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Job ID: 5089760

Job Description

POSITION TITLE:

Primary Center Dual Language Immersion Spanish Teacher (4th Grade)

SALARY:

Teacher Contract

CONTRACT LENGTH:

School Year

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

Building Principal, Director of Bilingual Services

POSITION SUMMARY:

Provide 4th Grade language acquisition and core academic instruction in accordance with the Indiana Academic Standards in all core subject areas for a class of Spanish Learners. Possess strong reading content knowledge to recognize reader's strengths and the ability to analyze student's reading behaviors. Design intensive, small-group intervention for reading and math, informed by data. Implement high-gains scientifically based instructional strategies. Understands and uses a variety of instructional practices/strategies/routines to encourage the development of critical thinking skills, problem-solving, and performance skills. Work collaboratively with a partner teacher who will teach Spanish.

QUALIFICATIONS:

+ Must hold a current Indiana License/Certification in primary grades

+ Must be ESL/EL/ENL certified or willing to work towards certification or if eligible towards being an EL TOR

+ Should have the ability to understand and accept the philosophy of the Bilingual Services Department in reference to the education of English Learners and migrant students

+ Knowledge of research-based instructional strategies, specific to bilingual (SIOP) methodology, and materials for EL students

+ Knowledge of second language acquisition theory and practice

+ Thorough and complete knowledge of ELD Standards (the WIDA ACCESS) and content of grade level areas

+ Willingness to attend ongoing training

+ Must not have had a recommendation for Probation Assistance on most recent evaluation

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Use balanced literacy concepts such as shared reading, and guided reading

+ Provide differentiated instruction to meet the needs of EL students and struggling readers

+ Use formative assessments to guide reading instruction

+ Interaction with families and students from a diverse range of economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds

+ Develop and maintain contact with parents, and involve parents and guardians as partners in their students’ education

+ Analyze student’s formative and summative data and differentiate classroom instruction based on assessment data and student needs

+ Differentiate instruction and develop Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) for EL students with various Spanish proficiency levels

+ Administer all State standardized assessments

+ Willingness to actively participate in professional development activities and work closely with Title I/II/III personnel, administration, and district level curriculum department

+ Use of technology within instruction

+ Collaborate with colleagues to improve instructional practices throughout the school

+ Instructs students using strategies conducive to dual-language immersion, such as sheltered instruction, cooperative learning, and discovery learning.

+ Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom by providing positive reinforcement of acceptable behaviors and modifying unacceptable behaviors.

+ Evaluates academic and social growth of students, prepares report cards, and keeps appropriate records to include attendance reports, checklists, and other recordkeeping activities as necessary.

+ Maintains a safe classroom and appropriate classroom management.

+ Provide leadership for integration of EL strategies and practices across the school community

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

+ Teach 4th grade DLI students in two separate groups.

+ Work with a partner teacher who will provide Spanish language instruction to the 4th grade Spanish/English DLI students.

Position Type: Full-time

Positions Available: 1