Featured Jobs: Multi-Classroom Teacher Leader

Multi-Classroom Teacher Leader, Positions Available at 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th Grades 

Northside Elementary School 

2013-14 School Year

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Teaching license in elementary education; Highly Qualified status required

2. Master’s degree in Elementary Education, Literacy, or Curriculum & Instruction preferred

3. Minimum of 5 years of successful classroom teaching experience

4. Demonstrated expert knowledge of K-5 curriculum

5. Previous Experience as a PLC Leader, Mentor, or other leadership role

6. Evidence of understanding of characteristics of adult learners

7. Evidence of expert level of collaboration skills

8. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO:     Principal

JOB GOAL:     To provide leadership, support and consultation in the development, implementation and

reflection of rigorous, standards-based classroom instruction in order to promote success for all students.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.       Share responsibility for student learning and student success with each teacher for the assigned grade level.

2.       Set high expectations of achievement that are ambitious and measurable for all students taught by team

3.       Establish methods and create instructional tools and materials that team teachers use in all classrooms; use the Principles of Learning as the framework of rigorous instruction

4.       Lead team to plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments; design instruction that is enriched and personalized; and design assessments that accurately assess student progress

5.       Lead team to hold students accountable for high expectations of behavior and engagement; create classroom environments conducive to collaboration and individual learning; establish a culture of respect, enthusiasm, and rapport

6.       Lead team to hold students accountable for ambitious, measurable standards of academic achievement; identify and address individual student’s social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs and barriers; identify and address individual students’ development of organizational and time-management skills; invest student in their learning using a variety of influence techniques; and incorporate questioning and discussion in student learning

7.       Lead team to incorporate small group and individual instruction to personalize and tailor instruction to individual needs; monitor and analyze student assessment data to inform enriched instruction by teacher; and communicate with students to keep them informed of their progress

8.       Solicit and eagerly receive feedback from supervisor and team members to improve professional skills

9.       Lead team to maintain regular communication with families and work collaboratively with them to design learning both at home and at school, and to encourage a home life conducive to learning success

10.   Organize and schedule team time to ensure alignment of instructional vision and delivery in all classrooms, and to trouble-shoot students’ persistent learning challenges

11.   Allocate instructional process elements (lesson planning, large-group instruction, small-group instruction, interventions, data analysis, grading, etc.) among team members based on teacher strengths, content knowledge, and professional development goals

12.   Allocate non-instructional administrative duties among team of teachers

13.   Model instructional strategies to aid team development

14.   Clarify and adjust team members’ roles and provide feedback, developmental advice, and assignments to develop their effectiveness

15.   Build a collaborative partnership with the principal and administrative team.

16.   Contribute to school and district professional development.

17.   Develop and lead professional development for school-based teams

18.   Participate in professional development to refine own practice.

19.   Performs other appropriate duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS:     Must be able to physically perform the basic operational functions of stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, hearing and repetitive motion.The ability to lift a minimum of 20 pounds.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:     10-month year teaching position.  Compensation is according to placement on NC teacher salary schedule and applicable local supplement.  Additional $5000 stipend.

EVALUATION:     Performance of this job is evaluated in accordance with the provisions of Board policy on evaluation of teaching personnel. 

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Harris Named Teacher of the Year at Recognition Reception

Michael Harris of Phillips MS, was named the District Teacher of the Year at the Annual Recognition Reception on May 17 at Carrboro High.

Harris is a social studies teacher with fourteen years of teaching experience.  Harris holds a bachelor's degree in biomechanics from the University of California at Davis, and a teaching certificate from Chapman University in Orange, CA.  Harris received a $1,000 check from Harrington Bank, as well as gifts from area businesses.

Two Honor Teachers were also named on Friday.  They are Sherry Norris of Seawell Elementary and Suzanne Stokes of Frank Porter Graham Elementary.  They each received a $500 check from Harrington Bank and gifts from local businesses.

Other Teachers of the Year were recognized with $100 checks from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation and gifts from local businesses.  They are:  Emily Moorman, Carrboro Elementary; Megen Vesser, Ephesus Elementary; Kris Swanson, Estes Hills Elementary; Candace White, Glenwood Elementary; Pam McAllister, McDougle Elementary; Becky Springer, Morris Grove Elementary; Nidhi Cash, Rashkis Elementary; Hannah Stang, Scroggs Elementary; Mimi Collins, Culbreth Middle School; Nichole Stewart, McDougle Middle School; Mackenzie Casey, Smith Middle School; Mark Kadlecik, Carrboro High School; Stephen Blackwell, Chapel Hill High; and Michelle Michaels, East Chapel Hill High.

Michael Harris, District Teacher of the Year
Phillips Middle

Sherry Norris, District Honor Teacher of the Year
Seawell Elementary

Suzanne Stokes, District Honor Teacher of the Year
Frank Porter Graham Elementary

Teacher of the Year gifts were provided by:  A Better Image Printing, Barnes and Noble at New Hope Commons, Chapel Hill Florist, Chapel Hill Restaurant Group, Office Depot and the Spotted Dog Restaurant.

The Mary Scroggs Award for Excellence in Providing Support Services was changed this year and now recognizes one classified staff member from each school and Lincoln Center.  The award recipient is Kristin Perone, a teacher assistant at Scroggs Elementary, who also received a $1,000 check.  Two Honor Recipients were named.  They are Lin Headen, the receptionist at McDougle Elementary, and Thomas Revelle, a teacher assistant at Ephesus Elementary.  They each received $250.

Other Classified Staff of the Year, who each received $100, are:  Robyn Riffe, data manager, Carrboro Elementary; Michelle Siegling, teacher assistant, Estes Hills Elementary; Sonia Honey, school secretary, FPG Elementary; Darrell Battle, custodian, Glenwood Elementary; Becky Dallke, school secretary, Morris Grove Elementary; Tasha Moore, data manager, Rashkis Elementary; Carolyn Brown, inclusion facilitator, Seawell Elementary; Kay Martinez, media assistant, Culbreth Middle; Angela Wilson-Crocker, inclusion facilitator, McDougle Middle; Phoebe Liles, school secretary, Phillips Middle; Marie Joe Saunders, school bookkeeper, Smith Middle; Leigh Anne Lombardi, administrative assistant, Carrboro High; Scott Walker, administrative assistant, Chapel Hill High; Laura Bowen, administrative assistant, East Chapel Hill High; Crystal Bowe, teacher assistant, Phoenix Academy High; and Cindy Dillehay, facilities management technician, Lincoln Center.

Other staff awards were also presented at the event.  Marny Ruben of Seawell Elementary was recognized as the district's Principal of the Year, while Robert Bales of McDougle Middle was named the district's Assistant Principal of the Year.  Christina Royster of Rashkis Elementary was the recipient of the Jeanette Blackwell Mentor Teacher Award.  Beth Kinney of McDougle Middle was the recipient of the Exceptional Children's Award for Outstanding Contributions as a Teacher.  Kathleen Carswell of Morris Grove Elementary received the CHC Public School Foundation Promising New Teacher Award.

Tina Moore, school social worker at Smith Middle, received the Exceptional Children Student Support Services Staff of the Year Award, as well as a check for $500.  The other nominees for this award are: Casey Marshall, school psychologist, Carrboro Elementary; Shelley Bunting, school nurse, Ephesus Elementary; Betsy Booth, school social worker, Estes Hills Elementery; May Mitchell, school counselor, FPG Elementary; Betty Harris, school counselor, Glenwood Elementary; Robbie Brown, school nurse, McDougle Elementary; Jordan Lupton, speech pathologist, Morris Grove Elementary; Katie Ethridge, school counselor, Rashkis Elementary; Cindy Zwiacher, school nurse, Scroggs Elementary; Becky Riggsbee, speech pathologist, Seawell Elementary; Stephanie Minter, school social worker, Culbreth Middle; Rhonda Hairston, school counselor, McDougle Middle; Jeremy Young, school counselor, Phillips Middle; Alice Bryan, Autism support specialist, Carrboro High; Diana Straghan, school nurse, Chapel Hill High; and Susan Lombardo, transition facilitator, East Chapel Hill High.

The Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate (BRMA) program presented two Excellence in Equitable Teaching Awards.  These award recipients are selected by the students in BRMA.  The middle school award went to Chuck Hennessee of Culbreth Middle, while Brian Link of East Chapel Hill High received the high school award.

Representatives of the Public School Foundation were on hand to present both new and renewing Teaching Chairs.  Tate Little of Carrboro Elementary was named the recipient of the Upper Elementary Chair for Excellence in Teaching Innovation.  Mimi Collins was named the recipient of the Elmo's Award for Excellence in Teaching English as a Second Language and World Language.  Jennifer Scott of Phillips Middle was named the recipient of the Zora Rashkis Chair in Middle School Language Arts.

Renewing chair recipients also were honored on Friday.  Tom Brown of Carrboro High School is the recipient of the Elmo's Excellence in Teaching Mathematics or Science Chair.  Tracey Hartman of Morris Grove is the Neil Pedersen Teachers First Chair.  Suzanne Stokes of FPG is the Sockwell Chair for Excellence in Teaching in the Elementary Classroom.  Mary Beth Braker of Carrboro High is the Bernadine Sullivan Chair for Excellence in Teaching English.  Thomas Drago is the CHHS PTSA Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Humanities.  Kelly Sears of Smith Middle is the Glaxo Award for Excellence in Teaching Middle School Science. Daniel Murphy of East Chapel Hill High is the Burton Stuart Chair for Promising New Teachers in Math or Science.

Forty-five employees are retiring from the district this year.  They include:  Diego Caballero, Carrboro Elementary; Patricia White, Carrboro Elementary; Anne Bradshaw, Ephesus Elementary; Kristin Brameld, Ephesus Elementary; Loretta Hopper, Ephesus Elementary; Karoline Mathewson, Ephesus Elementary; Deborah Gast, Estes Hills Elementary; Teresa Stewart, FPG Elementary; Kathryn Jordan-Pierce, Glenwood Elementary; Suzanne Hamrick, McDougle Elementary; Pamela Peterson, Scroggs Elementary; Carolyn Brown, Seawell Elementary; June Gillikin, Seawell Elementary; Yvonne Lambert, Seawell Elementary; Rebecca Riggsbee, Seawell Elementary; Shirley Scales, Seawell Elementary; Margaret Schmoeller, Seawell Elementary; Bobbie Williams, Seawell Elementary; Letitia Martin, Culbreth Middle; Sherry Lutterloh, McDougle Middle; Ray Martin, McDougle Middle; Joyce Buck, Phillips Middle; Ellen Nisbet, Phillips Middle; Patricia Oldham, Phillips Middle; Deborah Winstead, Smith Middle; Anne Thompson, Carrboro High; Karen Bell, Chapel Hill High; Larken Bell, Chapel Hill High; Michael Birkett, Chapel Hill High; Helen Bowers, Chapel Hill High; Dara Heller, Chapel Hill High; Loren Hintz, Chapel Hill High; Ronald Olsen, Chapel Hill High; Michael Waters, Chapel Hill High; Robert Brogden, East Chapel Hill High; Robert Purdy, East Chapel Hill High; Patricia Farrington, Phoenx Academy High; Ellen Holody, UNC Hospital School; Carolyn Inselmann, UNC Hospital School; Gloria Oldham, Transportation Department; Avery Apple, Lincoln Center; Earl Apple, Lincoln Center; Mary Bushnell, Lincoln Center; Priscilla Dennison, Lincoln Center; and Lori DeTrude, Lincoln Center.

Employees were also honored for attaining milestone years of service.  Vance Riggsbee of the Transportation Department was honored with 40 years of service.  

Employees with 30 years of service included:  Sarita Allen-Medlin, Lincoln Center; Dianne Jackson, Glenwood Elementary; Sandy Sean Rasnake, FPG Elementary; Joan Thompson, Transportation.

Employees with 25 years of service included:  Rosemary Campbell, McDougle Elementary; Ann Collins, Culbreth Middle; Phylis Cook-Mack, Seawell Elementary; Annie Cramer, Seawell Elementary; Mera Galassi, Seawell Elementary; Mildred Gerald, Chapel Hill High; Melodie Majette, Rashkis Elementary; Kay Lawson-Demery, Chapel Hill High; Robbie Nadas, Phillips Middle; Doug Noell, Lincoln Center; Carlos Perera, Seawell Elementary; and Ken Stewart, Chapel Hill High.

Employees with 20 years of service included:  Larry Baldwin, McDougle Middle; Kathie Guild, McDougle Elementary; Ann Harrawood, FPG Elementary; Katy Lipkus, East Chapel Hill High; Sally Massengale, Glenwood Elementary; and Angela Short, Phillips Middle.

The annual Recognition Reception is hosted in collaboration with the Public School Foundation.  A special thanks to the Carrboro High Jazz Band for providing the pre-event music.  Frank Jones is the band's director.

"It's always an inspiring event when you can recognize the outstanding teachers, staff and administrators we have in this district," said Superintendent Thomas A. Forcella.  "The hard work and passion that these individuals represent for both their school and the district is what makes Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools the best around.  I'm honored to have the opportunity to help recognize their efforts," he added.

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Featured Jobs: Executive Director for Exceptional Children Services

Executive Director for Exceptional Children Services

CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCHOOLS

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The Executive Director for Exceptional Children Services will oversee all aspects of the district's exceptional children’s program and related services. Responsibilities include: providing leadership for the exceptional children’s program and coordinating all exceptional children programs and related services (i.e., OT, PT, Speech, Psychologists); Evaluating on an on-going basis, the total program for exceptional children, including curriculum, procedures, and response to individual students' needs; Staying abreast of state and federal guidelines and reviewing local guidelines/policies to ensure compliance; and, providing leadership in establishing new programs and developing understanding of existing programs.

Position Type: Licensed

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time

Term: 12 month

Salary Range: Salary negotiable based on experience

Minimum Degree Level: Master's Degree; License in EC Program Administration

Minimum Experience: 5+ years of experience in a similar position preferred.

To apply:

1) Click here to complete the NC online state application

2) Send a resume and cover letter to: administrationemployment@chccs.k12.nc.us with subject line "EC Director" (attn: Ms. Arasi Adkins). This position is open until filled.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Keeping the Community Informed on the Budget Process

Last month the Board of Education presented its local budget request to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. The local budget requires an increase in the local per pupil expenditure. The majority of this increase is directly attributed to mandated cost increases, anticipated loss of grant funds, and the opening of Northside Elementary School. We are recommending additional funding to lower class sizes that, at times, have exceeded 30 students in the fourth and fifth grades. We are also recommending a small increase in expenditures to support professional development and curriculum development, to improve instruction and
continue our focus on Common Core implementation. Finally, we have included some initial recommendations to address ongoing safety and security needs and a small amount of funding to support general administrative operating needs. All along we have looked for opportunities to restructure or reallocate our existing budgets to minimize our total budget request.

In an effort to maintain transparency and to provide important information regarding the 2013-14 budget process, we invite you to visit our budget page - and please don't hesitate to call us if we can answer any questions.

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Teacher Appreciation Week - Note from Dr. Forcella

The following note was sent from Dr. Forcella to all staff earlier today. Our entire school district joins with Dr. Forcella in both thanking and congratulating our teachers for a job well done. 

____________________

This week, students and their families around the country celebrate the importance of genuine community heroes - their teachers. I know you get pressure from all sides to plan rigorous lessons, create fair and meaningful assessments, increase student achievement, and the list goes on. But, this week, Teacher Appreciation Week, I simply want to thank you for the way you build and sustain relationships with your students. At the end of the day, we don't teach a curriculum or a subject. We teach children. Your investment in their growth, and in their life success, is what classifies you as a hero...to your students and to your community. Thank you for choosing to be a teacher.

Sincerely,

Tom Forcella
Superintendent


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Jonathan Woody - Carrboro Elementary's New Assistant Principal

The Board of Education approved the hiring of Jonathan Woody as Assistant Principal for Carrboro Elementary School at its May 2 meeting.

Woody is currently serving as the school’s principal intern. Prior to his time at Carrboro Elementary, he spent eleven years as a teacher, working in three different schools. He also served as a teacher assistant with the Wake County Public School System for two years. Before entering the education field, Woody spent three years in private industry.

Woody earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Accounting from Montreat College, his Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Duke University and his Master of Arts in School Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Welcome (Home) Tiffany Cheshire

We want to welcome Tiffany Cheshire back to our school district as the new assistant principal of McDougle Elementary School. Tiffany was most recently in the Alamance-Burlington School System as an assistant principal, but prior to that she served as a principal intern at Seawell Elementary School. She also spent four years in the Orange County Public School System as a Spanish teacher. Tiffany earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Appalachian State University and her Master of School Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Welcome back, Tiffany!

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5K for Fitness...Saturday at 9 a.m.

The Public School Foundation's second annual, district wide 5K FOR FITNESS is set for this Saturday, April 27 at 9 a.m.

The ladies in the picture, from our Transportation Department, are ready...are you? Registration is open to all: $25 for adults and a reduced price of $15 for students. The teacher/staff fee is only $10.

A Mascot Dash, including mascots from all CHCCS schools, will take place before the race – at 8:45 a.m.

Dr. Forcella, CHCCS Superintendent, will be the honorary race starter. The starting point will be McCorkle Place on the UNC campus.

To register, or for more information, visit: www.publicschoolfoundation.org.

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CHCCS Announces Teachers of the Year

Faculties across the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district have selected their Teachers of the Year to represent the best in teaching at each school.

Elementary teachers who have been elected to the honor are: Emily Moorman, fourth grade teacher, Carrboro Elem.; Megen Vesser, Kindergarten teacher, Ephesus Elem.; Kris Swanson, Kindergarten teacher, Estes Hills Elem.; Suzanne Stokes, first grade teacher, FPG Elem.; Candace White, third grade teacher, Glenwood Elem.; Pam McAllister, third grade teacher, McDougle Elem.; Becky Springer, art teacher, Morris Grove Elem.; Nidhi Cash, ESL teacher, Rashkis Elem.; Hannah Stang, third grade teacher, Scroggs Elem.; and Sherry Norris, health/PE teacher, Seawell Elem.

At the middle school level, these teachers were selected:  Mimi Collins, ESL teacher, Culbreth MS; Nicky Stewart, math teacher, McDougle MS; Michael Harris, social studies teacher, Phillips MS; and Mackenzie Casey, health/PE teacher, Smith MS.

From the high schools, these teachers have been chosen:  Mark Kadlecik, health/PE teacher, Carrboro High; Stephen Blackwell, social studies teacher, Chapel Hill High; and Michelle Michaels, exceptional children's teacher, East Chapel Hill High.

All of the school Teachers of the Year will be honored May 17 at Carrboro High School at the district's annual recognition reception where they will be presented with items donated by local businesses.  The District Teacher of the Year and two honor teachers will be announced that evening.  The district will also recognize staff members who are retiring, as well as staff awards, teaching chairs and years of service.  Tickets to the event may be purchased from the Human Resources Department at Lincoln Center by calling 919-967-8211, ext. 28230.  Tickets are $5 per person.


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Board Names Two New Assistant Principals

The Board of Education approved the hiring of two assistant principals at its April 11 meeting. José Nambo was named Assistant Principal of Frank Porter Graham Dual Language Magnet School and Kathryn Caggia was hired as Assistant Principal at Estes Hills Elementary.

Jose Nambo is currently serving as the district’s ESL Coordinator and is very familiar with the
dual language program, as he spent six years as the district’s Dual Language Coordinator.  Nambo also served as an ESL teacher in Wake County and a classroom teacher in Chicago. He earned his master’s degree from Columbia College in Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois. Nambo begins his new role on July 1.

Kathryn Caggia comes to CHCCS from the Wake County Public School System where she serves
as a Principal Intern at Green Hope Elementary.  Previously, she was as a teacher of physical education and health at Olive Chapel Elementary in Apex for 15 years. Caggia will earn her master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May and she earned her bachelor’s degree from the same university. Caggia starts at Estes Hills Elementary later this spring.


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