Teacher Leadership
Opportunities

The Grade Team Lead supports their grade level in ensuring effective collaboration and lesson internalization. In addition the Grade Team Lead meets weekly with school leadership to communicate any concerns from the grade level and provide feedback on curriculum, plans, and critical paths . 

Commitment:

• Attend a weekly 50-minute planning team meeting outside of school hours
• Prep for a weekly GLT meeting
• Lead the weekly GLT meeting
• Support planning of grade level events (eg. field trips)

Compensation:

• $2,000 stipend distributed over two payments. $1,000 paid in December and $1,000 paid in June. 
• Customized professional development during 1-2 days of summer training. 

Selection Criteria: 

• Teacher leadership experience
• Teacher leadership, colleague relationships and detail orientation skills as seen by school leadership
• Data showing the teacher’s ability to support scholar growth
• Overall excellent rubric performance on the Impact Everyone Grows Rubric

The site Culture Lead (1 per school) 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:

• $2,000 stipend distributed in two payments. $1,000 paid in December 2023 and $1,000 paid in June 2024. 
• Customized professional development during 1-2 days of summer training. 

Selection Criteria:

• 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. 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 from a member of Academics team
• Observe Teaching Fellows minimum monthly
• Meet with Teaching Fellows minimum monthly
• Observe during enrichment block (K-5) or other strategic time (TK)

Compensation:

• $4,000 stipend distributed in two payments. $2,000 paid in December and $2,000 paid in June 2024. 
• Customized professional development during 1-2 days of summer training and monthly cohort professional development from the Academics team.

Selection Criteria:

• 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 Director of ML Supports

Compensation:

• $2,000 stipend paid in two payments. $1,000 paid in December and $1,000 paid in June. 

Selection Criteria:

• 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 Talent Lead supports school leaders and Home Office’s Talent team with faculty recruitment. In the fall, the Talent Lead will work closely with the Home Office to develop a talent recruitment plan for their school site. In the spring, the talent lead will shift their time to conducting phone screens, meeting with prospective teachers, and representing Impact at virtual hiring events.

Commitment:

• Attend bi-weekly 30-45 minute meetings, conducted over Zoom after school to support recruitment & retention
• Attend periodic career fairs with members of the Talent team
• Keep the new hires engaged and build excitement to ensure that new hires stay in their roles
• Predict and plan for any potential last-minute vacancies by tracking new hire data
• Anticipate and address new hires’ questions and concerns
• Build new hires’ investment in your school culture 
• Ensure new hires feel valued, supported and well equipped with information and resources 

Compensation:

• $2,000 stipend distribued in two payments. $1,000 paid in June and $1,00 paid in July. 

Selection Criteria:

• Excellent classroom culture as measured on the Impact Everyone Grows Rubric
• Strong relationships with faculty as seen by school leadership
• Excellent hype skills to build culture! 
• Teacher leadership, colleague relationships, and detail orientation skills as seen by school leadership

The curriculum lead supports the network curriculum team to strengthen and codify the Impact curriculum over the summer. There is one position for each grade span: TK, K-1, 2-5 

Commitment: 

• Attend quarterly Community Curriculum Team meetings 
• Attend family curriculum events to support family education on our academical model, with ways to support at home
• Meet monthly with members of the Curriculum Team to give feedback on units and lesson plans.
• Review, give feedback on, and add to book lists.
• Provide feedback on assessment practices 
• Lead listening sessions with faculty to get additional feedback on curriculum outside of quarterly surveys

Compensation:

• $2,000 stipend distributed in two payments. $1,000 paid in December and $1,000 paid in June. 

Selection Criteria:

• The ideal candidate is a Lead Teacher with at least one year of experience at IPS (the year of experience can absolutely be as a Teaching Fellow)
• Passionate about rigorous, engaging, culturally responsive curriculum and teaching practices