1st Grade Dual Language Immersion English Teacher SY25-26

POSITION TITLE:                                 

Primary Center Dual Language Immersion English Teacher (1st Grade)

SALARY:                                                

Teacher Contract

CONTRACT LENGTH:                          

School Year

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:                

Building Principal, Director of Bilingual Services

POSITION SUMMARY:       

Provide Kindergarten/1^st 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.