Elementary School Spanish Support Teacher

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

School Mission and Vision

• Implement a shared school mission and vision to promote each student’s social, emotional, and academic development
• Inform lesson plans developed by the lead teacher for alignment to the mission and vision
• Actively participate in data-driven instruction and methods of continuous improvement to ensure we meet the needs of each student
• Reflect on instructional practices and adjust behavior and systems accordingly: ask regularly for feedback; model humility and admit mistakes; seek out thought partners; and, engage in professional learning
• Collaborate with lead teachers and other staff to ensure proper and consistent implementation of our instructional program

Equitable and Inclusive School Culture

• Model ethical, equitable, and professional behavior and acts with integrity, fairness, cultural competence, and empathy with students and colleagues 
• Contribute to a professional school culture focused on developing relational trust with colleagues and building each other's capacity to promote each student’s social, emotional, and academic development; serves as a mentor teacher for support teachers
• Set personal and professional learning goals to promote wellness and enhance professional practice; attend summer institute and weekly professional development sessions
• Participate in professional development and coaching cycles led by Director of Teaching & Learning and other instructional leaders
• Encourages open, productive, collaborative, and trusting working relationships among administrators, teachers, and staff to promote an environment of continuous improvement
• Develop a supportive and positive learning environment  focused on uplifting student voice and using student data to drive student development, growth and achievement

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, & Support

• Collaborate with the Spanish Lead teacher to plan and teach all core subjects - Spanish Language Arts (and Culture), as well as math, science, and social and cultural studies
• Utilize culturally sustaining and anti-bias/anti-racist practices (along with data) to inform and guide daily instruction; incorporate student cultures, interests, and experiences into lessons and activities
• Support the lead teacher with setting clear and measurable goals throughout the year for every student in all areas of study; support the lead teacher with regularly assessing the progress of each child and providing differentiated, child-centered instruction to meet the needs of each child on a daily basis
• Actively participate in data-analysis cycles and protocols in order to evaluate and increase rigor, coherence, impact, and equity of curriculum, instruction, and assessment
• Collaboratively plan weekly with lead teachers and teaching teams to develop holistic lesson plans that foster self-directed learning
• Ensure that each student has equitable access to classroom materials, texts, learning resources and opportunities, academic and social-emotional supports, and other resources in the target language

Equitable and Inclusive Student Support

• Contribute to an inclusive, equitable, caring, and culturally competent learning environment that meets the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs of each student
• Maintains positive, fair, and unbiased student behavior policies that emphasize relationship reconciliation and behavioral change
• Works closely with teachers and staff to recognize and employ each student’s strengths and differences as assets for teaching and learning
• Use student performance and placement data, as well as school culture data, to promote greater inclusiveness, caring, equity, and closure of opportunity gaps

Family Engagement 

• Maintain open, welcoming, and ongoing communication with families regarding student progress that values inclusiveness and builds trust
• Provide routine, two-way communication with families about school activities and culture, student performance and development, and school initiatives
• Build and sustain positive, collaborative, and productive relationships with families to ensure student success
• Engage parents and families in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s social, emotional, and academic development
• Participate in parent conferences and school-wide events and contributes to the broader school community

The ideal candidate is highly knowledgeable in the following: 

• Effective bilingual and language acquisition strategies
• Research-based, tiered instructional strategies
• Early Childhood curriculum, instruction, & development
• Data analysis protocols
• Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
• Anti-racist beliefs and practices
• Responsive Classroom/Restorative Justice/Conscious Discipline
• Readers and Writers Workshop & Play-Based Centers

Support Teacher Requirements

• At least two years of experience as a Spanish Support Teacher preferred
• Progressing towards meeting state educational requirements, preferably a valid state-issued teaching license for Teaching in elementary education or meet eligibility, including a Bachelor’s degree in Education and passing scores on Praxis I & II
• Experience and knowledge of learning standards and student-centered curriculum
• An energetic, flexible, creative, innovative individual who can develop strengths-based, student-centered support plans that support learning for students of various abilities, including those with various identified exceptionalities
• Ability to excel as a member of a multidisciplinary team and an instructional team
• Ability to work in a multicultural, multilingual environment
• Ability to collaborate and teach through a lens of diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion
• Communication skills (both oral and written)