Job description last updated: 10/23/2024

Position Summary:  The Site-Based Teacher Leader (SBTL) is an instructional teacher leadership position that is fully released from teaching duties that:

1. Supports the implementation of best instructional strategies and access to grade level content for Math.
2. Supports and demonstrates effective teaching methods and practices, procedures for analyzing student data to guide instructional planning, implementation of lessons, and feedback of lessons.
3. Supports and demonstrates the ability and knowledge to support teachers of all students, including, but not limited to students with IEPs, English Language Learners, and Gifted Education with the appropriate instructional supports and scaffolds in order for all students to be successful.
4. Demonstrates effective methods of leadership outlined in the Educator Effectiveness Frameworks. 
5. Serves as an instructional resource to building and community stakeholders.
6. Supports school-wide interventions and programs.

District Summary

The William Penn School District is Located in southeastern Delaware County and serves approximately 5,000 students who reside in Aldan, Colwyn, Darby, East Lansdowne, Lansdowne, and Yeadon Boroughs. We share a collective vision to educate, nurture and empower all students to become career and/or college ready.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Duties: 

1. Provides instructional support to peers through coaching and feedback aligned to the Danielson Framework.
2. Provides in-class support through modeling and demonstrating best practices aligned to    the Danielson Framework to a minimum of four (4) teachers per quarter.
3. Facilitates and collaborates with colleagues in meetings (i.e. grade group meetings, instructional planning meeting, Common Planning Time, Personal Learning Communities, etc.) to increase student achievement guided by data analysis.
4. Designs and delivers professional development for school staff with the foundation of adult learning theories.
5. Serves as a collaborative partner with content Department Chairs in the building.
6. Serves as an active member and key point of contact on the school leadership team, supporting best practices in instruction and achievement.
• Which may include attendance tracking for school leadership and data meetings.
7. Attends and engages in William Penn School District Professional Development.
8. Supports student achievement in the area of literacy with special attention to Tier II and III instruction by providing individual or small group instruction to students who are struggling academically.
9. Attend regularly scheduled after-school department meetings (up to 2 a month). Update the Office of Academic Services regarding practices and expectations, classroom methodologies, instructional techniques, materials, curriculum, and assessment. Disseminate information from department chair meetings to teachers.
10. May serve in additional academic and instructional teacher leader roles; however,  these   responsibilities should not detract the Site-Based Teacher Leader from fulfilling the aforementioned responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, textbooks, and government regulations. Ability to write reports and general correspondence. Ability, both orally and in writing, to present information effectively and respond appropriately to questions and concerns from individuals and groups of educators, administrators, parents, students, and the general public. Ability to always communicate using correct grammar.
• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and to understand abstract and concrete variables. Ability to use available information and develop realistic long-term and short-term plans for curricular goals.
• OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to the instructional program. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, staff, and parents through oral and written communication. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all corporation, state, and federal requirements. Ability to plan and implement lessons based on corporation and school objectives and student needs and abilities.
• Knowledge/awareness of own cultural identity and how this influences behavior, and desire to learn about the cultural identity of others. 
• Ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and patrons of the District. 
• Ability to understand and hold self and others accountable for promoting and attaining the goals as outlined in Focus Forward 2025. 
• Ability to recognize that each person is a unique individual even as we celebrate their group cultural heritage. 
• Knowledge of PA Core Standards and Eligible Content 
• Knowledge of Instructional Planning Guides as it relates to the instructional block 
• Knowledge of Digital Curriculum components 
• Ability to courageously lead conversations focused on equity, closing opportunity gaps, and equal access to technology-infused lessons of rigor. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with District staff and administrators, students, parents or guardians, outside agencies, and the public, in a multi-ethnic, multicultural, multilingual environment. 
• Ability to receive and implement feedback to improve practice and systems.

Required Qualifications:

• A regularly appointed certified teacher in William Penn School District.
• Valid Pennsylvania Certification: Middle-Level Math 6-9 or Math 7-12.
• Has demonstrated at least proficient instruction over the last three (3) years evidenced by their observation of teaching practice score from a formal observation.
• Has no unsatisfactory documents in applicant’s school and/or human resources personnel file from the past 18 months. 
• Priority may be given to applicants who have participated or currently are participating in District leadership development.
• Bachelor’s degree. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree 

Pre-employment Paperwork Requirements:

• Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check, FBI Fingerprinting Background Check, Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance
• Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release (Act 168) forms 
• School Personnel Health Record and TB test

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:

• Work scheduled hours on a consistent basis
• Indoor office environment is subject to frequent interruptions
• Pushing, moving and lifting objects with a strength factor of light work
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a variety of standard office equipment
• Clarity of vision at varying distances
• Verbal, auditory and written capabilities to effectively communicate in an articulate manner
• Sitting and standing for extended periods of time
• Frequent sitting, standing and walking
• Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally to retrieve and store files and supplies
• Lifting objects with a strength factor of light work
• Occasional bending, reaching and stretching
• Occasional kneeling, crouching and squatting
• Occasional pulling, pushing

Level of Compensation: $51,619 - $102,820 (dependent on Step and Track placement as determined based on collective bargaining agreements)

Disclaimer:

The preceding list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the scope of responsibility, and the level of knowledge and skills typically required, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements, skills or duties so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.

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Job descriptions are written as a representative list of the ADA essential duties performed by the entire classification. They cannot include and are not intended to include, every possible activity and task performed by every specific employee.