3rd Grade Team Leader

Crosby Elementary School; Harvard (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Crosby Elementary School in Harvard, IL is seeking a 3rd Grade Team Leader. The role focuses on guiding standards, assessments, and data reviews while fostering collaboration among staff to improve instruction and student outcomes.

As a Building Leadership Team member, you will support colleagues, participate in professional development, and help implement effective instructional practices across the building. This nine-month stipend position emphasizes collaboration and district-wide success.

Qualifications

• Record of effectiveness in their own teaching.
• Ability to work collaboratively before, during, and after school hours as needed.
• Excellent planning and organization skills.
• Strong verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Share the vision of the district and responsibility for district success.
• Oversee collaborative process to develop standards, assessments, and conduct data reviews.
• Develop norms of collaboration and relational trust and strengthen capacity to analyze, plan, implement, and evaluate practice.
• Promote a learning community with shared collective responsibility for student learning.
• Model and support colleagues in implementing effective instructional practices.
• Lead conversations that analyze and use data to strengthen instruction.
• Facilitate data analysis to determine student and educator learning needs.
• Lead colleagues to agree on standards, common pacing, and shared assessments.
• Collaborate to extend knowledge of content and pedagogy.
• Facilitate interventions to ensure students get additional time and support when needed.
• Facilitate selecting and implementing evidence-based strategies to reach learning goals.
• Attend monthly PD and weekly collaborative meetings.
• Serve as a Building Leadership Team member.

Skills

Teaching effectiveness

Planning & organization

Collaboration

Verbal communication

Commitment

Job description

Harvard Community Unit School District 50 Crosby Elementary School - Harvard, Illinois Open in Google Maps

3rd Grade Team Leader

Harvard Community Unit School District 50 Crosby Elementary School - Harvard, Illinois Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Harvard Community School District 50

Job Details

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Job Title:

3rd GradeTeam Leader

Job Summary:

As Horizontal Team Leads, individuals are critical in aligning with the district's vision and ensuring collective responsibility for district success. They oversee collaborative processes to develop standards, assessments, and data reviews while fostering a culture of trust and collaboration among colleagues. These leads facilitate discussions and analyses of data to inform instructional practices and support colleagues in implementing effective strategies. Additionally, they collaborate with peers to enhance content knowledge and pedagogy, ensuring all students receive appropriate interventions and enrichment. Serving as active members of the Building Leadership Team, they contribute to decision‑making processes and represent their teams in professional development sessions and weekly collaborative meetings.

Qualifications:

Overall evaluation rating of proficient or higher, consistently demonstrating effective teaching practice.

Evaluation:

The supervisor shall annually evaluate the team leader. Such evaluation shall be reviewed with the team leader and made part of his/her permanent record.

Reports to:

Building Principal or designee

Terms of Employment:

This is a nine‑month stipend position. Pending the review of school needs and the evaluation process, the term may be extended annually.

Compensation and Benefits:

The details of compensation and benefits for employees are comprehensively outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), a document accessible at the following link:

https://www.cusd50.org/page/careers. This agreement is a valuable resource for individuals seeking comprehensive information regarding our organization’s remuneration and benefits structure.

Stipend Amount: $2110.00

FLSA

Exempt

Expected Outcomes

• Increased collaboration among the teachers on the team
• Increased number of students who are achieving student learning targets due to increased differentiated instruction, strong instruction, and effective lesson plans
• Stronger school and district culture and instructional environment

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Shares the vision of the district and shares responsibility for the district's success as a whole.
• Oversees collaborative process to ensure standard development, develops common formative/summative assessments, and conducts frequent data reviews.
• Develops norms of collaboration and relational trust and employs processes and structures that strengthen the capacity to analyze, plan, implement, support, and evaluate practice.
• Promotes a learning community with shared collective responsibility for the learning of all students.
• Models and supports colleagues in the implementation of effective instructional practices.
• Leads conversations that engage colleagues in analyzing and using data to strengthen instruction.
• Facilitates the analysis of data to determine student and educator learning needs.
• Leads colleagues to agree on standards, follow the curriculum, use common pacing charts, and develop shared assessments.
• Collaborates with colleagues to extend knowledge of content, content-specific pedagogy, and how students learn.
• Supports the facilitation of systematic interventions that ensure students receive additional time and support for learning when they struggle and extend and enrich learning when they have mastered the intended outcomes.
• Facilitates selecting and implementing appropriate evidence-based strategies to achieve student and educator learning goals.
• Attends and actively participates in monthly Professional Development as scheduled for Team Leads.
• Attends and facilitates weekly collaborative team meetings within the buildings.
• Serves as a member of the Building Leadership Team.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must demonstrate a record of effectiveness in their own teaching
• Must have earned the recognition and respect of their colleagues
• Must have excellent planning and organization skills
• Must have the ability to work collaboratively with others before, during, and after school hours as needed
• Must have strong verbal communication skills
• Must be willing to commit to the role for the entire school year
• Must model a strong commitment to continual improvement

ADA:

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

This job description is intended to describe the minimum qualifications, duties, and responsibilities performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The District reserves the right to amend and change the position responsibilities to meet District needs as necessary.

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $2,110 Stipend

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Michelle Bezares , Principal
• Crosby Elementary School
• Email: [e-mail]