[YEP-DC] Job Posting: DC Public Schools -- Teacher Selection Liaison

­­­­­­Teacher Selection Liaison

Pay Plan: EG (WAE, Non-Instructional)

NTE Date: tbd

Hourly Wage: $18

Location: Washington, DC

 

 

Our public school students need your expertise, passion and leadership.

We are looking for highly motivated and skilled talent to join our team at District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). We seek individuals who are passionate about transforming the DC school system and making a significant difference in the lives of public school students, parents, principals, teachers, and central office employees.

 DCPS serves 45,000 students in the nation's capital through the efforts of approximately 4,000 educators in 123 schools.  As part of a comprehensive reform effort to become the preeminent urban school system in America, DCPS intends to have the highest-performing, best paid, most satisfied, and most honored educator force in the nation and a distinctive central office staff whose work supports and drives instructional excellence and significant achievement gains for DCPS students.

 

Position Overview

Teacher Selection Liaisons (TSLs) have the unique opportunity to shape the new teacher cohort for the 2014-2015 school year by facilitating the selection of highly effective teachers to join the DCPS teacher force.  As part of the Teacher Recruitment and Selection team, TSLs will be primarily responsible for executing a critical step of the DCPS teacher selection process: a 30-minute teaching audition conducted in a DCPS classroom.

 TSLs play a critical role in candidate cultivation, as they interface with final round candidates who have been recruited nationwide to apply to teach in DCPS. The audition stage is not only an essential step for selecting top candidates, but it is also an important time for candidates to decide if DCPS is the best fit for them. TSLs are instrumental to ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the final stages of the selection and onboarding processes.

 In addition, TSLs will have the opportunity to observe and work with top-performing teachers and school leaders in the district, as they coordinate audition logistics at assigned school sites. TSLs will manage up to two school sites for the entirety of the selection season. TSLs will be responsible for filming all auditions and uploading videos to a central database so that principals can view candidates' auditions as they make critical hiring decisions.

 Finally, TSLs will help plan, coordinate, and publicize hiring and networking events in order to help facilitate contact between candidates and principals.

 

 TSLs will work, on average, 40 hours per work, Monday through Friday. The TSL position is a part-time, seasonal position lasting from February 2014 through June 2014.

 

The Teacher Selection Liaison reports to the Manager, Teacher Selection.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position.  This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.

·         Organizes teaching auditions based on the schedules of teaching candidates, top DCPS teachers, and DCPS schools. 

·         Coordinates key candidate cultivation efforts to facilitate hiring opportunities between teaching candidates and DCPS school leaders.

·         Films auditions and uploads video and documentation daily to a central online database in order to facilitate principals' important hiring decisions.

·         Communicates with candidates in a timely manner to answer questions about the teacher selection process and hiring events through in-person contact and via email.

·         Liaises with key stakeholders in other Office of Human Capital divisions in order to support the Teacher Recruitment and Selection Team on various projects.

 

Qualifications

·         Bachelor's degree.

·         Excellent communication skills (both written and oral).

·         Proficiency with technology, particularly video equipment.

·         Ability to work in ambiguous situations, while maintaining a sense of possibility.

·         Strong organizational skills, including keen attention to detail and the ability to adhere to strict deadlines.

·         Ability to work independently.

·         Strong critical thinking skills.

·         Customer service focus.

·         Previous exposure to or experience in the education sector preferred.

 

Personal Qualities of Top Candidates

• Commitment to Equity: Passionate about closing the achievement gap and ensuring that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, receives an excellent education.

• Leadership: Coaches, mentors, and challenges others to excel despite obstacles and challenging situations.

• Focus on Data-Driven Results: Relentlessly pursues the improvement of central office performance and school leadership, instruction, and operations, and is driven by a desire to produce quantifiable student achievement gains.

• Innovative Problem-Solving:  Approaches work with a sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving; takes initiative to explore issues and find potential innovative solutions.

• Adaptability: Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of a dynamic transformation effort; comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations.

• Teamwork: Increases the effectiveness of surrounding teams through collaboration, constant learning and supporting others; sensitive to diversity in all its forms; respects and is committed to learning from others

• Dependability: Does whatever it takes to consistently deliver with high quality under tight deadlines; successfully manages own projects through strong organization, detailed workplans, and balancing of multiple priorities.

• Communication and Customer Service Skills: Communicates clearly and compellingly with diverse stakeholders in both oral and written forms; anticipates and responds to customer needs in a high-quality and courteous manner.

 

To apply, please visit the Teacher Selection Liaison application 

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