Grade Level Lead (SY26-27, Middle School)

Veritas Preparatory Charter SchoolSpringfield, MA
Hybrid

About The Position

The Grade Level Lead is a teacher leader responsible for fostering a strong adult and student culture, managing grade level teams to ensure they meet their grade-level goals, and building a community around the core values, vision, and mission of Veritas Prep. The Grade Level Lead receives a stipend for additional work outside of their teaching role and hours.

Requirements

  • Ability to collaborate across teams (culture, operations, etc.)
  • Ability to utilize data to make decisions
  • Ability to positively influence and support peers
  • Commitment to creating clear, simple systems for organization
  • Solutions-oriented mindset when navigating challenges
  • Excitement to grow one’s leadership skills with a community of other teacher leaders
  • Willingness to learn from and alongside other grade level leads
  • Ability to take feedback in order to improve one’s meeting facilitation skills
  • Ability to see themselves as a change agent who can influence the practices of peer
  • Commitment to anti-racism and ability to utilize the Veritas Anti-racism Standards to promote change

Responsibilities

  • Plan and facilitate effective weekly grade-level meetings with the culture team, grade level leads, and an Assistant Principal and/or Principal focused on Tier 1 culture systems and Veritas values.
  • Effectively communicate clear grade-level goals at each meeting.
  • Ensure space for multiple voices/perspectives at all grade-level meetings while also being transparent about decision-making, leading to concrete decisions, next steps, and progress toward goals.
  • Model a solutions-oriented mindset when tackling challenging issues and decisions.
  • Ensure assessment and consideration of preferences, traditions, and requirements (from The Management Center) as it relates to team meetings, workflows, and delegation.
  • Develop skills around facilitating difficult conversations.
  • Utilize an anti-racist lens when looking at data to help identify equity strengths and gaps: ensure student data compilations, meetings, and reports provide data for subgroups including but not limited to race, gender, language learners, and students with learning disabilities.
  • Collaborate with an AP and grade-level team to ensure orientation for staff and students runs smoothly and effectively.
  • Organize and lead monthly grade-level community meetings or other grade level team events that support and inspire a vision of academic excellence in collaboration with an AP.
  • Support the Operations Team in organizing and leading in-school family engagement events.
  • Grow, support, and model the Veritas vision around equity and anti-racism.
  • Set up brief, regular checkpoints with grade-level team members, ensuring they feel supported, heard, and seen.
  • Encourage team collaboration around anti-racism and equity work at Veritas using key tools such as the Veritas Anti-racism Standards and the Teaching for Equity Framework from Leading Educators.
  • Coordinate the grade-level calendar and ensure strong communication with team members around deadlines and important dates.
  • Leverage the strengths of team members by delegating project-based tasks, monitoring progress, and holding people accountable (i.e. the delegation cycle from The Management Center).
  • Collaborate with Operations Team to ensure classrooms have appropriate materials and supplies.
  • Work closely with the Director of Culture to reset tier 1 systems and procedures throughout the year as needed.
  • Ensure the grade level data bulletin boards are updated (Attendance/Homework Completion/Honor Roll).
  • Collaborate with the Director of Operations to support last-minute coverage needs.
  • Collaborate with the student success team to review data (referrals, Deanslist data, VIPER den, etc.) and problem-solve regarding grade-level in-class interventions.
  • Review student, family, and staff surveys to identify strengths, challenges, and next steps to address gaps.
  • Pull reports from student information systems for the weekly grade-level meeting and add to Grade Level Goals Tracker.
  • Collaborate with student success, operations, counseling, and the student support team to ensure important message are communicated to the grade level teams.
  • Ensure timely, appropriate, clear communication with grade-level team members, staff, students, and parents/families about new initiatives, important events, meetings, updates, deadlines, and announcements.
  • Check in with an AP to debrief grade-level meetings and ensure progress toward grade-level goals.
  • Check in on key procedures and routines for the grade and how they are aligned to school expectations and share reflections, glows, and grows with team members.
  • Openness to collaborate/share best meeting practices with Grade Level Leads across both Veritas schools.
  • Model positive, assets-based communication around student strengths and growth areas.

Benefits

  • $3,000 stipend
  • Regular feedback from peers around facilitation
  • Access to additional professional development from outside providers
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