Transitional Kindergarten Dual Immersion Teacher; Bilingual Spanish

Job Details:

Job Location:

Richmond, CA 94804, Position Type:
Full Time, Salary Range: $64,446.00 - $97,299.00 Salary, Job Category:
Education, Overview

Voices is a public charter school network with a mission to prepare all learners for the challenges of higher education through the context of an academically rigorous dual-immersion program. Every learner, regardless of home language, graduates bilingual and biliterate through our full-inclusion English and Spanish dual-language model.

Though 90% of Hispanic young adults say that a college degree is important for success in life, fewer than 20% aged 25 or older hold a bachelor’s degree. In contrast, only about 35% of the general American public considers college highly important, and a similar 35% hold a bachelor’s degree (2023, 2024 Pew Research) Voices College-Bound Language Academies exists to change that.

Our educational philosophy is grounded in a sociocultural approach to learning that emphasizes collaboration, language development, and culturally sustaining practices. We believe students learn best in rigorous, language-rich environments that are developmentally responsive, prioritizing play-based pedagogy in early childhood and intentional direct and interdisciplinary instruction in the upper grades. Instruction is standards-based and designed to develop bilingualism, biliteracy, and critical thinking through reflective, data-informed practice.

If our mission, model, and approach to teaching and learning resonate with you, we invite you to apply.

The Dual Immersion Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Educator creates a nurturing, language-rich classroom where young children learn through play, interaction, and exploration. Working collaboratively with the school team and under the guidance of the leadership team, the teacher designs developmentally appropriate experiences that support oral language development, social-emotional growth, and foundational thinking skills in both program languages.

The educator observes children closely to guide instruction, builds strong relationships with families, and fosters a classroom community where children feel safe to participate, communicate, and take risks as learners. The TK teacher partners with associate teachers, student teachers, and volunteers to maintain a responsive and organized learning environment and collaborates with staff who share responsibility for supporting each child’s development.

Teaching:

• Establish an inclusive culture of high expectations for all students, avoiding premature academic formalization; understands that TK as preparation for learning, and learning through play.
• Build secure teacher-child relationships as the foundation for learning, support self-regulation through guidance, modeling, and predictable routines; interpret behavior developmentally rather than using compliance-based discipline.
• Demonstrate and implement knowledge about developmentally appropriate learning strategies for students in Transitional Kindergarten.
• Design and facilitate child-initiated and guided play as the primary context for learning, uses play observation to plan instruction and scaffold thinking and language, protect extended uninterrupted play periods in the daily schedule.
• Plan hands-on, movement-based, and sensory learning experiences; use materials and environment as instructional tools rather than worksheets; support fine motor, gross motor, and symbolic play development.
• Prioritize oral language development before reading and writing expectations; model rich language through routines, storytelling, songs, and interaction; scaffold comprehension and expression for emergent bilingual learners.
• Understand TK as the linguistic foundation year of the dual…