POSITION TITLE:
Primary Center Dual Language Immersion English Teacher (Kindergarten/1st Grade)
SALARY:
Teacher Contract
CONTRACT LENGTH:
School Year
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:
Building Principal, Director of Bilingual Services
POSITION SUMMARY:
Provide Kindergarten/1st Grade language acquisition and core academic instruction in accordance with the Indiana Academic Standards in all core subject areas for a class of English 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 French.
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 English 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 both Kindergarten and 1st grade DLI students in two separate groups.
- Work with a partner teacher who will provide French language instruction to the same Kindergarten and 1st grade French/English DLI students.
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