Multilingual Learner Teacher

Job Title: Multilingual Learner Teacher

Job Summary:

Codman Academy Charter Public School is seeking a highly qualified Multilingual Learner Teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing English Learner students' ability to effectively perform courses of study in the English language, developing lesson plans and delivering group and individual student instruction within established curriculum guidelines, and collaborating with other teachers in addressing instructional and/or classroom issues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer all incoming student paperwork and testing following WIDA guidelines
• Teach small group ESL classes to students K-12
• Act as ESL support in class for student K-12
• Write and manage language acquisition plans for all students identified as MLLs
• Use SEMSTracker to maintain organized, complete files for MLL students
• Plan and organize schedules for all MLL students in order to ensure state compliance
• Manage, administer, and ensure completion of yearly ACCESS testing
• Develop additional materials to complement curriculum
• Work with teachers/grade teams to ensure MLL students are accessing in-class curriculum

Planning and Preparation for Learning:

• Demonstrate subject area expertise and a cutting-edge grasp of child development and how students learn
• Develop a well-honed game plan for the year that is tightly aligned with state standards and assessments
• Plan all expeditions backwards, aligned with high standards, state assessments, and all Bloom's levels; document and share all lessons with supervisor at a minimum of two weeks in advance
• Plan diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments to closely monitor student learning
• Anticipate students' misconceptions and confusions and develop multiple strategies to overcome them
• Design lessons with clear, measurable goals closely aligned with standards and expedition outcomes
• Design highly relevant lessons that will motivate all students and engage them in active learning
• Design lessons that use an effective mix of high-quality, multicultural learning materials and technology
• Design lessons that break down complex tasks and address all learning needs, styles, and interests
• Artfully use room arrangement, materials, and displays to maximize student learning of all material, focusing on learning targets and student work

Classroom Management:

• Communicate and enforce high expectations directly, specifically, consistently, and tenaciously
• Show warmth, caring, respect, and fairness for all students and build strong relationships
• Win all students' respect and create a climate in which disruption of learning is unthinkable
• Implement a program that successfully develops positive interactions and social-emotional skills
• Successfully inculcate class routines up front so that students maintain them throughout the year
• Successfully develop students' self-discipline, self-confidence, and a sense of responsibility
• Have a highly effective discipline repertoire and can capture and hold students' attention any time
• Skillfully use coherence, momentum, and transitions so that every minute of the classroom time produces learning
• Be alert, poised, dynamic, and self-assured and nip virtually all discipline problems in the bud
• Get students to buy into a highly effective system of incentives linked to intrinsic rewards

Delivery of Instruction:

• Exude high expectations and determination and convince all students that they will master the material
• Actively inculcate a 'growth' mindset: take risks, learn from mistakes, through effective effort you can and will achieve at high levels
• Show students exactly what's expected by posting learning targets, essential questions, rubrics, and exemplars
• Hook all students' interest and make connections into prior knowledge, experience, and reading
• Present material clearly and explicitly, with well-chosen examples and vivid and appropriate language
• Orchestrate highly effective strategies, materials, and groupings to involve and motivate all students
• Engage all students in focused work in which they are active learners and problem solvers
• Successfully reach all students by skillfully differentiating and scaffolding
• Deftly adapt lessons and units to exploit teachable moments and correct misunderstandings
• Consistently have all students summarize and internalize what they learn and apply it to real-life situations

Monitoring, Assessment and Follow-Up:

• Post and review clear criteria for proficient work, including rubrics and exemplars, and all students internalize them
• Give students a well-constructed diagnostic assessment up front, and use the information to fine-tune instruction
• Continuously use a variety of effective methods to check for understanding; immediately unscramble confusion and clarify
• Set ambitious goals with students, continually self-assess, and take responsibility for improving performance
• Frequently post students' work with rubrics and commentary to celebrate progress and motivate direct effort
• Work with colleagues to use interim assessment data, fine-tune teaching, re-teach, and help struggling students
• Relentlessly follow up with struggling students with personal attention (time and support) so they all reach proficiency
• Make sure that students who need specialized diagnosis and help receive appropriate services immediately
• Work with colleagues to analyze chart data, draw action conclusions, and leverage student growth
• Constantly reflect on what worked and what didn't to continuously improve instruction

Family and Community Outreach:

• Show great sensitivity and respect for family and community culture, values, and beliefs
• Show each parent/guardian an in-depth knowledge of their child and a strong belief they will meet or exceed standards
• Give parents/guardians clear, user-friendly learning and behavior expectations and exemplars of proficient work
• Make sure that parents/guardians hear positive news about their children first and immediately flag any problems
• Frequently involve parents/guardians in supporting and enriching the curriculum for their children as it unfolds
• Assign highly-engaging assignments, get close to 100% return, and provide rich feedback
• Deal immediately and successfully with parent/guardian concerns and make parent/guardian feel welcome at any time
• In conferences, report cards, and informal talks, give parents/guardians detailed feedback on their children's progress
• Be successful in contacting and working with all parent/guardians, including those who are hard to reach
• Successfully enlist classroom volunteers and extra resources from homes and the community to enrich the curriculum

Professional Responsibilities:

• Have perfect or near-perfect attendance and punctuality
• In professional contexts, speak and write appropriately, succinctly, and eloquently
• Carry out assignments conscientiously and punctually, keep meticulous records, and be never late
• Present as a consummate professional and always observe appropriate boundaries
• Be invariably ethical, honest, and forthright, use impeccable judgment, and respect confidentiality
• Be an important member of teacher teams and committees and frequently attend after-school activities
• Frequently contribute valuable ideas and expertise and instill in others a desire to improve students' results
• Actively seek out feedback and suggestions and use them to improve performance
• Meet at least weekly with colleagues to plan units, share ideas, and analyze interim assessments
• Actively reach out for new ideas and engage in professional development with colleagues to figure out what works best
• Inform the administration of any concerns and reach out for help and suggestions when needed

Stewardship:

• We are crew, not passengers, and we uphold that ideal as we support each other in reaching our shared goals
• Every adult in our community is a teacher and a role model, and we model and implement EL Education design principles and core practices to the best of our ability in our roles
• Advance the educational mission of the school by participating in duties and responsibilities consistent with building, upholding and promoting a strong Codman community
• We actively value and solicit feedback in order to improve performance
• In addition to core teaching responsibilities, all Codman staff members share responsibility for management and supervision of additional daily duties, including but not limited to breakfast, lunch, recess, crew, club, work block, and office hours
• Duties will be distributed to ensure that all teacher schedules include: 30-minute lunch break per day, 4 hours of prep time per week (Monday through Thursday)
• Additional duties assigned by the supervisor

Apply directly on our website, www.codmanacademy.org

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