Assistant Director of English Learners

Position Description

Assistant Director of English Learners

 
Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits

Location: Chicago, IL

Reports To: Director of English Learners

How to Apply: https://platform.teachermatch.org/jobsboard.do?districtId=569404168

Position Overview

The primary responsibility of the Assistant Director of English Learners is to provide collaborative leadership for programs that provide assistance for Acero Schools students identified as English learners.  The Assistant Director of English Learners will have the responsibility for assisting the effort to provide supports to students who are English Learners across the 15 schools within the network.

The ideal candidate should have the ability to understand and accept the mission of the Acero Schools. The candidate must have a firm knowledge of second language acquisition and its terminology and an understanding of the needs of English Learners. The candidate must be able to work with a linguistically and culturally diverse group of individuals.

Core Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with State and Federal mandates for English Learners.
• Provide collaborative leadership to develop programs that provide assistance for Acero Schools students identified as English learners. 
• Monitor and maintain student achievement data associated with English Learners, provide regular updates to Network teams and school directors.
• Coordinate network-wide communication, planning, and implementation of English Learner supports and programming.
• Train and monitor school staff on policies, procedures, and best practices around English Learner support, documentation, and record-keeping. This includes providing professional development to school teams on best practices regarding EL supports.
• Provide reports and expertise to other central office staff and organization leadership around English Learner program.
• Provide assistance to teachers in individual student cases as appropriate and as requested by school leadership.
• Remain current in all research-based EL topics and disseminate best practices to all central and school staff.
• Provide assistance to Acero Schools special education teams regarding supports and services for students that have IEPs and are also English learners.  This includes being available to attend IEP meetings as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Commitment to School and Classroom Culture:

• Possess an understanding of State and Federal Bilingual Education law and CPS Policies.
• Attend all CPS and Acero Schools English Learner-related meetings.
• Maintains cooperative working relationships with parents and continuous collaboration with staff, other school district personnel and other community service agencies; maintains effective and timely written and oral communication with parents, staff, other school personnel, and community agencies.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree (required), Master’s Degree in Education (preferred)
• Teaching experience – minimum 3 years; bilingual setting (preferred)
• 1 to 2 years’ administrative/leadership experience at the district, regional, state or national level (preferred)
• Demonstrated leadership and commitment to the success of students identified as English Learners
• Demonstrated knowledge of the needs of English Learners
• Demonstrated ability to provide innovative, visionary, and responsible leadership at the school district, educational service district, state level
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective curriculum and instructional practices which promote achievement of English language learners
• Experience in implementing educational reform efforts at the school district and/or state level
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a collaborative manner with diverse entities
• Demonstrated skills in program development and evaluation
• Knowledge of Title III Bilingual Education legislation
• Knowledge of a variety of bilingual education models
• Experience with the use of technology in education and administration
• Advanced skill in addressing issues relating to cultural diversity and equity issues
• Fluency in Spanish
• Demonstrated leadership skills in planning, organizing, delegating, listening, and evaluating
• Valid Illinois Professional Educator License, or equivalent, with Bilingual and/or ESL Endorsement (required)
• Must hold permanent residency in the United States (required)

Physical Demands

The nature of the work requires an ability to operate standard business office equipment, and the ability to communicate and exchange information, collect, compile and prepare work documents, set-up and maintain work files. Physical demands include the ability to stand, bend, reach high and low, stoop, and walk around the classroom 60% of the day. In addition, candidates must be able to lift and/or push and pull 15 to 20lbs. for short periods of time, and walk up and down stairs several times a day. 

Working Conditions

Majority of work is performed in a general office environment.  Position requires availability for extended hours plus non-traditional hours required to perform job duties.  Also requires participation and attendance at organization-sponsored events and meetings.

NOTE: The foregoing list of essential duties and responsibilities is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

Acero Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals.  Acero Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.

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