Multilingual Learner; ML Department Chair -District

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Multilingual Learner (ML) Department Chair - District

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• Instructional Leadership – Make recommendations to senior leadership regarding instructional models and best practices for multilingual learner programming. Facilitate the ML Curriculum Design Team to ensure coherent and vertically aligned programming across all grade levels (K-12).
• Assessment and Data Management – Monitor and coordinate district-wide ML assessments including WIDA Screener and ACCESS for ELLs administration. Analyze annual WIDA scores and other assessment data to inform instructional practices and programming decisions.
• Staffing and Program Coordination – Assist senior leadership with recommendations for ML teacher staffing deployments and resource allocation across all buildings. Coordinate services and collaboration between ESOL specialists and mainstream teachers in partnership with building administrators.
• Policy and Compliance – Conduct annual review and updates of the district's LAU Plan to ensure compliance with federal and state requirements. Ensure compliance with all federal ML education requirements including Title VI, ESSA, and relevant Supreme Court decisions (Lau v. Nichols, Plyler v. Doe, Castañeda v. Pickard). Coordinate with building administrators to ensure consistent implementation of ML program policies and procedures.
• Family and Community Engagement – Oversee coordination of translation and interpretation services to ensure meaningful communication with ML families. Support and facilitate community partnerships for cultural brokering and case management services.

Valid Maine teaching certificate with endorsement in English as a Second Language (ESL) or English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Criminal History Record Check (CHRC), which includes Fingerprints on file with the Maine Department of Education.

Master's degree in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, or a related field preferred.

• Minimum of five (5) years of successful teaching experience with multilingual learners.
• Demonstrated knowledge of second language acquisition theory, sheltered instruction strategies, and differentiated instruction for English learners.
• Working knowledge of WIDA standards, ACCESS for ELLs assessment, Language Acquisition Plans (ILAPs), and federal compliance requirements under Title VI and ESSA.

The School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The District shall actively work to ensure that the teacher and administrator workforce reflects the diversity of the student body. Selections will be based on highest capabilities, commitment to quality education, and likelihood of effective implementation, without consideration of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, parental status, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, membership in an employee organization, military service, political affiliation, or any other state or federal prohibitions.

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