accumulated data and documentation to support the recommendation to the PAR panel.

• Master’s degree program at an accredited college or university in an educational discipline.
• Five years of full-time, paid, appointed classroom teaching experience.
• All work experience related to the position must be included on the resume.

• Valid Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Instructional II certificate in the appropriate subject area.

• Current research in educational methodology and pedagogy.
• Principles and practices of sound classroom management and engagement strategies.
• Processes for aligning instruction with content.
• Stages of teacher development.
• Adult learner strategies and techniques.
• Contractual provisions of the Peer Assistance Review (PAR) program.
• SDP Teaching Standards.
• SDP curriculum and assessments at the elementary, middle and/or high school level(s)
• Learning methods and educational best practices.

• Providing feedback and coaching.
• Presenting information and making sound and well supported recommendations.
• Exercising appropriate leadership behavior to enhance and promote change.
• Delivering outstanding classroom teaching in alignment with SDP Teaching Standards.
• Using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and Google Apps (Drive, Docs, Slides, etc).

• Communicate in a clear and concise manner both orally and in writing.
• Create and execute comprehensive plans.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Use data and the classroom experience to make informed and objective decisions.
• Create comprehensive analyses and reports.
• Monitor, record and make timely and appropriate adjustments when required.

• Organize and manage resources, schedules and caseload.

• This is a 10-month position. Consulting Teachers shall have terms of no more than six (6) years. A Consulting Teacher who has completed a term must return to the classroom for a minimum of two (2) years before re-applying for the PAR program.

• Master's $57,411 - $94,011
• Master's plus 30 - $61,002 - $102,520
• PhD - $63,770 - $106,617
• Senior Career Teacher (SCT) - $110,720

• Each applicant will be notified of their application status in mid-January.

  
  Please carefully follow the directions below to submit your attachments:
  The materials listed below should be attached to the first two sections of the application - Resume Upload and File Attachments. You may want to copy/paste the information below into a separate document or keep this window open in a separate tab to reference while you complete your application.



• Provide a resume, and a cover letter that describes your interest in this role.
• Provide three reference letters, one from each of the following: a current colleague, your current principal, your school's current PFT representative.
• All reference letters must be provided from current colleagues, building representatives, and principals.
• If you are applying from an SDP school without a current PFT building representative, provide a reference from a building committee member. If you are applying from an external school or organization, please provide an additional colleague letter.
• All reference letters must be dated within one year of submission.
• All reference letters must be signed in one of the following ways:
  
  • Physical signature on the letter, scanned, and uploaded
  • Real signature added to a PDF using the "fill and sign" option
  • Official "e-signature" through the Adobe PDF program
• If you are unable to obtain one of the above signature options, the recommender can send you an email from an official school email address with the phrase "I have submitted a letter of reference on behalf of [applicant name]. This message serves as my signature." Then, save that email as a document and upload it with your letter.
• Letters without a date, with a script font as the signature and unsigned letters will not be accepted.
  *Letters that do not meet the above criteria will result in the candidate's ineligibility to move forward in the application process.*

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

The School District of Philadelphia provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity, or genetic information. Please refer to Board Policy 348 for further information regarding the District's commitment to Nondiscrimination in Employment Practices.