K-2 Multilingual Education Teacher ; Northeast Campus

Highline Academy

www.highlineacademy.org

MISSION:
We exist to foster a diverse community of youths and adults striving together for academic, personal, and civic excellence.

VISION:
Creating inclusive excellence in public education.

Assignment:
Multilingual Education (MLE) Teacher for Early Elementary

Reporting directly to Highline’s campus principal, our teaching team is the heart of our organization - the ones who make the mission come alive for our staff. We expect our team to be caring about the whole child, great planners, strong and nurturing classroom management and excellent collaborators with teammates and families. We look for people with good communication skills, dedication to do everything it takes to make a difference for each child, and a growth mindset.

Coordinators are paid year round on a salary. Their student contact days (176) and their professional development days and parent conference days adds up to a 189 day work year. However, the work the teaching team does outside those days planning, reflecting and pursuing professional growth is also an important part of being an excellent teacher. Our MLE teachers are expected to be on campus ready for students by 7:45 am and to stay until 4:00 each day school is in session, and to 4:30 on Fridays when we have early release days for students followed by teacher P.D. or planning meetings.

There are 2 weeks of professional development every summer before school begins which is part of the accounted professional development days.

Campus Principal

Highline Academy is a community of diverse youth and adults striving together for academic, civic, and personal excellence. Founded in 2004, Highline is committed to inclusive excellence. In 2013, we launched our second school in Green Valley Ranch. Our students come from fifty countries, speak 26 different languages, represent a full range of socio-economic backgrounds, and previous educational experiences. Our diverse and integrated community has already begun to achieve excellence.

Highline students have consistently out-performed district and state averages. Strong faculty and student retention rates are emblematic of the school’s positive culture and strong community.

Highline has a commitment to a liberal arts education which includes Art, Music, Spanish and P.E. instruction for our students. We have high expectations for all of our learners, with an understanding that some learners need more or different instruction. We have Performance Group teachers at each grade level which enable us to give smaller group instruction for the core content areas of math and language arts.

Additionally, we have a robust intervention program with additional supports available as students show they need them. We are a fully inclusive organization for students with special needs, who are integrated into the general education classrooms. We have a character education program designed by Highline called Reach. This teaches, practices, and celebrates the Reach values of responsibility, empowerment, aspiration, citizenship and honesty.

All our students are taught to Reach Out to support and care about their classmates and community, Reach In to learn about themselves and reflect about their learning and Reach Up to their very best academic achievement. We are a students’ first, growth mindset organization and we expect all of our employees to model these values. All Highline employees are expected to read and follow all policies as written in the employee handbook and to review it annually for updates.

• Create a Positive Classroom Culture and Climate
• Practice Effective Classroom Management
• Plan and implement Masterful Content Delivery
• Practice High-Impact Instructional Moves
• Demonstrate Essential Knowledge of Students and Use of Data
• Demonstrate Effective Collaboration and Engagement with students and colleagues
• Demonstrate thoughtful reflection, learning and development
• Supports the MLE team
• Effectively coordinates and complies with the district via the MLE Director

All Highline teachers are also expected to demonstrate the Highline Internal Commitments for Professional Practice.

• We will take responsibility for student learning by valuing diversity, needs, learning styles and through shared ownership.
• We will commit to being clear and purposeful in our objectives and instruction while continuing to reflect and revise learning strategies by frequently monitoring student assessment data and ensuring that it is used as a tool for learning.
• We accept and embrace diversity within our community of faculty, students, and parent/guardians by valuing each other for who and where we all are in life as learners and as people, and we commit to providing a safe place for all to succeed.
• We will be direct, intentional, timely, and graceful in giving and receiving communication without judgment and for positive and proactive…