Two Most Important Jobs of the Partner Teacher:

1. Engage in deep intellectual preparation and student work analysis through independent preparation and attending virtual professional development sessions with NSSI to drive differentiated, student-led instruction

2. Ensure every student feels connected, celebrated, and challenged to think deeply and participate during each class

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

-Attend mandatory Teacher Institute and complete any necessary pre-work:

-ELA Teachers will read student novel prior to Teacher Institute

Cohort 1 Teacher Institute

May 28-May 30 (Tues-Thurs)

Attend 1x a week Professional Development (PD) and be ready for class:

Cohort	Ongoing Weekly PD Days	Time Slot A	Time Slot B
Cohort 1 Ongoing PD	Mondays: June 3, June 10, June 17, June 23, July 1	12:30PM - 1:30PM CT	1:30PM - 2:30 PM CT

-Partner teachers commit to actively modeling the following commitments and behaviors during professional development sessions, including:

-Having cameras on during PD sessions.

-Participating actively in ALL sessions (including break out rooms).

DAILY TEACHING:

-Engage in daily intellectual preparation and student work analysis to have clarity around: 1) exemplar student work & discussion, 2) potential misconceptions, and 3) questions and teacher moves to address misconceptions and push deeper thinking.

-Leverage the Mentor Teachers GoogleSlide deck and Daily Overview Lessons to create and edit a daily lesson in math or ELA/humanities to meet the needs of your class.

-Ensure student workbooks are prepared for students at the start of each lesson, either digitally or printed copies. Students who need scaffolded student workbooks should be provided those.

-Teach strong, discourse-based lessons aligned with NSSI’s curriculum and instructional overviews.

-Study and give feedback on 100% of student work each day.

-Complete all deliverables and tasks within whatever Learning Management Platform your school uses. Includes but not limited to posting student work, tracking grades, inputting attendance, etc.

-Take Attendance daily.

-Edit daily SEL morning advisory, Connection/Celebration/Challenge (C/C/C) GoogleSlide deck to be ready for C/C/C class. This includes the key question of the day and slides celebrating and challenging students

-Call / text / email students & parents daily with the goal of reaching every family weekly over the summer.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Attending any school or district-led meetings

-Completing 3 end-of-day Teacher Institute feedback surveys (5-10 mins), and one end-of-program feedback survey (max 15-20 mins)

-Grading and inputting pre/post assessment data to NSSI

-Reading weekly emails from NSSI

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