Bilingual Resource Teacher; Spanish - Henderson - FTE - SY

Elementary School Operations

Henderson Elementary

Minimum Annual Compensation: $52,154 (25-26 TE Salary Schedule)

Length of

Contract:

192 days

Employment Type:

Exempt

• Provide supplementary instruction for targeted English Language Development within or outside of the classroom to English Learners (ELs) in general education environments across program types (i.e., ELI, DLI-DBE, Hmong Heritage Programs).
• Provide English language development instruction for EL students who have been in U.S. schools for less than one calendar year (i.e., Newcomers per DPI) for key content areas in high school.
• Establish consistent communication with, and guidance to, Bilingual Resource Specialists (BRS) regarding student needs, instructional support, and family outreach.
• Help to create school‑wide welcoming environments and support inclusion of EL students in instructional settings.
• Work with the building administrator and Multilingual Services and Programs staff to coordinate service delivery that is inclusive and conforms to district protocols and requirements for English language learners.
• Serve as an integral member of the school‑based team responsible for student placement and scheduling to ensure compliance with state and federal law regarding ESL services.
• Work with librarian and/or Instructional Coach to purchase culturally and linguistically relevant materials.
• Participate as active team members in discussions of academic, transition, secondary options, graduation, and career/vocational post‑secondary planning for ELs.
• Serve on the Student Support and Intervention Teams (MTSS) to ensure culturally and linguistically responsive practices throughout the referral process when the student in question is an EL.
• Participate as active team members (not as interpreters) in IEP meetings for ELs to represent the student’s language development needs.
• Provide assessment support: administer English language proficiency assessments and screeners including WIDA Kindergarten Screener, WIDA Screener Online, and ACCESS 2.0 (including bilingual screeners when applicable).
• Monitor students’ ability to access grade‑level curriculum through ongoing formative assessment in collaboration with general education staff.
• Collaborate with non‑ESL staff to ensure that ELs have appropriate and adequate assessment scaffolds in assessments of core content learning (formative, interim, and summative).
• Provide professional learning to colleagues to ensure that content‑related language growth is measured and reported.
• Support classroom teachers in understanding how to use the English Language Development observation tools, and how to use data to guide instructional planning.
• Collaborate with School Testing Coordinators to ensure appropriate testing accommodations are provided for ELs in district and state‑mandated assessments.

• Serve as one of the communication links among student, families, and school staff in collaboration with classroom teachers.
• Participate in parent‑teacher conferences that include ELs served by the BRT/ESL teachers in collaboration with the general education classroom teacher.
• Collaborate with Bilingual Resource Specialists (BRS) and other staff to coordinate communication with families.
• Provide families of ELs with information related to MMSD and the U.S. educational system, including the process of identifying ELs.

• Serve as Case Manager for ELs to provide a school‑based contact/advocate for parents and students.
• Explain EL Data Management forms to parents to keep them informed of their student’s academic status.
• Identify potential ELs from information provided by families on Home Language Survey; gather information to determine whether a student should be assessed for English language proficiency; communicate with families; assess students who meet criteria for language screening.
• Report WIDA Screener Online/WIDA Kindergarten Screener scores of qualifying students to widascreener.wi.us.
• Contact the previous WI or WIDA school district of any new EL to MMSD to obtain the most recent ACCESS for ELLs scores and report those to Multilingual Services and Programs Central…