TLC Regional Specialist

OFFICE OF SCHOOLS

Hourly, not benefits eligible

FTE: 0.001

This Regional Team Specialist role is open only to people who already hold a teaching position within a DPS school building for the 2024-2025 school year. Candidates who do not yet hold a teaching position within a DPS school building next year must secure one before applying to this role.

Please note: Applications will be received until April 27, 2024. If the position is not filled by then, we may consider applications submitted after the deadline. Interested applicants must apply online by visiting the Denver Public Schools job board at careers.dpsk12.org

Essential Functions and Objectives:

The Regional Team Specialist (RTS) is a teacher who, in addition to providing high-quality instruction in their own classroom, magnifies their impact by facilitating collaborative time for a cohort of teachers in developing their ability to deliver joyful, rigorous and personalized instruction that leads to high achievement. The RTS leads a cohort of teachers in an aligned content area across multiple schools who may not otherwise have opportunities to collaborate in similar content or focus areas. This may include teachers in Beyond the Common Core subject areas, and others who teach unique content areas in their respective buildings.

The RTS leads and facilitates professional learning sessions during three Central DPS Professional Learning (PL) Days. These sessions focus on best practices in assessment literacy and instructional pedagogy, particularly using student work to drive the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) process and Data Driven Instruction.

Compensation: The person serving in this role will receive an annual stipend of $1,650, in addition to the full salary for his/her teaching role.

Expected Outcomes:

The goal of a Regional Team Specialist is to improve student learning through the facilitation of collaborative team time to support teacher growth in at least one of the following areas:

• Rigorous and relevant curricula in daily and long-term planning

• Equity in instruction to close achievement gaps through culturally responsive teaching practices and improved supports for Second language learners.

• Use of student data including Data-Driven Instruction (DDI) and Student Learning Objective (SLO) progress monitoring.

Qualifications for Application:

Note: Service in this role is contingent upon holding a classroom or intervention teacher role in 2024-2025 and completion of required training.

To apply, click on the "Apply" button and upload your resume and cover letter. In your cover letter please address:

• How has your teaching and leadership experience prepared you for this role?
• What experience have you had leading or facilitating professional learning opportunities? What do you believe are the components of high-quality professional learning?

Additional Information

• Work Year Calendars (including accrued time off): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1129
• Benefits (including DPS contributions): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1397
• Compensation Structures: http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/244
• Employee must live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools.

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools, including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of the Superintendent and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.