[MLTI-HS] MLTI Teacher Leader Description and Registration for High School Leadership Meetings

[Brown, Laura]

As promised, the MLTI High School Teacher Leader job specifications are
posted below.
 
If you have any further questions, regarding the Teacher Leader
position, please email Bette Manchester
<mailto:bmanchester at mainelearns.org> .
 
Please click here for more information on the MLTI high school
expansion, and to register for your Regional High School Leadership
Meeting (note locations and dates below):
<http://www.mainelearns.org/story_detail?story_id=742> 
Aroostook, 9/17, University of Maine at Presque Isle
Hancock, 9/20, Hancock County Technical Center, Ellsworth
Kennebec, 9/21, The Grandeur Sun, Waterville
York, 9/25, Noble High School, North Berwick
Penquis, 9/26, Piscataquis Community High School, Guilford
Washington, 9/27, University of Maine at Machias
Western Maine, 9/28, University of Maine at Farmington
Cumberland, 10/2, University of Southern Maine at Gorham
MidCoast, 10/3, UMaine Hutchinson Center, Belfast    
 
MLTI Teacher Leader Job Description
Teacher leadership is critical to the successful implementation of
technology use in "whole school capacity building" to increase student
and educator learning.  It is recommended that each school designates a
"lead teacher" (a classroom teacher with influence and power) that has
the respect and confidence of their own colleagues in the classroom.
 
The "Requisite skills" will concentrate on: 
Leadership - Includes skills, knowledge, and sensitivities relevant to
moderating discussion and decision-making, as well as some familiarity
with different types of governance structures in schools and other
organizations.
Grasp of issues in Change - Some knowledge of the history of school
reform movements, managing change strategies and the prevailing
resilience to change.
History of the Integration of Technology - Insight regarding issues
surrounding the link of learning and technology, including some
experience in discussion of controversial issues and the negative
literature.
Content and Assessment -  An appreciation for the richness and diversity
of content accessible through technology, and the power of technology to
both broaden the methods of instruction and the modes of assessment.
Data Collection - One of the responsibilities of the Teacher Leader will
be to work with the principal to build the collection of artifacts from
all educators in the school.  At the Fall 2007 Regional Leadership Team
Meetings, each school will be provided with a NoteShare notebook
outline, serving as a guide to the collection of these artifacts. 
In September or early October 07, an online survey must be completed by
each educator who receives a MacBook. The teacher leader will assist the
principal to ensure that these surveys are completed in a timely manner.
The surveys will serve as baseline data. Further surveys will be
collected at the end of year one, during year 2, 3, and 4. 
 
Other qualities: 
-         Advocate and communicate for and about the program
-         Vision for the use of technology in education
-         Change agent - risk taker
 
Job Description:
*         Work collaboratively with the building principal to build
capacity.
*         Keep project focused on teaching and learning within the
context of real classrooms. The project needs to be focused on the
building based teaching and learning goals. If not already determined,
then the preference would be around numeracy and literacy, and 21st
Century Skills.
*         Act as contact person for notification of learning
opportunities.
*         Collect baseline data in the building including strengths,
needs, challenges and local resources.
*         Help staff analyze data to make decisions.
*         Support colleagues by providing information, mentoring,
cognitive coaching, modeling, and facilitating meetings, and problem
solving around project.
*         Focus on this project for a period of at least one year,
including an action plan.
*         Develop a culture of discussion of relevant issues - "Schools
that learn are schools that talk".
*         Work with school administrators, technology coordinators,
curriculum coordinators, and other school system personnel in
implementing the MLTI with a sensibility to the status and needs of the
teachers
*         Understand the demands and constraints of being a classroom
teacher. The person is able to advocate for students and staff.
 
Process For selection:
Teachers should notify building principal of their interest with a
letter from that teacher that includes their interest in the position,
their qualifications, and their vision for this work.
 
Using a collaborative model of selection, principals will notify Laura
Brown, MLTI Project Assistant, by email <mailto:laura.brown at maine.gov> ,
of the name, email address, and phone number of their school's choice
for Teacher Leader.  
 
Please send a second email <mailto:laura.brown at maine.gov>  to Laura
Brown, with an attached letter from the Teacher Leader that states their
interest, qualifications, position at the school, and their vision for
this work with MLTI, on or before Friday, September 28, 2007.
 
Thank you for your participation!
 
Maine Learning Technology Initiative
State Of Maine Department of Education
Phone: (207) 624-6746 * Fax: (207) 624-6601
US Mail: 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Shipping: 111 Sewall Street, 5th Floor, Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Project email box: mlti.project at maine.gov
Visit MLTI on the web at http://MaineLearns.org
<http://mainelearns.org/>  and http://mlti.org <http://mlti.org/> 
 
 
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