Position Responsibilities and Expectations: Implements a compelling vision of the English Language Arts curriculum, teaching, and learning standards and practices that align with the English Language Arts Common Core Standards and will result in college and career readiness for each student. Implements English Language Arts curricula, instructional practices, and culturally competent assessments that align with WIDA, English Language Arts Common Core Standards, and research-based practices for language learning.Develop detailed behavior management plans to address individual student's needs.Accommodating the needs of students in various educational environments as indicated per IEP. Collaborate with students, families, and educational teams to develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in accordance with Federal and State Regulations. Incorporates ELL's backgrounds and experiences to improve performance by using various techniques to ensure comprehensible content concepts.
Incorporate a student's background in the lesson plan and understand how to make connections with prior native language development linguistically. Coordinate and implement service delivery with general educators, related service providers, support staff, other special educators, and building administrators. Coordinate evaluations, progress reports, and timelines with general educators, related service providers, support staff, other special educators, and building administrators. Establish two-way communication to engage parents/guardians as critical partners before, during, and after the team process.
Utilize instructional materials that coordinate with district curricula to implement instruction that addresses students goals and language needs while providing access to grade-level content. Maintain a positive learning environment that promotes all students' academic, social, and personal well-being. Maintain and use adaptive/assistive technology as needed. Develop and implement classroom and curricular accommodations and modifications for students, including language development adaptations for MLLs.Cooperatively plan and teach with other educators.
Assess progress, maintain documentation, monitor student learning/progress, and report as specified in the plan (MTSS, 504 Plans, IEP, etc.). Follow all RIDE regulations related to ELL Students with Disabilities, including determining if MLLs with disabilities are eligible to continue as MLL or to exit from their MLL status, and complete and distribute all related paperwork. Bases all academic goals, plans, activities, and actions on what is best for the student. Consistently practice a growth mindset, demonstrating a strong class culture and using feedback to reflect and set goals.
Cultivates stewardship of collaborative learning and leadership in and out of the classroom, integrating tools, strategies, and suggestions based on BPL with the ultimate goal of distributing knowledge and expertise skillfully to empower and engage colleagues and students. Communicate with families regularly via phone calls, emails, and written correspondence to discuss student performance, attendance, progress, etc.Such duties deemed necessary by the building administrator or Director of Student Services ___________________________________________________