Why Council of the Great City Schools
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedSupports urban public school districts through professional development, research, conferences, and grants focused on high-quality instructional materials and educational equity.
- Meetings and conferences -the Council held nine in-person conferences and meetings in fy24-25. The two largest conferences were the annual fall conference and the spring legislative/policy conference. The annual fall conference was held on october 16-20, 2024, in dallas, TX…$2.9M spent in FY2024
- General membership services this is the combined organizational services of the Council of the Great City Schools, including legislation, communications, research, academic achievement, task forces, and management services. In each of these areas, the Council conducted over 1,000 regular zoom…$2.2M spent in FY2024
- Categorical grants the Council received two new categorical grants in fy24-25: one from the hewlett foundation to support districts through providing hands-on professional development and implementation guidance for effective use of high-quality instructional materials (hqim) (acct 44); and another from…$1.7M spent in FY2024
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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenPurpose and Scope Delivers at a high level of competency in maintaining standards of excellence in the assigned curricular area, so that students may derive the greatest academic and personal benefit for the learning experience. This involves in working on unusually complex problems and provides solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious, achieving quality and work process improvement. Essential Job Functions Provides leadership in developing, monitoring and implementing appropriate curriculum to meet the identified needs of the system.
This requires a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, resourcefulness, and competency in maintaining standards of excellence in curriculum & instruction; is viewed as expert within the field. Serves as an instructional teacher leader in the assigned curricular area, developing and implementing appropriate curriculum and meeting identified needs to address the rigor or the Common Core State Standards. Designs and disseminates instructional strategies that enhance instruction in the assigned curricular area.
Provides assistance to all professional school-based personal and/or community representatives regarding the assigned curricular area and works collaboratively with other professionals, and management in the development of effective instructional and assessment technique which are research based and achieve a system-wide result. May lead a team in the effort. Serves as liaison between the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and teachers and principals on K-12 curriculum and instructional matters and makes recommendations pertaining thereto.
Assists the Department of Professional Development and Regional Academic Office by planning and conducting content specific professional growth activities. Assists with on-going orientation of new teachers in the areas of English Language Arts curriculum and instruction. Assists teachers as needed or requested in the development of effective content specific curriculum implementation and instructional and assessment techniques.
Researches, provides and assists teachers as needed or requested in the development of effective instructional and assessment techniques which are research based in order to increase student mastery of state standards; advances teachers' knowledge of state and district content standards and understanding including teaching strategies, assessments, District and school data driven instruction and lesson demonstrations and pre and post analysis. Deals with unusually complex problems and provides solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious, achieving quality and work process improvements.
Ensures that the workgroup’s goals and activities are in sync with and support the broader goals and objectives of the organization; and that the execution of responsibilities is in accordance to lawful and ethical standards. Assists the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in disaggregating student data, identifying student needs, selecting…
About Council of the Great City Schools
From its Form 990- Budget $11.5M
- Staff 29 · founded 1961
- Pays its leaders $176K–$365K (7 reported)
- Open jobs 20 · Jobs at Council of the Great City Schools · Full 990 report