2025-26 Dual Language and Emergent Bilingual Coordinator

 Dual Language and Emergent Bilingual Coordinator

Credentials:  

Elementary or Secondary Certification    

Certification or Endorsement in Bilingual Education (preferred)

Administration Certification (preferred)

Experience Required:

A minimum of five (5) years of successful teaching experience.  

Leadership experience

Experience with EL and Testing

Curriculum Writing/Data Analysis Experience

Experience in assessment

Knowledge of appropriate interventions at Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III levels    

Education:

Master’s Degree - Required

Contract:

211 Contract

Position Summary: The Dual Language and Curriculum Specialist will serve within the Curriculum Department and will work to positively impact student learning and achievement. This will include participation in school improvement efforts, assisting with curriculum development and alignment, common assessment creation (formative and summative), analyzing data, providing professional development, improving curriculum effectiveness by using data to improve instruction and instructional effectiveness. 

JOB DUTIES 

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:  

• Bilingual-English and Spanish
• Strong academic literacy and conversational skills in English and Spanish
• Knowledge of dual language curriculum and instruction
• Assists in planning, development, and implementation of the dual language program
• Trains teachers on research-based instructional strategies that support, enhance, and promote academic growth
• Assists with selection, procurement, and disbursement of instructional materials
• Works directly with teachers to provide resources, materials, and support in the areas of curriculum/instruction, classroom management, and effective learning strategies
• Provide collaborative support to teachers through problem solving, modeling lessons, and scheduling opportunities for peer observations, conducting mini-training sessions, and 1:1 coaching with teachers/staff
• Develops effective training materials
• Develops scopes and sequences for content areas PK-12
• Develops pacing guides for instructional areas PK-12
• Aligns current curriculum into the instructional frameworks of the district
• Align the instructional rigor level and depth of knowledge with instructional materials
• Participates in and/or facilitates curriculum review based on data
• Stay informed in instructional methods and educational technology
• Collect data, analyze and design and prepare various reports using software related to student demographic operations
• Oversee Dual Language/WIDA Assessments
• Oversee all EL programming and EL assessments
• Create spreadsheets to track important school data
• Manage and maintain inventory of district programs and successful use of program materials.
• Provide responsible administrative support in such areas as compiling data, analyzing data, and preparing related statistical reports; compile and maintain various record keeping systems including maintaining records of a confidential nature

Physical/Mental Requirements and Working Conditions:

In a typical Workday, employee must be able to sit, stand and walk for 8 hours.  Job requires occasional bending/stooping squatting/crouching, crawling/kneeling, reaching above the shoulder and pushing/pulling.  Job requires occasional carrying/lifting up to 15 pounds and occasionally moving tables and boxes of written materials or paper.   

Job requires employee to use both hands for repetitive actions involving simple/firm grasping and fine manipulation. Employee must possess manual dexterity and visual ability to read, write, type, operate a computer, and to supervise. Employee must possess hearing and speaking abilities to communicate in person and on the phone both individually and with groups of students, staff, parents and community members. Employee must have mobility enough to monitor areas of the building and grounds if necessary and attend meetings outside the building. Employee must have mental ability to communicate with, supervise teachers/administrators, and manage the district and to think critically and make important decisions under stress.

Job could require working outdoors if supervising or monitoring: use of and proximity to office equipment and occasional contact with violent or disruptive students, patrons or staff.   The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by and employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

*It is the ability of the District to substitute other job experience for required teaching, coaching or administrative experience.