Job Description

PRIMARY DUTIES – The following are examples of primary duties assigned to the position.   Other related primary duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

 

 

1. Ensures alignment, consistency, and continuous improvement in all aspects of programming for emerging bilingual students.
2. Ensures emerging bilingual students are making adequate growth in English Language Development (ELD)  and in academic area
3. Models best practice instruction, designs and delivers professional development which develops educator effectiveness.
4. Provides constructive feedback and ongoing assistance to new and existing teachers during informal observations and walk-throughs.
5. Works collaboratively with teachers, administrators and other instructional facilitators to identify instructional areas needing improvement/intervention; attends team meetings when necessary and leadership team meetings.
6. Develops, coordinates and facilitates new teacher orientation for new CLDE Team members, ELD Teachers, Spanish Literacy/Language Arts Teachers
7. Assists in determining the effectiveness of the district’s curriculum and instructional practices in meeting the needs of emerging bilingual students; assists the Director of CLDE with curricular initiatives or adoption.
8. Supports the development, implementation and evaluation of common formative language assessments.
9. Supports teachers and administrators in establishing results teams and data cycles, analyzing data and using data to inform decisions at the classroom and school level.
10. Partners with principals in supporting teachers and holding them accountable for program implementation and student achievement and growth.
11. Assists in the coordination and implementation of the Colorado Academic Standards.
12. Assists in the coordination and implementation of school and district goals as defined in the annual Culturally and LInguistically Diverse Education Program Reviews.
13. Mentors, coaches and provides professional development for teachers.
14. Keeps current regarding developments in bilingual education, English Language Development, the Translanguaging Pedagogy, curriculum, instruction and assessment and provides leadership and training to all staff.
15. Ensures the school adheres to policies and procedures for determining CLDE program eligibility, re-designation, monitoring and exiting.
16. Collaborates with the school CLDE teams in making scheduling decisions.
17. Works with problem solving teams to help determine the root cause and make appropriate placements into CLDE Instructional settings and/or Literacy Interventions for emerging bilingual students.
18. Assists schools in implementation of the Deliberation Process and helps teams distinguish student concerns as stemming from language difference or a learning disability.
19. Assists in supporting CLDE Coaches with regularly scheduled professional development sessions to enhance coaching skills, ensure alignment with the schools’ and District’s CLDE goals, and to continuously improve practices.
20. Takes on several roles:  resource provider, data coach, emerging bilingual education specialist, mentor, facilitator, leader and catalyst for change.
21. Provides responsible staff assistance to the Director of CLDE; performs other duties as assigned.

 

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Bureaus: Colorado. Job Categories: Contract. Job Types: Instructional Support. Salaries: 80,000 - 100,000.