Faculty & Staff
Appropriate teacher selection, leadership, credentialing, and cooperation are critical to an academy’s success.
● Teacher Leader(s)/ Coordinator(s). Two staff members (one from each building) will agree to take the lead, serving as the Academy Coordinators. This includes attending advisory board meetings, interacting with administrators and board members, and helping to coordinate teacher professional development. Teacher leaders will also help to coordinate industry, higher education, and parental involvement. Release time for this role will be provided as needed.
● Instructors. Educators will be credentialed in their field and committed to the Academy’s mission and goals. Each teacher understand the duties of being a member of an academy by: supporting the philosophy and purpose of the academy, working together as a team, teaching a majority of their classes in the academy, and cooperatively sharing the duties of operating an academy.
● Counselors, non-academy teachers, and classified staff. Non-Academy staff will support the Academy by: understanding and supporting the philosophy and purpose, understanding the need for cohort scheduling and providing this for students, assisting with student recruitment, providing departmental support, and providing support for the academy facilities, equipment and learning materials. Counselors are aware of their roles and responsibilities including monitoring student progress in the internship process.
● Teacher Leader(s)/ Coordinator(s). Two staff members (one from each building) will agree to take the lead, serving as the Academy Coordinators. This includes attending advisory board meetings, interacting with administrators and board members, and helping to coordinate teacher professional development. Teacher leaders will also help to coordinate industry, higher education, and parental involvement. Release time for this role will be provided as needed.
● Instructors. Educators will be credentialed in their field and committed to the Academy’s mission and goals. Each teacher understand the duties of being a member of an academy by: supporting the philosophy and purpose of the academy, working together as a team, teaching a majority of their classes in the academy, and cooperatively sharing the duties of operating an academy.
● Counselors, non-academy teachers, and classified staff. Non-Academy staff will support the Academy by: understanding and supporting the philosophy and purpose, understanding the need for cohort scheduling and providing this for students, assisting with student recruitment, providing departmental support, and providing support for the academy facilities, equipment and learning materials. Counselors are aware of their roles and responsibilities including monitoring student progress in the internship process.