Mathematics Department Chair
New York, New York, United States
• Establish a vision for the department and establish specific goals for the team, in coordination with school leaders .• Establish a structure for team collaboration, decision-making, and team meetings.• Set team collaboration norms and ensure they are implemented by the team.• Develop the agenda and facilitate team meetings on a regular basis (generally weekly).• Serve as a resource for support with differentiated lesson planning and instructional delivery to meet student achievement goals.• Serve as a communication conduit between teachers in department and school leaders.• Prepare for and participate actively in after-school PPN Teacher Leader Development meetings and workshops• Support meetings with other teacher leaders across the network, as scheduled.• Prepare for and participate actively in school-based Instructional Leadership Team meetings.• Lead the team’s efforts to identify and implement solutions to challenges and areas of opportunity that arise across the grade/content area.• Lead discipline-specific and multidisciplinary data inquiry cycles rooted in problems of practice and learner-centered questions.• Lead professional development sessions.• Access, create, and share resources aligned to school-wide instructional goals.