Description
At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve.
The Multilingual (ML) Specialist will work to ensure that our emerging bilingual (EB) students achieve their language, literacy, and learning goals. Your main responsibilities will be to provide targeted small group instruction, based on formative and summative data from the WIDA assessment suite. ML Specialists will also collaborate with teachers to increase access during content learning and monitor progress of language goals.
Essential Functions
- Assessment:
- Serve as test coordinator and proctor for the WIDA Screener, WIDA Model, and ACCESS for ELLS assessment, including the administration of testing accommodations.
- Actively analyze student achievement and language proficiency data to drive strategic instructional decisions.
- Maintain updated data, progress monitoring dashboards, and rosters.
- With a team of SLs and ML experts, the ESL Specialist performs 6-week data analyses and produces 6-week action plans that correspond with Rocketship's other formative assessment cycle.
- Conduct a deep-dive analysis of formative and summative data, then report the outcomes and action steps to teachers and school leaders on professional development days.
- Instruction:
- Implement language development curriculum that instructs students to achieve excellence in speaking, listening, writing, and reading.
- Support students in meeting their weekly Lexia English goals to supplement the language development.
- Collaboration with Instructional Staff:
- Participate in Unit Planning meetings with classroom teachers to ensure Universal Strategies and other targeted language development strategies are implemented into the unit and daily lesson plans.
- Assist teachers with the implementation of Universal Strategies and/or targeted language development strategies in the classroom.
- Design and/or execute school-based professional development that builds educators’ capacity to improve our academic and language development support of students who are ELLs.
- Community:
- Partner with families by reporting progress to families on a 6-8 week basis and hosting community events/ community meetings.
- Assist with non-instructional supervision of students, such as arrival/dismissal, hallway monitoring, substitute teaching, lunch and playground duty, or supervision of extracurricular activities.
Required Qualifications
- Commitment to Rocketship's mission, vision, and goals.
- Previous experience managing and/or teaching groups of elementary-age students is strongly preferred.
- Basic computer skills including troubleshooting and an ability to communicate about technical difficulties.
- Fluency in English.
- Fluency in Spanish (preferred).
- Bachelor's Degree.
- WI Elementary K-6 teaching credential or a full credential to transfer in from out of state.
- English as a Second Language K-12 Endorsement (to be ESL Specialist).