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Job Description
**Applications for this position must be submitted by October 20, 2026 to ensure full consideration. If a candidate is not identified through our initial review process, we will continue to review applications received after this date. Even if this specific position is filled, we may consider your application for other exciting opportunities with DPS. Interested applicants must apply online by visiting our job board at careers.dpsk12.org.**
About this job:
A teacher who, in addition to providing high-quality instruction in their own classroom, magnifies their impact by facilitating collaborative team time to support a team or sub-team of teachers in developing their ability to deliver joyful, rigorous, and personalized instruction that leads to high academic achievement. Improves student learning through the facilitation of collaborative team time to support teacher and school growth in at least one of the following areas: rigorous and relevant curricula in daily and long-term planning; equity in instruction to close achievement gaps through culturally responsive teaching practices and improved supports for English language learners; and use of student data including Data-Driven Instruction (DDI) and Student Learning Objective (SLO) progress monitoring.
There is no release time for this leadership role, but the position requires planning and delivery of content outside of regular classroom teacher responsibilities. See here for full role description.
What DPS Offers You:
- A Culture that values Equity, Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration and Fun with a shared vision that Every Learner Thrives.
- Salary: Click here for the DCTA Teacher and SSP Salary Schedule.The person serving in this role will receive an annual stipend of $1,650, in addition to the full salary for his/her teaching role. Click here for more information on compensation for these roles. The salary listed reflects the 2025–2026 school year. Salaries for the 2026–2027 school year are typically finalized and released mid-summer, with an effective date of August 1. If any updates or adjustments are made once the new salary schedule is finalized, all impacted individuals will receive the updated salary.
- In addition to competitive compensation, DPS has other Total Reward offerings such as; time off, health and wellness benefits - English Version or Health and Wellness Benefits - Spanish Version , and PERA Retirement. For additional information visit our New Employee Resources page.
What You'll Do:
- Develops the capacity of a team of teachers through facilitation of collaboration and professional learning during collaborative team time.
- Ensures that expectations, processes, and objectives for collaborative time are aligned with supports that teachers are receiving from their supervisors (note: collaborative time complements, and does not supplant, the collaborative time led by supervisors).
- Builds capacity among a team of teachers, developing a team culture of continuous learning that maximizes staff and student morale and performance.
- May employ other techniques to support the effective implementation of standards, including hosting and/or facilitating learning labs, leading the data inquiry process, sharing resources, facilitating small group or whole staff professional learning, facilitating virtual learning communities, coplanning, and serving as a model classroom.
What You’ll Need:
- Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field.
- Must meet all licensure and certification requirements for teacher roles in the District.
- Must hold a District teacher position that is evaluated through LEAP and responsible for student outcomes in Infinite Campus by time of service (e.g. must be hired into a teaching role in order to also be hired into a Team Specialist role).
- Must participate in required on-boarding and training over the summer and during the school year.
- Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.
- Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
- Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.
Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
Students First . Integrity . Equity. Collaboration . Accountability . Fun
About Us
With 193 schools, over 89,000 students and over 10,000 staff members, Denver Public Schools is the largest urban school district in Colorado. We’re focused on building a system that’s designed to help every student thrive. We’re re-focusing our efforts where they matter most: on creating classrooms that are vibrant centers of learning, where caring teachers are engaging their students in rigorous, culturally responsive experiences in order to lift all students toward a bright horizon. Visit the Denver Public Schools website for more information.
