Bilingual Resource Teacher; Spanish - FTE - Gillespie​/Muir; SY

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Instructional Supports & Service Delivery
  • Provide supplementary instruction for targeted English Language Development within or outside the classroom to English Learners in general education environments across program types (e.g., ELI, DLI-DBE, Hmong Heritage Programs).
  • Provide English language development instruction for EL students who have been in US schools for less than one calendar year for key content areas in high school.
  • Establish consistent communication with, and guidance to, Bilingual Resource Specialists regarding student needs, instructional support, and family outreach.
  • Help 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.
    • 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.
  • Family Involvement:
    • 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 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.
  • Bilingual Resource Teachers provide English Language Development support in general education environments across program types.
  • Bilingual Resource Teachers working in 4K environments:
    • Provide support for the development of social language in a play‑based environment for students whose parents have indicated the presence of another language.
    • Provide support with routines related to instructional activities.
    • Collect anecdotal notes under the observational assessment framework while interacting with the children (no individualized or standardized testing or pull‑out).
    • Review and use the 4K benchmarks.
    • Collaborate with classroom teachers during planning time to embed language strategies to support students whose guardian has indicated the presence of another language in the students’ Home Language Survey.
• EL Case Management
  • Serve as Case Managers 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…