What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teacher - Bilingual (Spanish) Unaccompanied Minors position at Lutheran Social Services of New York?
Job Details
Description
POSITION: Bilingual Teacher - Unaccompanied Minors Program
REPORTS TO: Head Teacher
CLASSIFICATION: Full Time
STATUS: Exempt
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Lutheran Safe Haven Shelter and Transitional Foster Care Program is a 24-hour program that serves unaccompanied children (UCs) in immigration custody who are awaiting release to their sponsors. The Teacher provides a basic education curriculum to young persons in the shelter program, including beginning English.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include:
- Provide academic assessments of young persons.
- Prepare age-appropriate curriculum for young persons.
- Teach basic education curriculum, including English and Math, in group setting.
- Monitor and record progress of each student in program database.
- Consult with Clinician to identify young persons with special needs.
- Develop and implement educational plans tailored to specific needs of each young person.
- Participate in weekly team meetings to provide educational updates.
- Prepare reports as needed.
- Other duties as needed.
SUPERVISES:
- Education Intern
Qualifications
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor's Degree
- NYS Teaching Certification
- NYS TESL/TESOL Certification
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a teacher or equivalent with immigrant adolescents
- Experience leading an English as Second Language Curriculum a plus
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Ability to provide the level of teaching services needed by an immigrant adolescent population
- Ability to work independently and cooperatively with team
- Ability to effectively write speech and language evaluations
- Strong interest in working with immigrant young persons
This position description contains the major responsibilities required to perform this job. These responsibilities may change at any time to meet the needs of our clients, residents or agency.
Salary : $60,000
