Position Description Attend Regular Academic Team (AT) Meetings:
- Familiarize yourself with the Academic Team policies and procedures.
- Receive updates and direction from Administration.
- Share updates for the department.
- Brainstorm as a team on topics.
- Approve curriculum changes.
- Provide guidance for Math Department schoolwide.
- Curriculum feedback.
- Scope and sequence.
- Model teaching.
- Vertical alignment. Meetings:
- Meet regularly with SR School Head.
- Plan regular department meetings.
- Meet with SL and Grammar Math Leads (as needed).
- Provide oversight of SR Teachers. Weekly:
- Review lesson plans and gradebooks (monitor giving of tests/review sheets; percentages, etc.).
- Receive copies of all class-wide communication.
- Model leadership to teachers. Occasionally:
- Provide informal and formal teacher observations.
- Check testing calendar to provide feedback to teachers regarding their use of this resource.
- Communicate with parents as needed on behalf of the department. Yearly:
- Review report cards for each class prior to distribution.
- Oversee drafting or revision of syllabus and course guidebook for each class in the department each year.
- Mentor SR Teachers.
- Onboard new SR teachers by meeting with them in the summer to review curriculum, attending the New Teacher Training in August, and checking with them regularly throughout the year.
- Touch base with teachers in your department to:
- Review goals.
- Discuss pedagogy.
- Encourage and pray with them.
- Communicate with Teachers and Admin.
- Cascade info from AT meetings to teachers.
- Bring info from teachers back to AT meetings. Budget for Department:
- Proposed budget for the following school year due in October.
- Approve all purchases in the department, according to budget. Admissions:
- Grade and provide feedback on math placement tests for applicants schoolwide. Training:
- Research and provide training for teachers in the math department.
- Attend occasional educators' conferences such as SCL and ACCS. #J-18808-Ljbffr