Bilingual DLI Hmong Social Studies Teacher - 1.0 FTE - East - 26-27 SY

About the role

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking highly motivated and energetic applicants for a bilingual and English Language Learner (EL) programs position. Applicants should have a good attitude, willingness to learn, and passion for impactful work and learning.

Responsibilities

• Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction
• Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth towards mastery of standards
• Establish common year-long/course plans that identify the essential questions and resources to support student learning
• Develop clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build student engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
• Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning
• Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning
• Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process
• Analyze data and adjust instruction based on student achievement, observation, and teacher practice data
• Serve as a bilingual classroom teacher as part of the District’s bilingual and EL programs
• Assist in the development of curriculum for bilingual and ESL instruction in the District
• Provide classroom instruction to students in bilingual classrooms
• Provide additional support and leadership to the bilingual and ESL education programs as requested

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Official transcripts are required for formal employment
• Native-like fluency in Hmong and English
• Hmong language proficiency assessment is required for Bilingual Resource Teacher and Dual Language Immersion positions
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in: Core content license: Social Studies to cover grade level Bilingual/Bi-Cultural ESL (preferred)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Official transcripts are required for formal employment
• Native-like fluency in Hmong and English
• Hmong language proficiency assessment is required for Bilingual Resource Teacher and Dual Language Immersion positions
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in: Core content license: Social Studies to cover grade level Bilingual/Bi-Cultural ESL (preferred)