Spanish Bilingual DBE Kindergarten Teacher - Stephens - 1.0 FTE - 26-27 SY

Madison Metropolitan School District•Madison, WI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking a highly motivated and energetic Spanish Bilingual DBE Kindergarten Teacher. This position is for the 26-27 school year with a 1.0 FTE (Full-Time Equivalent). 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 and aims to create a thriving, welcoming environment for all. This role involves impactful work and learning, with a strong compensation package and opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree. Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
Native-like fluency in Spanish and English.
For Bilingual Resource Teacher and Dual Language Immersion positions, a Spanish language proficiency assessment is required.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in: Elementary School Regular Education inclusive of elementary grade levels (e.g., PK-3, K-6, 1-8, EC-MA, etc.)
Bilingual/Bi-Cultural ESL (preferred)

Nice To Haves

Bilingual/Bi-Cultural ESL (preferred)

Responsibilities

Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction.
Use knowledge of students’ background, interest, style, culture, language, individual needs, and assessment data to inform planning.
Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth towards mastery of standards.
Develop common year-long/course plans that identify the essential questions and resources to support student learning.
Establishing clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
Instructing students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build student engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks.
Adapting teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning.
Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning.
Use multiple ways to check for student understanding and clarify, reteach and/or make adjustments to instruction based on information gathered.
Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process.
Provide opportunities for teacher–to-student, student-to-student and student-to-teacher feedback both orally and written.
Analyze data and adjust instruction based on student achievement, observation, and teacher practice data.
Establishing rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
Meeting with parents/guardians to discuss their student's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
Collaborating with all staff in support of student learning (e.g., team planning and co-teaching).
Serving as a bilingual classroom teacher as part of the District’s bilingual and English Language Learner (EL) programs.
Assisting in the development of curriculum for bilingual and ESL instruction in the District.
Providing classroom instruction to students in bilingual classrooms.
Providing additional support and leadership to the bilingual and ESL education programs as requested.