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Benton Community School District Role Definitions
Teachers
● Plan, prepare, and teach lessons
● Set Priority Standards &
Learning Targets (PS/LT)
● Guide students toward goals
● Build relationships and
communicate with students, staff,
and families
● Establish, model, and guide
school routines
● Monitor/adjust/differentiate
instruction (MTSS)
● Plan and adjust assessments
● Assess student work
● Provide timely feedback
● Plan, prepare, and teach
character education (PBIS)
● Supervise areas of responsibility
● Participate in meetings and
professional development
● Serve as an engaged participant
in the data team process
● Complete and bring materials
required for data team
conversations
● Obtain and maintain classroom
inventory/supplies
● Network with other educators
● Engage in continuous growth
opportunities
● Maintain confidentiality with
professional relationships and
records
Revised December 6, 2017
Revised August 10, 2016
Revised August 14, 2015
Data Team Leaders
● Fulfill responsibilities of a
teacher
● Network with teachers,
instructional coaches, and
administrators
● Be a voice for colleagues to
communicate with the rest of the
Benton Community Teacher
Leadership Team (BCTLT)
● Assist in developing processes
and structures to support
professional learning
● Be reflective and collaborate
with colleagues
● Support teachers through the
data team process
● Set data team agenda and
facilitating meetings
● Share knowledge of standards
and assessment practices
● Be familiar with research-based
instructional strategies
● Engage in extended continuous
growth opportunities
● Maintain confidentiality with
professional relationships and
records
Instructional Coaches
● Assist in goal setting, planning,
preparing, and delivering
instruction
● Assist in selecting PS/LT
● Develop a bank of instructional
resources
● Support teachers and data team
leaders in implementation of the
data team process
● Research educational strategies,
initiatives, and effectiveness in
schools
● Facilitate reflection on classroom
practice and student-centered
coaching cycles.
● Network across the district
● Assist with alignment of
district-wide curriculum
● Plan and assist with professional
development
● Support staff with implementation
of instructional strategies
● Collaborate with staff to analyze
student data and select
instructional strategies
● Provide resources for MTSS
● Engage in extensive continuous
growth opportunities
● Maintain confidentiality with
professional relationships and
records
Curriculum/ Professional
Development Leaders
● Fulfill responsibilities of an
Instructional Coach
● Design and coordinate
professional development plan in
alignment with district vision
● Coordinate with administration
about professional development
plan
● Design, develop, implement, and
monitor effectiveness of curriculum
and alignment
● Support the revision of curriculum,
instruction, and assessment
● Facilitate the development of
PS/LT, CFA’s , CSA’s &
Proficiency Scales for the district
● Communicate district data with
stakeholders
● Communicate our vision of
professional growth with
stakeholders
● Maintain confidentiality with
professional relationships and
records
Administration
● Structure and make use of regular
and systematic classroom
observations to increase teacher
effectiveness
● Assume responsibility for the
implementation and observance of
all Board policies and regulations
by the school’s staff and students
● Support teachers, data team
leaders, and instructional coaches
in implementation of the data
team process
● Assist in the recruiting, screening,
hiring, training, assigning,
in-service orientation, evaluating,
and dismissing of the school’s
professional staff and classified
staff as outlined by the Board
Policy and negotiated agreement
● Assist in the general supervision
and maintenance of the physical
plant and grounds
● Supervise the maintenance of
accurate records on the progress
and attendance of students
● Maintain high standards of student
conduct and enforce discipline as
necessary, affording due process
for the rights of students
● Assist the Activities’ Director with
the supervision and evaluation of
the school’s extracurricular
programs
● Act as liaison between the school
and the community
Director of Curriculum and
Instructional Services
● Continually research
developments in curriculum and
instruction
● Guide development,
implementation, and evaluation
of professional development and
#BCTLT program in alignment
with district vision
● Coordinate with principals and
the teacher leadership team
horizontal and vertical alignment
of the instructional program
● Support teachers, data team
leaders, instructional coaches,
and administrators in
implementation of the data team
process
● Provide responsibility for the
development and completion of
the C-PLAN and AYP state
reports for the school district
● Review and evaluate results of
district-wide testing programs
● Study, evaluate, and recommend
adoption of instructional materials
and programs
● Recommend the addition of new
courses and any changes in
graduation requirements in
collaboration with the building
principals and superintendent
● Interpret the curriculum and its
philosophy to the Board, the
administration, the staff, and all
stakeholders
● Work effectively as an integral
member of the administrative
team
 Revised October 31, 2014
Revised October 24, 2014
Created August 6, 2014
This fluid document outlines the identified key roles/resources directly supporting Benton Community teachers for 2014/​15 as determined by the Benton Community Teacher Leadership Team.
Teachers
● Plan, prepare, and teach lessons
● Set Priority Standards &
Learning Targets (PS/LT)
● Guide students toward goals
● Build relationships and
communicate with students, staff,
and families
● Establish, model, and guide
school routines
● Monitor/adjust/differentiate
instruction (MTSS)
● Plan and adjust assessments
● Assess student work
● Provide timely feedback
● Plan, prepare, and teach
character education (PBIS)
● Supervise areas of responsibility
● Participate in meetings and
professional development
● Obtain and maintain classroom
inventory/supplies
● Network with other educators
● Engage in continuous growth
opportunities
● Maintain confidentiality with
professional relationships and
records
Revised August 14, 2015
Revised October 31, 2014
Benton Community School District Role Definitions
Model Teachers
● Fulfill responsibilities of a teacher
● Network with teachers and
instructional coaches
● Be a voice for colleagues to
communicate with the rest of the
Benton Community Teacher
Leadership Team (#BCTLT)
● Be reflective and collaborate with
colleagues
● Provide models of summative
and formative assessments
● Model differentiated instruction
strategies
● Engage in extended continuous
growth opportunities
● Observe and be observed by
colleagues
● Share our professional strengths
and learning with colleagues
(small group, tech integration,
literacy, etc.)
Instructional Coaches
● Assist in goal setting, planning,
preparing, and delivering
instruction
● Assist in selecting PS/LT
● Develop a bank of instructional
resources
● Research educational strategies,
initiatives, and effectiveness in
schools
● Facilitate reflection on classroom
practice
● Network across the district
● Assist with alignment of
district-wide curriculum
● Plan and assist with professional
development
● Support staff with implementation
of instructional strategies
● Collaborate with staff to analyze
student data and select
instructional strategies
● Provide resources for MTSS
● Engage in extensive continuous
growth opportunities
● Maintain confidentiality with
professional relationships and
records
Curriculum/ Professional
Development Leaders
● Fulfill responsibilities of an
Instructional Coach
● Design and coordinate
professional development plan in
alignment with district vision
● Coordinate with administration
about professional development
plan
● Design, develop, implement, and
monitor effectiveness of curriculum
and alignment
● Support the revision of curriculum,
instruction, and assessment
● Facilitate the development of
PS/LT for the district
● Communicate district data with
stakeholders
● Communicate our vision of
professional growth with
stakeholders
Administration
● Structure and make use of regular
and systematic classroom
observations to increase teacher
effectiveness
● Assume responsibility for the
implementation and observance of
all Board policies and regulations
by the school’s staff and students
● Assist in the recruiting, screening,
hiring, training, assigning,
in-service orientation, evaluating,
and dismissing of the school’s
professional staff and classified
staff as outlined by the Board
Policy and negotiated agreement
● Assist in the general supervision
and maintenance of the physical
plant and grounds
● Supervise the maintenance of
accurate records on the progress
and attendance of students
● Maintain high standards of student
conduct and enforce discipline as
necessary, affording due process
for the rights of students
● Assist the Activities’ Director with
the supervision and evaluation of
the school’s extracurricular
programs
● Act as liaison between the school
and the community
Director of Curriculum and
Instructional Services
● Continually research
developments in curriculum and
instruction
● Guide development,
implementation, and evaluation
of professional development and
#BCTLT program in alignment
with district vision
● Coordinate with principals and
the teacher leadership team
horizontal and vertical alignment
of the instructional program
● Provide responsibility for the
development and completion of
the C-PLAN and AYP state
reports for the school district
● Review and evaluate results of
district-wide testing programs
● Study, evaluate, and recommend
adoption of instructional materials
and programs
● Recommend the addition of new
courses and any changes in
graduation requirements in
collaboration with the building
principals and superintendent
● Interpret the curriculum and its
philosophy to the Board, the
administration, the staff, and all
stakeholders
● Work effectively as an integral
member of the administrative
team
Revised October 24, 2014
Created August 6, 2014
This fluid document outlines the identified key roles/resources directly supporting Benton Community teachers for 2014/​15 as determined by the Benton Community Teacher Leadership Team.