ESL Teacher - Midvale - FTE - SY

Elementary School Operations

Midvale Elementary

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

Length of

Contract:

192 days

Employment Type:

Exempt

MMSD is seeking highly motivated and energetic applicants! Applicants should have a good attitude, willingness to learn, and passion for impactful work and learning.

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is the second‑largest school district in Wisconsin. We have a simple yet bold vision—to ensure that every school is a thriving environment, preparing students for college, career, and community. We welcome applicants who will actively contribute to our commitment to making MMSD a thriving, welcoming environment for all students, families, and staff.

We serve a beautifully diverse population of more than 25,000 students, with more than half being students of color, nearly one third English Language Learners, and more than 100 languages represented. We are committed to anti‑racism, cultural responsiveness, and inclusion.

• Instructional Supports & Service Delivery
  • Provide supplementary instruction for targeted English Language Development within or outside the classroom to English Learners (ELs) in general education environments across program types.
  • Provide English language development instruction for EL students who have been in U.S. schools for less than one calendar year 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 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 in IEP meetings for ELs (not as interpreters) 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 English Language Development observation tools, and how to use data to guide instructional planning.
    • Collaborate with School Testing Coordinators to ensure appropriate testing accommodations for ELs in district and state‑mandated assessments.
  • Family involvement:
    • Serve as one communication link 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 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.
• EL Case Management
  • Serve as Case Manager for ELs, providing a…