ES EAL Teacher (Feb-Jun 2025); Long Term Substitute Teaching Contract)
Elementary School Educator Responsibilities
Foster a sense of student belonging by cultivating joy and purpose throughout the Elementary School.
Cultivate a caring and culturally responsive learning community in the classroom, taking into account the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of students.
Utilize the principles of Responsive Classroom to build a community where students feel valued, respected, and motivated to succeed.
Identify essential learning and use a planning framework with standards, learning targets, real-world issues, and a culturally responsive curriculum.
Design and implement engaging learning experiences that are collaborative, culturally responsive, and differentiated.
Employ high-impact instructional practices based on current pedagogical approaches to teach the curriculum.
Design and deliver engaging, differentiated lessons that align with curriculum standards and meet the academic and social-emotional needs of all students.
Regularly assess student progress through formative assessments and other data-driven tools.
Accurately and regularly assess student progress through formative and summative standards-based approaches.
Continuously monitor student learning and make appropriate modifications of goals and strategies to meet students’ needs.
Group students flexibly based on their individual needs, abilities, and assets, using data to inform grouping decisions.
Design quality formative, summative, and self-guided assessments that provide students with frequent feedback and communicate their growth and achievement.
Integrate technology in innovative ways in daily instruction to enhance learning.
Respond to learners’ diverse needs using responsive, measurable, and research-informed interventions and extensions.
Demonstrate experience with current best pedagogical practices, teaching materials, and instructional strategies.
Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.).
Work closely with team members, PLC teams, and school administration to develop cohesive curriculum materials and establish common instructional goals and assessments.
Engage in team planning, curriculum review, budgeting, and other school-required activities as needed.
Collaborate as a member of a Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that creates a supportive community, plans curriculum, gives and receives feedback with one another, and engages in professional learning and reflection.
Actively engage in professional learning and growth through regular observation and feedback cycles with Professional Learning Community Coaches and Principals.
Experience with or interest in co-teaching in a flexible learning environment.
Engage in co-teaching practices with other members of the PLC and utilize learning community spaces with intention and flexibility.
Demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
Strive for continuous self-improvement as a lifelong learner.
Model the Core Values in your interactions with all members of the school community.
Cooperate with and participate in the planning and evaluation of the school program as needed.
Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.).
Connect with and be available to parents and students during and outside of school hours (in person and via email communication)
Role Specific Responsibilities
Co-planning, co-teaching, co-assessing, and co-reflecting in a homeroom learning community with a language-additive lens
Developing and modeling content and language-integrated lessons that include language targets, language scaffolds, and language strategies in core curriculum
Use of WIDA ELD Standards Framework with Common Core standards to monitor language development and develop instructional next steps for multilingual learners
Position Requirements and Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
Master’s Degree in relevant field preferred
Teaching credential in ELL/EAL preferred
Extensive experience working with elementary-aged multilingual learners of English and professional knowledge of additive language acquisition and language curriculum development
Bilingual or multilingual candidates preferred
Experience with WIDA ELD Standards Framework, collaborative teaching, and tiered systems of support including but not limited to Response to Intervention (RTI) framework or Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
Training and experience with science of reading-aligned early literacy approaches
Excellent verbal and written English language skills
Confident technology skills for teaching and administrative tasks
Working Requirements
Mandatory attendance of school orientation, chaperone and participate in a minimum of four evening and/or weekend school activities each year, as assigned (including "Back-to-School Night").
