Job: English Language Development Teacher

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Salaried

Wage: $43,000-$92,976/yr. 

Location: Leadville, CO.

Job Description

Length of Assignment: Follows LCSD Calendar for 179 contract days.

Salary: LCSD Teacher Salary Schedule plus excellent benefits! (contract and benefits prorated for start date)

Primary purpose:

To create a flexible secondary (7-12) grade ELD program and a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with students; to motivate students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for secondary education in accordance with each student’s ability; to establish good relationships with parents and other staff members.

Responsibilities: Duties of this job include, and are not limited to:

• Classes include but are not limited to ELD 1, 2, JH ELD, and Crew.
• Teach targeted ELD groups using language proficiency and other academic data
• Follow provided curriculum and/or create curricular resources for ELD groups
• Build and adapt ELD support schedule, based on need
• Provide classroom push-in support
• Ensure district policies are upheld and systems followed in collaboration with all ELD staff
• Plan and facilitate professional development in collaboration with school leadership team
• Collaborate with administration to integrate and refine best practices for teaching multilingual learners into school improvement plans and help monitor instructional practices
• Participate in MTSS process for multilingual students, as requested
• Collaborate with special education staff to support multilingual learners with special needs
• Fulfill all duties of ELD teacher annual timeline in a timely manner, including: identify and redesignate multilingual students using state and district guidelines maintain updated list of multilingual students and language proficiency data assure staff knows identified multilingual students and has the resources to support them build and maintain positive relationships with families of multilingual students collaborate with staff to determine role at conferences and other school events
• Collaborate with READ plan team to identify exemptions
• Disseminate ELD information to staff as needed in weekly staff bulletin
• Participate in training, scheduling, and administration of the state-mandated ACCESS 2.0 language proficiency test, in collaboration with district assessment leaders
• Review test accommodations with teams so ELs receive needed accommodations for assessments
• Communicate with the Lake County Intermediate School ELD staff to prepare for the 6th to 7th transition.
• Annually meet with all multilingual learners to graph ACCESS scores, set goals, and notify of status
• Work in collaboration with the 7-12 teachers
• Develop strong relationships with students that both hold expectations high and support students to achieve high results within a calm, safe, and supportive environment.
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree of related subject from accredited university Colorado teaching certificate;
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement or Bilingual Education Specialist required, or willing to gain endorsement within the first year of employment.
• Bilingual (Spanish) Preferred

How to apply:

● Internal candidates (LCSD Employees), please submit a transfer request, letter of interest and resume to Scott Carroll, Principal and Kathleen Fitzsimmons, HR Manager.

● External candidates, please submit a Certified Employee Application. In addition to completing this application, please submit a resume, transcripts, credentials, three letters of recommendation and a copy of your Colorado Teaching Certificate/License if available to letter of interest and resume to Scott Carroll, Principal, and Kathleen Fitzsimmons, HR Manager.

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.