Collaborative Member Of The Building Leadership Team Lead school initiatives Job Posting Title Professional Learning Specialist Job Description Under the direction of the Principal and/or Assistant Principal, acts as a professional learning coordinator, mentor/coach, facilitator, and member of the leadership team. Acts as a resource for the professional development of teachers. May facilitate various aspects of teacher induction. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele. Responsibilities Mentor/Coach Create personalized induction opportunities Provide support for inductees Ongoing mentoring of all teachers Model, co-teach, and Cognitive Coach teachers Create Differentiated Induction Plans for inductees Support staff in attaining goals Facilitate data analysis opportunities 21st Century Skills Leader Facilitator Facilitate team, school or feeder meetings to enhance shared responsibility when appropriate Provide ongoing training to facilitate meaningful Learning Community Work Enhance dialogue opportunities while building professional community Facilitate the creation of a supportive, restorative, and inclusive building culture Professional Learning Coordinator Coordinate, plan, implement and evaluate professional development aligned with DCSD PD Standards Arrange peer observations Lesson Study Design Facilitate and coordinate Professional Learning Communities Train mentors, department heads and teacher leaders Implement job embedded professional learning Evaluate and provide high quality resources Liaison between district and site Collaborative Member Of The Building Leadership Team Lead school initiatives Collaborate with leadership to build World Class Education opportunities for staff Work with principal to create Unified Improvement Plan and Professional Development Plan Backward Plan, implement, evaluate and support professional development to support Site Certifications Teaching License - Colorado Department of Education Education Bachelor's Degree (Required) Position Type Regular Primary Location Buffalo Ridge Elementary One Year Only No Scheduled Hours Per Week 40 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 1.00 Approx Scheduled Days Per Year 200 Work Days Full Salary Range $56,366.00 USD - $119,121.00 USD Annual Position Salary Schedule Eligibility Hard to Hire Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules; General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire. DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire. Click HERE to view the current DCSD Licensed Salary Schedules*. *All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE. Benefits This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options. Time Off Plans This position will be eligible for paid sick and personal time. This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past: June 2, 2026 #J-18808-Ljbffr