Teacher Leadership
Opportunities

The site Culture Lead manages school-wide culture priorities including but not limited to, Community Meetings, attendance initiatives, spirit days, the sunshine committee and other positive culture events. The Culture Lead supports VAC in the planning of teacher appreciation week and field day. The lead spends approximately 2 hours a week outside of school time or during preps supporting this work including attending the weekly planning team meeting.

Commitment: 

• Attend the weekly Planning Team Meeting
• Meet with VAC leads quarterly to discuss teacher appreciation week, field day and other VAC led celebrations
• Lead a monthly sunshine committee meeting
• Lead Community Meeting monthly
• Send photos to IPS communication team after school events

Compensation: 

• $2000 stipend paid in two payments. $1000 paid in December 2023 and $1000 paid in June 2024. 
• Customized professional development during 1-2 days of summer training. 

Application Process: All lead teachers and teacher fellows are welcome to apply using this form. If more teachers are interested than spots available the following criteria will be used for selection. 

• Excellent classroom culture as measured on the Impact Everyone Grows Rubric
• Strong relationships with families as seen by school leadership
• Excellent “HYPE MASTER” skills
• Teacher leadership, colleague relationships and detail orientation skills as seen by school leadership.

The site Mentor Teachers are instructional coaches. The mentor teacher is responsible for providing routine coaching to teaching fellows in order to support them to becoming impactful teachers. Typically the mentor teacher will coach teaching fellows with a 1x monthly coaching meeting, monthly co-teaching or real-time coaching. Site mentor teachers will receive monthly professional development by the Academics team and a regular coaching the coach (approximately biweekly) check in with the school principal.  The mentor teacher will need to coach their co-teacher to be successful during enrichment so that the Mentor teacher can observe and co-teach in other classrooms during the enrichment block (K-2) or plan to use their planning (3-5) to observe. They will spend approximately 3 hours a week outside of school time or during preps supporting this work.

Commitment: 

• Receive monthly professional development 
• Observe teaching fellows monthly
• Lead professional development for Teaching Fellow (cadence varies)
• Recommended observation is during enrichment block

Compensation: 

• $4000 stipend paid in two payments. $2000 paid in December 2023 and $2000 paid in July 2024. 
• Customized professional development during summer PD and monthly professional development

Application Process: All lead teachers and teacher fellows are welcome to apply using this form. If more teachers are interested than spots available the following criteria will be used for selection. 

• Excellent classroom culture as measured on the Impact Everyone Grows Rubric
• Track record of supporting a teaching fellow or colleagues in their instructional practice
• Teacher leadership, colleague relationships and detail orientation skills as seen by school leadership.

The English Language Development Lead is responsible for collaborating, co-planning curriculum, and reviewing data for Multilingual learners who receive ELD during WYN time. They will work to support site teachers who deliver ELD during the WYN block. This leader will receive targeted professional development in alignment with best practices for ELD as part of Impact’s Alternative Mainstream model for multilingual learners. 

Commitment:

• Monthly collaboration, co-planning and data review for Integrated English Learner Development (ELD) strategies and Designated English Learner Development (ELD)
• Throughout the year, spend 1-2 hours a month reviewing Lexia English data
• Attend monthly planning support meeting with a member of the Academics team

Compensation

• $2000 stipend paid in two payments. $1000 paid in December 2023 and $1000 paid in June 2024. 

Application Look-Fors

• • The ideal candidate is a Lead Teacher with at least one year of experience at IPS and track record of success supporting English Learners in their classroom
• **Must hold English Learner Endorsement

The MTSS Implementation Lead supports the IPS MTSS Implementation Team to develop implementation capacity in schools so they can establish and sustain teaching faculty’s use of effective innovations with fidelity. The MTSS Implementation lead will work closely with Home Office and School site leadership to ensure that best practices regarding implementation, documentation, and progress monitoring are conducted and revised accordingly.  The MTSS Implementation Team members will be direct liaisons between this work and their school-sites or HO roles.   

Work may include, but is not limited to: 

• Creating documentation templates
• Evaluating and trialing intervention curriculums and methodologies
• Reviewing progress monitoring tools
• Conducting and analyzing surveys regarding best practices
• Attending or co-facilitating MTSS meetings
• Providing feedback on implementation of MTSS processes

Commitment: 

• Attend a weekly 1 hour meeting (Time/Date TBD)
• Communicate with school site leadership and teaching faculty as needed

Compensation: 

• $2000 stipend paid in two payments. $1000 paid in December 2023 and $1000 paid in June 2024. 
• Customized professional development during 1-2 days of summer training. 

Application Process: All lead teachers and teacher fellows are welcome to apply using this form. Participants should also be recommended by their manager based on criteria to participate and the Senior Director of Growth will make final decisions to ensure diversity of perspective.  The criteria considered for nomination should be:

• Leadership (formal or informal), colleague relationships and detail orientation skills as seen by school leadership
• Data showing the teacher’s ability to support scholar growth for scholars needing Tier II or III support
• Overall rubric performance on the Impact Everyone Grows Rubric

The Curriculum Specialist will support the adoption and implementation of the new literacy curriculum by acting as a champion of the new curriculum and  developing supporting resources such as: lesson plans/adjustments, lesson plan slide decks, curriculum implementation tools, assessments, internalization guides, student materials, etc. The specialist will also regularly collect feedback through the first year of literacy curriculum implementation to share with the Academics team, which may include holding office hours, leading listening sessions at school sites, etc.  This role will report to a member of the A-team.

Commitment: 

• *Role will likely begin as soon as July 
• Independently create and submit exemplar curriculum resources with firm deadlines
• Implement feedback on work products from the Academics team
• Attend regular meetings with a member of the Academics team to check in on work products
• Support with community curriculum team meetings
• Plan and facilitate PD, IPP meetings, and/or unit unpackings.

Compensation: 

• $3000 stipend paid in two payments. $1500 paid in December 2024 and $1500 paid in June 2025. 

Application Process: All lead teachers are welcome to apply using this form. The Academics team will follow up after initially filling out the interest form,  using the following process and criteria for selection:

• Submit a lesson plan sample to the Academics team 
• Engage in an interview with the Academics team 
• Nomination from a school leader
• 3+ years of teaching experience 
• Overall “Impactful” rubric performance on the Impact Everyone Grows Rubric, specifically Elements 2 and 3