DLI TEACHER

Dual Language Immersion Teacher

Reports To:

Principal

Supervises:
May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.

Purpose:

To plan, organize and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development. Dual Language Immersion (DLI) requires fostering bilingualism, biliteracy, high academic achievement, and intercultural competence through instruction delivered in the designated target language in accordance with the district's Dual Language Immersion model.

A. Major Function:
Management of Instructional Time

The teacher has materials, supplies, and equipment for each lesson ready at the start of the lesson or instructional activity; gets the class started quickly; gets students on task quickly at the beginning of each lesson; maintains a high level of student time-on-task.

DLI teachers consistently implement the district's language allocation plan, maximize instructional time in the target language, and ensure classroom routines support authentic language acquisition while maintaining rigorous grade-level instruction.

B. Major Function:
Management of Student Behavior

The teacher has established a set of rules and procedures that govern the handling of routine administrative matters; has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student verbal participation and talk during different types of activities—whole-class instruction, small group instruction, etc.; has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student movement in the classroom during different types of instructional and non-instructional activities;

frequently monitors the behavior of all students during whole-class, small group, and seat work activities and during transitions between instructional activities; stops inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently, yet maintains the dignity of the student.

DLI teachers establish classroom routines that encourage productive risk-taking in language learning, promote respectful communication across cultures, and create an environment where students confidently use the target language for academic and social interactions.

C. Major Function:
Instructional Presentation

The teacher begins lesson or instructional activity with a review of previous materials; introduces the lesson or instructional activity and specific learning objectives when appropriate; speaks fluently and precisely; presents the lesson or instructional activity using concepts and language understandable to the students; provides relevant examples and demonstrations to illustrate concepts and skills; assigns tasks that students handle with a high rate of success;

asks appropriate levels of questions that students handle with a high rate of success; conducts lesson or instructional activity at a brisk pace, slowing presentations when necessary for student understanding but avoiding slowdowns; makes transitions between lessons and between instructional activities within lessons efficiently and smoothly; makes sure that the assignment is clear; summarizes the main point(s) of the lesson at the end of the lesson or instructional activity.

DLI teachers deliver instruction primarily in the designated target language, intentionally develop students' academic language proficiency, integrate culturally relevant and globally-minded instructional practices, and utilize language objectives alongside content objectives. Teachers maintain a target-language-rich classroom environment through anchor charts, vocabulary walls, visual supports, and authentic learning experiences that promote bilingualism and biliteracy.

D. Major Function:
Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance

The teacher maintains clear, firm and reasonable work standards and due dates; circulates during class work to check all students' performance; routinely uses oral, written, and other work products to check student progress; poses questions clearly and one at a time. DLI teachers monitor both content mastery and language development, using formative and summative assessments to inform instruction and differentiate support for students at varying levels of language proficiency while maintaining high academic expectations.

E. Major Function:
Instructional Feedback

The teacher provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in-class work to encourage student growth; regularly provides prompt feedback on assigned out-of-class work; affirms a correct oral response appropriately, and moves on; provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response or no response by probing, repeating the question, giving a clue, or allowing more time.

DLI teachers provide feedback that strengthens both academic understanding and target language development, encouraging students to refine their communication skills through meaningful oral and written interactions.

F. Major Function:
Facilitating Instruction

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