EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

(The following duties and responsibilities are representative of the work of the position. Not all duties assigned are included, nor are all duties listed performed in every school/office.)

Responds to the instructional needs of individuals, teams, departments, and/or the whole staff.

Serves as a catalyst for change, guiding school staff in assessing the effectiveness of instructional practices and motivating staff to implement necessary systemic changes; as a coach, helping teachers transfer learning experiences into practice.

Serves as a consultant, supporting individuals or groups in determining the best course of action to carry out specific tasks or meet specific objectives.

Facilitates, designs, and implements processes to create productive interactions to bring about desired results.
Manages the comprehensive staff development plan within the school.

Provides resources to help school staff reach desired goals.

Serves as a trainer, helping school staff acquire new skills and knowledge through custom-designed training and job-embedded staff development.


Encourages teachers to develop a culture that fosters professional learning communities, recognizing all staff as learners capable of acquiring a repertoire of skills to meet the needs of every student.

Creates professional development opportunities related to generating evidence of student learning, data analysis, and acquisition of instructional best practices, peer visits with follow-up reflection, local school walkthroughs, collaborative team planning, individual professional growth, reflective practices, professional portfolios, and individual Professional Development Plans.

Demonstrates high expectations and models effective strategies for continuous school improvement.

Communicates and supports implementation of systemwide initiatives.

Supports the development, implementation, and monitoring of the school improvement plan based on the school¿s vision and mission, the school improvement plan, MCPS initiatives, instructional best practices, classroom management system, and individual professional growth.

Supports job-embedded staff development by planning for the effective use of time; organizing, coordinating, and documenting the utilization of allocated substitute time.

Assists individual teachers to self-monitor their professional growth needs within the MCPS Professional Growth System.

Performs related work as required.