Teacher Leadt K-4 Math

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HACKENSACK PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHER LEADER K-4 MATH 2026 - 2027 SCHOOL YEAR Title: Teacher Leader K-4 Math Overview: This assignment serves as the K�4 Math Teacher Leader at Fairmount and will support K-4 teachers in the areas of Math and Science. Nature & Scope of Job: The Teacher Leader supports building and district shared instructional leadership by facilitating collaborative professional learning within their assigned building, grade span, and/or department(s). Working under the direction of the designated director or supervisor, the Teacher Leader builds on colleagues' expertise to support district priorities, curriculum implementation, and effective teaching and learning. Qualifications: 1. Currently employed as a teacher in Hackensack Public Schools and holds a valid New Jersey instructional certificate appropriate to the assigned position. 2. Demonstrates strong knowledge of district curriculum, New Jersey Student Learning Standards, and evidence-based instructional practices within the grade span or department served. 3. Demonstrates a strong understanding of standards-aligned formative and summative assessment practices, including selecting and using varied assessment approaches to identify student strengths and learning needs, monitor progress, and inform instruction. 4. Demonstrates the ability to analyze and interpret student achievement and growth data, assessment results, and student work and guide colleagues in translating findings into clear instructional next steps. 5. Demonstrates a strong understanding of Tier 1 core instruction, Tier 2 targeted supplemental intervention, and Tier 3 intensive, individualized intervention within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), including how the tiers work together and how screening, diagnostic assessment, and progress monitoring inform collaborative decisions. 6. Demonstrates knowledge of differentiated instruction and practices that support access to grade-level learning for diverse learners, including multilingual learners and students with disabilities. 7. Demonstrates strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to build trusting, respectful professional relationships that recognize and draw upon colleagues' expertise. 8. Demonstrates the ability to facilitate collaborative conversations, invite participation, navigate differing perspectives constructively, and guide teams toward agreed instructional next steps using district-established protocols. 9. Has experience contributing to or facilitating Professional Learning Communities, collaborative planning, professional learning, or other shared instructional work. 10. Demonstrates a commitment to continued professional growth and willingness to participate in district-provided learning related to facilitation, assessment, instructional practices, and district MTSS procedures. 11. Maintains confidentiality, exercises sound professional judgment, and demonstrates the ability to organize collaborative work, meet established timelines and documentation requirements, and follow through on agreed commitments. Description: Priorities and schedules will be established collaboratively with the designated director or supervisor and building-based leadership, with planning and preparation aligned to the 60-hour allocation. Collaborate with the designated director or supervisor, principals, and assistant principals to coordinate teacher leadership activities aligned with district initiatives, school improvement goals, and identified professional learning needs. Plan and facilitate grade-level meetings for K�4 assignments and Professional Learning Communities and department meetings for grades 5�12 content-area assignments. For K�12 departments and special education assignments, facilitate collaborative meetings appropriate to the staff and grade spans served, as established with the designated director or supervisor. Lead structured data conversations using district-established protocols and schedules, inviting colleagues to contribute their expertise and perspectives. Provide feedback to instructional leadership to support refinement of these protocols. Guide collaborative analysis of student achievement and growth data, standards-aligned formative and summative assessments, universal screening results, and student work to recognize strengths, identify learning needs, and determine instructional next steps. Help teams document agreed instructional actions, identify responsibility for follow-through, and establish review dates. Revisit student learning evidence with colleagues to assess the impact of instructional decisions and determine further adjustments. Facilitate collaborative planning and sustained professional learning that connect district curriculum and New Jersey Student Learning Standards with evidence-based instructional practices, differentiated instruction, and varied assessment approaches. Support the establishment and implementation of district MTSS practices through professional learning and collaborative understanding of Tier 1 core instruction, Tier 2 targeted supplemental intervention, and Tier 3 intensive, individualized intervention. Collaborate with Reading Specialists, interventionists, multilingual educators, special education staff, and other relevant personnel to support shared understanding of screening, diagnostic assessment, progress monitoring, and student response to instruction and intervention. Promote collaborative instructional practices that support access to grade-level learning for diverse learners, including multilingual learners and students with disabilities. Prepare agendas, protocols, and supporting professional learning materials, and share instructional resources and examples that help colleagues apply their learning. Collaborative development of lessons, materials, or assessments will occur as part of these professional learning activities. Gather educator feedback and communicate emerging professional learning needs, implementation questions, and promising practices to the designated director or supervisor and building-based leadership. Coordinate with other Teacher Leaders to support connections across buildings, grade spans, and departments. Participate in required orientation, associated professional learning, and meetings with directors, supervisors, principals, and assistant principals, as appropriate, to support coordination of the work. Maintain accurate time records and brief documentation of planning, professional learning activities, team decisions, and follow-up actions in accordance with district expectations. Build positive professional relationships, maintain confidentiality, and support colleagues through collaborative, non-evaluative learning. Teacher Leaders do not evaluate staff. Working Conditions: Fairmount Elementary School Application Process: Apply Online via Frontline/Applitrack Salary: $57.85 per hour; 60 hours per position; total compensation of $3,471.00 per position. Selection Procedure: Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted, followed by recommendations made to the Acting Superintendent for Board approval.