Strategic Staffing
La Vega’s Strategic Staffing helps pre-K through 12th grade districts and schools to restructure and extend the reach of excellent teachers, principals, and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring school budgets. Yearlong, paid residencies make on-the-job learning possible before teaching and leading.
The initiative provides:
- Teacher leadership
- Paid yearlong residencies for future educators
- Collaborative team mentorship by high-quality educators in data analysis and rigorous instructional planning
- Continual refinement and a strengthening of the process by educators
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Our school district is part of a growing movement to extend the reach of excellent teachers, principals, and their teams to more students, for more pay, within regular school budgets. That means great opportunities to have a fulfilling career path full of support. Our goal is to recruit great teachers, reward them for excellence in the classroom, and grow teachers to fill vacancies.
Teacher leaders share excellent teaching, planning, and strategies while building relationships with more students and leading and supporting a team of teachers. Teacher leaders receive professional development in learning the art of coaching while earning more pay.
TEACHER LEADER TENETS:
- Believe all students can learn
- Want to lead from the classroom
- Help other teachers grow
- Impact the dreams of future educators with mentoring in planning and modeling
The La Vega Strategic Staffing model offers innovative team-based roles that allow teachers to lead from the classroom, learn on the job, pursue teaching excellence , in collaborative teams, and earn more for reaching more students. If you are committed to high standards of excellence, teamwork, and student impact, join us!
APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN IN MARCH!
Frequently Asked Questions
- HOW DID THE CONCEPT BEGIN?
- ARE THERE OTHER SCHOOLS USING THIS SAME STRATEGIC STAFFING MODEL?
- WHY DID THIS DISTRICT IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY?
- HOW DO YOU KNOW STRATEGIC STAFFING IS GOOD FOR STUDENTS?
- HOW DO I GET SELECTED?
- HOW AM I SUPPORTED IN THESE NEW ROLES?
- AN "MCL" SOUNDS SIMILAR TO AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH/FACILITATOR. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
- HOW AM I EVALUATED AS AN "MCL"?
- WHAT IS A MASTER TEAM REACH TEACHER?
- HOW AM I EVALUATED AS A TEAM REACH TEACHER?
- WHAT DOES A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TEAM TEACHER LOOK LIKE?
- HOW IS A REACH ASSOCIATE DIFFERENT FROM A TRADITIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANT?