ESL Teacher - Wright - 0.5 FTE - 26-27 SY

Madison Metropolitan School District•Madison, WI

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking a highly motivated and energetic ESL Teacher for Wright Middle School for the 26-27 school year. This is a 0.5 FTE position with an annual salary minimum of $53,525. MMSD is committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive, with a vision to ensure every student graduates ready for college, career, and community. The district serves a diverse student population, with a significant number of students of color, from low-income households, and English Language Learners. The ESL Teacher will play a crucial role in providing supplementary instruction and support to English Learners (ELs) to foster their academic language development and ensure their successful integration into the school environment. This role involves collaboration with various school staff, administrators, and families to create welcoming environments and provide comprehensive support for EL students.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Native-like fluency in Hmong/Spanish and English.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in: Middle School Regular Education inclusive of grades 6-8 (e.g., 1-8, K-9, MC/EA, 4-12 core content (Math, Science, English, Language Arts, or Social Studies), etc.).
ESL Bilingual/Bi-Cultural (preferred).

Nice To Haves

ESL Bilingual/Bi-Cultural teaching license.

Responsibilities

Provide supplementary instruction for targeted English Language Development within or outside of the classroom to English Learners (ELs).
Provide English language development instruction for EL students who have been in US schools for less than one calendar year for key content areas in high school.
Establish consistent communication with, and guidance to, Bilingual Resource Specialists (BRS) regarding student needs, instructional support, and family outreach.
Help to create school-wide welcoming environments and support inclusion of EL students in instructional settings.
Work with the building administrator and Multilingual Services and Programs staff to coordinate service delivery that is inclusive and conforms to district protocols and requirements for English language learners.
Serve as an integral member of the school-based team responsible for student placement and scheduling to ensure compliance with state and federal law regarding ESL services.
Work with librarian and/or Instructional Coach to purchase culturally and linguistically relevant materials.
Participate as active team members in discussions of academic, transition, secondary options, graduation and career/vocational post-secondary planning for ELs.
Serve on the Student Support and Intervention Teams (MTSS) to ensure culturally and linguistically responsive practices throughout the referral process when student in question is an EL.
Participate as active team members (not as interpreters) in IEP meetings for ELs to represent the student’s language development needs.
Administer English language proficiency assessments and screeners including WIDA Kindergarten Screener, WIDA Screener Online, and ACCESS 2.0 (including bilingual screeners when applicable).
Monitor students’ ability to access grade level curriculum through ongoing formative assessment in collaboration with general education staff.
Collaborate with non-ESL staff to ensure that ELs have appropriate and adequate assessment scaffolds in assessments of core content learning (formative, interim, and summative).
Provide professional learning to colleagues to ensure that content-related language growth is measured and reported.
Support classroom teachers in understanding how to use the English Language Development observation tools, and how to use data to guide instructional planning.
Collaborate with School Testing Coordinators to ensure appropriate testing accommodations are provided for ELs in district and state-mandated assessments.
Serve as one of the communication links among student, families, and school staff in collaboration with classroom teachers.
Participate in parent-teacher conferences that include ELs served by the BRT/ESL teachers in collaboration with the general education classroom teacher.
Collaborate with Bilingual Resource Specialists (BRS) and other staff to coordinate communication with families.
Provide families of ELs with information related to MMSD and the U.S. educational system including the process of identifying ELs.
Serve as Case Managers for ELs to provide a school-based contact/advocate for parents and students.
Explain EL Data Management forms to parents to keep them informed of their student’s academic status.
Identify potential ELs from information provided by families on Home Language Survey section of the MMSD Enrollment process; gather information to determine whether a student should be assessed for English language proficiency; communicate with families; assess students who meet criteria for language screening.
Report WIDA Screener Online/WIDA Kindergarten Screener scores of qualifying students to [email protected].
Contact the previous WI or WIDA school district of any new EL to MMSD to obtain the most recent ACCESS for ELLs scores and report those to Multilingual Services and Programs Central Office staff.
Create Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) forms to notify parents of the school’s plan to provide English language support services to students; present plan for parent/guardian approval/acceptance.
Archive signed ILP forms in EL data management system.
Notify parents whose student has tested Proficient on the ACCESS for ELLs assessment that student will be placed on two-year monitoring status.
Notify parents who have refused EL language support services of student’s most recent ACCESS scores and that student’s academic and language growth will continue to be monitored.
Monitor ELs’ academic and language learning throughout the school year.
Serve as consultant to non-ESL staff to ensure ELs receive language-attentive instruction.
Notify parents in the fall of a monitored student’s level of academic success without language support services; move student to second year of monitoring or exit, as appropriate.
Assist building clerical staff with maintenance electronic cumulative files by ensuring the student’s file contains original EL records and assessment results, e.g., ACCESS score reports, annual EL Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) forms.
Work with parents of misidentified ELs, and Multilingual Services and Programs Central Office staff to remove the student’s EL status in MMSD and from state databases.
Promote a teaming model during common planning times and through participation in regularly-scheduled team meetings.
Consult with general education staff to integrate targeted language instruction within the core and implement language scaffolds to meet individual student needs.
Provide guidance to general education staff to monitor, measure, and report language development.
Provide resources pertaining to the distinction between disability and second language/literacy development.
Collaborate with Special Education staff to meet both the language development and academic learning needs of ELs with Individual Education Plans.
Collaborate (co-plan, co-facilitate, share resources, etc.) with building coaches to provide professional development at the building level, in best practices for ELs, bilingual education, and second language acquisition.
Perform other duties as assigned.