What are the responsibilities and job description for the Elementary Teacher Dual Immersion Program (Spanish/English) ~ Second Grade position at Burbank Unified?
Provide an educational program that is developmentally and academically appropriate for students in a Bilingual Dual Immersion (Spanish/English) Program.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
General Duties:
- Assess student academic behavioral, and language development needs.
- Plan and implement lessons and prepare instructional materials appropriate to subject taught and students’ needs (in both English and Spanish).
- Instruct students using techniques and strategies appropriate to grade level and class of students participating in a Dual Immersion Program (Spanish/English).
- Monitor student progress through assignments, observation of classroom participation, daily work, and record of assessment results.
- Evaluate assignments and classroom work, and use these evaluations to inform the instructional program.
- Evaluate student progress and prepare progress reports.
- Monitor and control student behavior.
- Monitor and report student tardies and attendance.
- Maintain student attendance records.
- Conduct parent teacher conferences in English and in Spanish.
- Contact and meet with parents.
- Order supplies appropriate to assignment.
- Order instructional and audio visual materials appropriate to assignment.
- Counsel students.
- Perform first-aid.
- Maintain classroom environment appropriate to grade level, student needs, and the operational needs of a Dual Immersion Program.
- Supervise outdoor playtime.
- Prepare programs such as holiday program, May Festival, Patriotic Assembly.
- Perform other duties as appropriate and as may be assigned.
- Attend and conduct Back-to-School Night and Open House nights.
- Supervise classroom volunteers.
- Report suspected child abuse.
- Develop and/or maintain records such as cumulative student files and student profiles.
- Supervise students during playtime and/or recess.
- Supervise and plan aide’s involvement with classroom activities.
- Prepare for and attend grade level meetings, Student Study Team meetings and IEP meetings.
- Participate in staff development.
- Prepare school bulletin boards.
- Participate in the writing and revision of the Dual Immersion curriculum.
- Attend professional conferences, workshops, and classes.
- Supervise activities such as picnics, author’s day, dances, carnival, jog-a-thon, clubs, and chorus.
- Attend special meetings for parents.
- Participate in faculty committees.
- Philosophical basis and rationale of Dual Immersion elementary programs.
- Operation of Dual Immersion instructional program.
- Language theory and acquisition.
- Child growth and development.
- Curriculum subject matter appropriate to assignment.
- Instructional techniques and strategies for students.
- Laws and regulations appropriate to assignment.
- Operation of equipment.
- Behavior management techniques and strategies appropriate for students.
- Communicate clearly with students in both English and Spanish.
- Manage student behavior.
- Adapt to wide variety of student needs, and differential linguistic abilities
- Manage and organize a kindergarten classroom.
- Communicate with staff, students, parents, community members, and supervisors (in both Spanish and English)
- Present classroom materials relevant to student needs.
- Meet individual student needs.
- Keep records and evaluate.
- Recognize emotional and academic problems.
- Plan and implement curriculum in two languages.