Teacher: Elementary Dual Language (English/Spanish)

About the role

This posting creates a pool of candidates for future positions that may become available.

Responsibilities

• Cultivates a positive classroom and school environment so that each student will have the opportunity to develop intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Maintains order and discipline in the classroom and throughout the schoolhouse conducive to effective learning and supervises students.
• Plans and provides for relevant and engaging learning experiences aligned to standards.
• Demonstrates content knowledge and the ability to implement, adapt, and differentiate the AACPS curriculum.
• Develops, selects, and modifies long-range and short-range instructional plans and materials to meet the needs and engage all students.
• Creates and maintains a collaborative and engaging learning environment for students, considering research and best practices on teaching and learning and social emotional wellness.
• Prepares, administers, scores, and uses diagnostic, formative, and summative data to monitor and evaluate student outcomes.
• Keeps attendance and grade records as required by Board Policy/Administrative Regulation.
• Communicates and confers with students, families, teachers, and school leaders regarding progress/areas of concern and parent/student/teacher conferences as necessary.
• Collaborates with colleagues and administrators to build skills and knowledge of current trends, research and methodology with a lens of equity.
• Participates in professional growth and development to expand knowledge of pedagogy and content knowledge in the related fields of elementary education.
• Serves on special committees.
• Collaborates with school-based dual language immersion team and program stakeholders to uphold the integrity of the district's dual language immersion program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field of education from a regionally accredited college or university required.
• One (1) year general experience with virtual learning technology, remote instruction platforms, Learning Management Systems, and video conferencing tools, if assigned to Virtual Academy required.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.
• Knowledge of current trends, research in field of specialization and methodology in instructional techniques.
• Demonstrated content knowledge and the ability to differentiate the curriculum.
• Demonstrated ability to react and adapt to change productively and positively.
• Demonstrated ability to speak and write effectively.
• Ability to deal effectively with students, staff and parents.
• Knowledge of and proficiency in technical areas of instruction.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and engage diverse parents/guardians with varied communication styles, levels of skill and experience to support their child's education experience.
• Demonstrated ability to employ a variety of teaching styles to respond to the needs of diverse learners.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work and communicate with diverse populations.
• Proficiency with business technology applications (e.g. Video/Web Conferencing, Microsoft Office Suite -Word, Excel, Outlook, and/or PowerPoint preferred).
• Bilingual/Biliterate in target language of instruction at advanced-mid proficiency (minimum level 8) in each of four language domains (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as measured by the STAMP 4s assessment; or completion of a university degree earned in the target language of instruction. Near native required.
• Hold or be eligible for educator certificate/license issued by Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) required.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

• Standing: between 1/3 and 2/3 of the time
• Walking: between 1/3 and 2/3 of the time
• Sitting: under 1/3 of the time
• Keyboarding: between 1/3 and 2/3 of the time
• Talking: between 1/3 and 2/3 of the time
• Hearing: between 1/3 and 2/3 of the time