English (9-12) Multi-Classroom Leader - Advanced Teacher Roles at Rockingham County Schools

Summary 

An educator in the Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) role leads a small team of teachers, paraprofessionals, and teaching residents in the same grade span or content area to meet the MCL’s standards of excellence. MCLs establish each team member’s roles and goals at least annually, determine how students spend time, and organize teaching roles to fit each teacher’s strengths, content knowledge, and professional development goals. The team uses the MCL’s methods and tools. The MCL co-plans, co-teaches, models, coaches and gives feedback, and leads and supports the team in building a tutoring culture. The MCL also teaches students part of the time. The MCL organizes the team to analyze student learning data and change instruction to ensure high-growth learning for every child, with a focus on small-group teaching and tutoring. The MCL collaborates with the team, using the team’s ideas and innovations that the MCL agrees may improve learning. The MCL also guides and directs any reach associates with whom they work. The MCL is fully accountable for the learning and development of all students taught by the team members. 

Responsibilities 

Planning and Preparation 

• Set high expectations of achievement that are ambitious and measurable for all students 

taught by team 

• Establish methods and create instructional tools and materials that team teachers use in 

all classrooms 

• Set direction, verbally and with tools and materials, that clarify content and teaching 

process 

• Lead team to: 
• plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments using a high-standards 

curriculum design

• lead instruction that is enriched (developing higher-order thinking skills) and 

personalized (reflecting learning levels and interests of individual students), 

• prioritizing small-group teaching and tutoring 
• offering accelerated learning design assessments that accurately assess student growth
• prepare to deliver small-group teaching and tutoring 

Classroom Environment 

Lead team to: 

• hold students accountable for high expectations of behavior and engagement that are 

ambitious and measurable 

• create physical classroom environments conducive to collaborative and individual 

learning 

• establish a culture of respect, enthusiasm, and rapport 

Instruction 

Lead team to:

• hold students accountable for ambitious, measurable standards of academic achievement 
• maximize student learning by incorporating small-group teaching and tutoring 
• identify and address individual students’ social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs 

and barriers 

• identify and address individual students’ development of organizational and time 

management skills 

• invest students in their learning using a variety of influence techniques 
• incorporate questioning and discussion in teaching 
• monitor and analyze student assessment data to inform engaging instruction and small 

group teaching and tutoring 

• communicate with students and keep them informed of their progress 

Professional Responsibilities 

• Solicit and eagerly receive feedback from supervisor and team members to improve 

professional skills 

• Lead team to maintain regular communication with families, and work collaboratively with 

them to design learning both at home and at school, and to encourage a home life 

conducive to learning success 

• Organize and schedule team time to ensure alignment of instructional vision, prioritize 

small-group teaching and tutoring in all classrooms, and troubleshoot students’ persistent 

learning challenges 

• Determine how students spend instructional time based on strengths of all adults on the 

team 

• Allocate instructional process elements (lesson planning, minimal large-group instruction, 

a focus on small-group instruction, individual interventions, data analysis, grading, etc.) 

among team based on strengths, content knowledge, and professional development goals 

• Allocate non-instructional administrative duties among team 

Supplement Amount:  Base salary plus an additional $10,000 per year.  The supplement is divided into 10 monthly payments from August-May.  This added salary counts towards retirement.

Professional Development:  In addition to courses required in preceding roles, all Multi-Classroom Leaders should participate in the professional development offered through Public Impact, as well as additional district led training specific to the role.

Education and Experience:

Minimum

• Bachelor's Degree
• Must be eligible for a NC Professional Educator's License in the area of English (9-12)
• Knowledge of subject matter being taught
• At least 4 years of prior teaching experience with 3 years demonstrated evidence of high-progress student outcomes in relevant subjects
• Evidence of initiative and effective leadership/coaching of adults for at least 1 year
• Technology proficiency and knowledge of digital learning may be required for specific assignments

Desired

• Determined by talent pool screening rubric

Evaluation Tool:  Teacher Evaluation & RCS MCL Evaluation Rubric