CDA Instructor- Bilingual Spanish

Fort Totten Clinic
100 Gallatin St NE
Washington, DC 20011, USA

** Temporary position from Nov 2026 thru June 2027 with possibility for long term

The CDA Instructors ispart of the adult education team at Briya Public Charter School — a leading two-generation education program serving immigrant parents and their young children in Washington, D.C. Briya is a Tier One Public Charter School, consistently achieving the highest educational outcomes through its innovative, family-centric programming.

Briya’sworkforce development programs provide integrated education andtrainingthe field of healthcare and early childhood education. Through these programs, adultlearnersprepare for national industry recognizedcertificationsin high-demand careers while also increasing their academic and workforce development skills and knowledge. Briya’s Child Development Associate program equips students to provide high-quality care and education for future early childhood teachers, homevisitorsor directors of licensed childcare development centers.

Monday-Thursday 12:00 pm-9:00 pm and 10:00am-4:00pm on Fridays.

• Develop daily/weekly lesson plans that adhere to the CDA Curriculum with fidelityand exemplify best practices in instructional designand adult learning principles.
• Utilize effective strategies that provide opportunities for student learning and active engagement in the learning process, incorporating contemporary tools, technologies, and resources, that promote and stimulate all learning modalities.
• Design authentic learning experiences for students to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to beeffectivechildcare providers at bothcenter-basedas well as home-based settings.
• Evaluate students’ progress and curriculum’seffectiveness through regular formal and informal assessments including CASAS, quizzes, and group activities.
• Plan incollaborationother staff to ensure that all components are integrated education and training are seamlessly implementedinto the regular curriculum

• Teach CDAclasses in theas part of our 2-Gen afternoon program and inevening setting, integrating academic skills (literacy, digital literacy, and math), workforce development and the 13 areas of content related to the CDA Curriculum.
• Provide quality instruction that fosters an academic learning climate, actively supports teaching and learning, and implements the curriculum with fidelity.
• Utilize effective teaching strategies and adult learning principles that provide opportunities for student learning and active engagement in the learning process.
• Use assessments and evaluation data to monitor student learning, instructional effectiveness, and instructional decisions.
  
  Provide ongoing, informal assessments toprovideincreased instructional opportunities.
  
  Assist with the coordination of data collection.
• Provide a safe and orderly learning environment in the classroom.

• Oversee learners’ portfolio completion by tracking documents, providing guidance,feedback and coaching.
• Support CDA-English alumni in fulfilling the requirements for certification and job placement and retention.

• Meet onweeklybasis with Program Managerto discuss topics such as lesson plans and instruction, assessment data analysis, students’portfolios,and attendance/enrollment.
• Maintainaccurateacademic records of all the students attending assigned classes.
• Collaborate with Student Services to providereferrals for familiesregardingsocial, health, legal and educationalresourcesand opportunities available in the area.
• Assistspecial events such as graduation and other school-based celebrations.
• Supply information and data needed for reporting and work with the monitoring teams…