Title: | Academia Cesar Chavez - Bilingual Classroom Teacher |
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ID: | 1383 |
Job Title: | Academia Cesar Chavez - Bilingual Classroom Teacher |
Client: | Academia Cesar Chavez |
Application Deadline: | N/A |
Academia Cesar Chavez is dedicated to providing a quality dual-language education that prepares critically thinking, socially competent, values driven, culturally aware bilingual and biliterate learners by advocating Latino cultural values in an environment of familia and community.
Position Purpose:
To provide an enriching academic development and learning environment that promotes learning and is appropriate to the maturity, interests and learning styles of ACC students. Develop a linguistically and culturally appropriate educational program. Work with directors, educational team and other staff to ensure ACC’s mission, values, vision and curriculum objectives are supported, modeled, infused throughout the curriculum, and taught to the students.
Line/Staff Relationship:
- Immediate Supervisor: ACC Principal
- Work closely with Support Staff, Administrative Assistants, other Teachers, Coaches, etc.
Nature of Work:
Duties will include implementing curriculum that incorporates MN state standards, Latino culture into everyday lessons and activities, creating and maintaining an appropriate classroom physical environment, providing cultural experiences based in Latino cultures, setting up a classroom that is labeled both in Spanish and English, conducting literacy and math assessments, and communicating and engaging parents.
Major Functions and Responsibilities:
- Work cooperatively with school personnel to accomplish the goals and objectives of ACC
- Implement valuable and culturally relevant lessons using methods that are appropriate to the levels of language proficiencies of the students
- Respect and incorporate the culture, values, history, language, experience and traditions of the students
- Deliver differentiated instruction to all students at all ability levels
- Implement dual language curriculum in a 60/40 model
- Participate actively in weekly PLC’s (Professional Learning Community), bi-weekly staff/team meetings and serves on various school committees
- Integrate Latino culture/arts into the curriculum
- Plans for and guides the learning process to help students achieve program objectives
- Meet with related school personnel, i.e. school counselor and special education teachers to coordinate objectives for IEP’s (individualized educational programs)
- Maintains a classroom atmosphere conducive to learning, incorporating social skills instruction o assist students in establishing/maintaining positive classroom and social behavior
- Conduct home visits to each family in the classroom and maintain frequent collaboration/communication with student's families or guardians
- Implements useful diagnostic and progress assessment measures, school-wide assessments
- Uses effective instructional methods and learning materials
- Establishes a cooperative relationship with all assigned students
- Engages in professional growth activities through ongoing personal development, skill and knowledge development
- Provide positive feedback and reinforcement to students
- Abide by professional code of ethics
- Utilize specialized approaches for delivering understandable curriculum to second language learners and teach English language development and/or Spanish language development
- Develop consistent rules of classroom behavior and procedures, set strong boundaries and high expectations of student behavior
- Maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner that incorporates ACC values and Responsive Classroom methods
- Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for volunteer(s)
- Be available to work evening hours and weekends on occasion
- Participate in non-teaching extracurricular activities associated with the school
- Other duties as assigned by the principal
Competencies:
- Demonstrated bi-lingual/bi-literacy in English & Spanish
- Demonstrate excellent knowledge of innovative teaching methods
- Demonstrate excellent knowledge of Latino culture or be willing to research
- Demonstrated previous teaching and/or instructional experience in an inner city setting and/or work with urban youth
- Ability to integrate technology into the classroom
- Demonstrate interest in public school reform and social justice
- Commit to the mission, values, and vision upon which the school was founded
- Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity, interests and learning styles of the students
- Work with families and students from diverse educational, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds
- Problem-solve and critically assess the skills a student needs using a variety of data
- Ability to take advantage of children’s individual interests and use their internal motivation for developing needed skills
- Effectively utilize a student's individual interests and use their internal motivation for developing needed skills
- Set high expectations for all students and provide daily success opportunities for all students
Position Qualifications:
- The minimum of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college/university
- Must have or be eligible for Minnesota Teacher's license or possess one already
- Must be fluent in Spanish or a native Spanish speaker with previous classroom experience that includes a wide range of subjects such as: Science, Math, Reading, Social Studies, etc.
- Excellent oral and written skills in English and Spanish
- Professional verification of successful classroom teaching performance
- Evidence of willingness and ability to comply with the standards for ethical and professional performance established by the State Board of Education
- Interview/file data will include evidence of sensitivity and respect for others and verification of the demonstrated ability to serve as a positive role model for youth
- Regular and predictable attendance is essential
- Experience working with diverse student and family populations
- Excellent knowledge and understands the Latino culture and embraces cultural diversity