Itinerant WIDA SEI Coach- Secondary

                                    Itinerant WIDA SEI Coach, Secondary –Multilingual Education  

*This is a long-term assignment for School Year 2024-2025.

Lynn Public Schools is guided by its mission, vision, and core values.

Mission - The Lynn Public Schools commits to providing our students with a safe inclusive learning environment that inspires and promotes individual academic and personal growth.

Vision - Drawing upon the strength of our community, our families, our students, and our partners, Lynn Public Schools commits to supporting the intellectual, vocational, academic and social-emotional success of all of our students. We create equitable conditions for all students to thrive in a global society. With a focus on equity, excellence, and innovation, the district serves 17,193 students across 28 schools. 

Core Values - The Lynn Public Schools community celebrates that we live in a rapidly changing, increasingly diverse and connected world. In our partnered effort to prepare students for this world, we are equally committed to:

• Inclusiveness
• Shared responsibility
• Collaborative relationships
• High expectations
• Inspiring life-long learning

 QUALIFICATIONS:

• DESE certification – ESL Secondary level, 5-12
• SEI Endorsement
• Minimum of 3 years of teaching English learners at various levels of proficiency in SEI content classes and/or ESL classes

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and disposition of a change agent
• Possess strong organizational and communication skills
• Attend DESE/LPS workshops to maintain knowledge of current best practices for ELs
• Co-facilitate PLCs with department heads and building leaders across content areas
• Travel to assigned Secondary schools to provide support to SEI content teachers
• Maintain knowledge of research-based exemplary practices, instruction and assessment
• Collaborate with teachers on the integration of technology into classroom practices
• Co-teach/model best classroom practices with the implementation of strategies, interventions and required linguistic supports and scaffolds.
• Provide PD to ESL staff and SEI staff on WIDA and other research based best practices for ELs
• Co-facilitate monthly ESL department meetings
• Co-facilitate monthly content area department meetings with department heads on an as-needed basis
• Analyze and evaluate ACCESS and LPS EL data
• Participate in curriculum work across multiple content areas
• Maintain a weekly log of activities
• Perform other duties as assigned by MLE Department

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• As negotiated with Lynn School Committee and Lynn Teachers Union.
• 180 days per year
• Teacher Salary Estimator

BENEFITS:  The City of Lynn offers comprehensive and competitive health and dental benefits; Harvard Pilgrim PPO/HMO, Altus Dental High/Low, Life Insurance.  Voluntary benefits including Flexible Spending Plan (FSA), Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability are also available.

An offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment physical, including a drug test, National fingerprint-based Criminal Background Check (NCBC) and Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI). All MUST be completed PRIOR to the start of employment. 

Non-Discrimination Policy

It is the policy of the Lynn Public Schools not to unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, race, color, national origin, creed/religion, ethnicity, ancestry, age, genetic information, active military/veteran status, mental or physical disability, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement or any other consideration made unlawful by any federal, state or local laws or regulations, including Title VI and VII of Civil Rights Act of1964, Title IX of the 1972 Amendments to the Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and M.G.L. Ch. 76:5, M.G.L., Ch.151, if and as applicable. Race, when referenced in any policy of the Lynn Public Schools, whether or not specified, shall include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, hair length and protective hairstyles