Lower School Bilingual Teacher 26-27 SY

Lower School Bilingual Teacher

Étoile Academy bilingual teachers are responsible for executing on the mission by ensuring that all students improve academically and demonstrate our core values. Bilingual teachers are responsible for providing high-quality, data-driven instruction and instructional support to all learners in both English and Spanish. They are responsible for collaborating with colleagues, including core content teachers, to ensure all students master the grade level curriculum and standards. This is a full-time teaching position for 1st and 2nd Grade.

Responsibilities 

• Implement state learning standards and Etoile Academy Charter School curricula and assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations;  
• Learn, master, and deliver content and grade level curriculum, core content objectives, and texts;
• Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance for feedback;
• Implement formal and informal assessments to track each individual student's progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly;
• Communicate students' progress with student and family on a weekly basis;
• Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks;
• Implement our clear and consistent behavior management system and build a strong sense of community in the classroom;
• Collaborate with special education staff so students identified as needing extra support are meaningfully included;
• Teach lessons in Spanish and English, ability to fluently move between languages;
• Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify;
• Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students' needs;
• Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school wide meetings and functions;
• Engage in summer and year-long district, school and personal learning and development;
• Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week;
• Additional responsibilities may include: after-school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our students

We look for team members that embody our REACH values. This includes the characteristics below. 

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college   
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them  
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly  
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes  
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change  
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization  
• Works through silos and forges strong relationships in order to achieve outcomes  
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
• Preferred: Prior experience in urban education
• Bilingual (Spanish & English)
• Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (TExES test 190)
• Bilingual Supplemental (TExEs test 164)
• Core Subjects Grades EC-6 or EC-3