The mission of the Teacher’s Role
The mission of the teaching role at SU is to do two mission-driven things that help SU achieve its mission to “go into all the world and teach….”
These are:
1) Teach with excellence, and
2) Represent SU in your community (this is the “go” part for the teacher at SU)
Outcomes
| OUTCOMES | Ratings & Comments | |
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| 1 | Keep students highly engaged and enjoying learning as measured by low dropout rates and high student satisfaction rates. | |
| 2 | Empower students to pursue their dreams of achieving their training and going on to serve God, as measured by a great majority of students who go through your course continuing with their certificate and degree programs (not dropping out after your course because you discouraged them, lol). | |
| 3 | Be an excellence-driven teacher as measured by the following: 1) Adhering to required course creation and teaching practices ≥ 90 % of the time across all categories of teaching-related duties, 2) Earning ≥ 90% quality score on all key content that is created, 3) Earning ≥ 90 % ratings on classroom observations/reviews and annual performance evaluation. Continually improve practice from feedback from students and classroom observations. |
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| 4 | Be actively involved in building the SU team as measured by attending ≥ 90% of faculty meetings, contributing ideas, and taking actions with other team members that help fulfill the school’s mission of taking the high-quality Christian education we offer to everyone everywhere who needs it. | |
| 5 | Represent the University in your community, and when God gives you opportunities, talk about what we do, how you participate in it, and how others can join in. Those who are proud of what we do won’t be able to stop talking about it with others. |
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Competencies*
Passion
-Passion. Exhibits enthusiasm and excitement over work. Has a can-do attitude.
–Hungry. Have a strong work ethic, willingness to work hard, and sometimes works long hours to get the job done. Has a track record of working hard.
-Grit. Shows passion, persistence, and perseverance and the willingness to go the distance to get something done.
Relationship
-People Smart.
–Teamwork. Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.
Authenticity
– Honesty/integrity. Does not cut corners ethically. Earns trust and maintains confidence. Does what is right, not just what is expedient.
– Follow through on commitments. Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost.
– Fully Embraces vulnerability.
– Openness to criticism and ideas. Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback.
Innovators
–Comes up with new and innovative approaches to solving problems.
-Is flexible or adaptable. Able to adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity and change.
Servant-hearted
-Puts the interests of others first.
-Is humble and caring.
-Treats everyone with respect.
-Proactivity. Acts without being told what to do.
Excellence-Driven
–Efficiency. Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort.
–Intelligence. Learns quickly. Demonstrates the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.
–High standards. Expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
-Organization and planning. Plans, organizes, and schedules in an efficient, productive manner. Focuses on key priorities.
-Analytical skills. Able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
-Attention to detail. Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
Growth-Minded
-Love for learning and growing. Always learning new things that are linked with the work they believe they are called to do.
Owners
-Thinks and acts like an owner.
-Has a sense of ownership of the entire organization and seeks the good of the organization
Disciple-makers
-Grows the team by recruiting new team members and Investing in growing existing team members. [Evagelism + discipleship]
-Does everything short of sin to grow the team.
**The format for the scorecard comes from Dr. Geoff Smart’s book, “Who: The A Method for Hiring”
