Elementary School Educator Responsibilities + Foster a sense of student belonging by cultivating joy and purpose throughout the Elementary School. + Cultivate a caring and culturally responsive learning community in the classroom, taking into account the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of students. + Utilize the principles of Responsive Classroom to build a community where students feel valued, respected, and motivated to succeed. + Identify essential learning and use a planning framework with standards, learning targets, real-world issues, and a culturally responsive curriculum. + Design and implement engaging learning experiences that are collaborative, culturally responsive, and differentiated. + Employ high-impact instructional practices based on current pedagogical approaches to teach the curriculum. + Design and deliver engaging, differentiated lessons that align with curriculum standards and meet the academic and social-emotional needs of all students. + Regularly assess student progress through formative assessments and other data-driven tools. + Accurately and regularly assess student progress through formative and summative standards-based approaches. + Continuously monitor student learning and make appropriate modifications of goals and strategies to meet students’ needs. + Group students flexibly based on their individual needs, abilities, and assets, using data to inform grouping decisions. + Design quality formative, summative, and self-guided assessments that provide students with frequent feedback and communicate their growth and achievement. + Integrate technology in innovative ways in daily instruction to enhance learning. + Respond to learners’ diverse needs using responsive, measurable, and research-informed interventions and extensions. + Demonstrate experience with current best pedagogical practices, teaching materials, and instructional strategies. + Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.). + Work closely with team members, PLC teams, and school administration to develop cohesive curriculum materials and establish common instructional goals and assessments. + Engage in team planning, curriculum review, budgeting, and other school-required activities as needed. + Collaborate as a member of a Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that creates a supportive community, plans curriculum, gives and receives feedback with one another, and engages in professional learning and reflection. + Actively engage in professional learning and growth through regular observation and feedback cycles with Professional Learning Community Coaches and Principals. + Experience with or interest in co-teaching in a flexible learning environment. + Engage in co-teaching practices with other members of the PLC and utilize learning community spaces with intention and flexibility. + Demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. + Strive for continuous self-improvement as a lifelong learner. + Model the Core Values in your interactions with all members of the school community. + Cooperate with and participate in the planning and evaluation of the school program as needed. + Engage with students in meaningful activities beyond the classroom that extend student learning experiences (coaching, organizing field trips, sponsorship of clubs, events, overseas travel and/or community service projects, etc.). + Connect with and be available to parents and students during and outside of school hours (in person and via email communication) Role Specific Responsibilities + Co-planning, co-teaching, co-assessing, and co-reflecting in a homeroom learning community with a language-additive lens + Developing and modeling content and language-integrated lessons that include language targets, language scaffolds, and language strategies in core curriculum + Use of WIDA ELD Standards Framework with Common Core standards to monitor language development and develop instructional next steps for multilingual learners Position Requirements and Qualifications + Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field + Master’s Degree in relevant field preferred + Teaching credential in ELL/EAL preferred + Extensive experience working with elementary-aged multilingual learners of English and professional knowledge of additive language acquisition and language curriculum development + Bilingual or multilingual candidates preferred + Experience with WIDA ELD Standards Framework, collaborative teaching, and tiered systems of support including but not limited to Response to Intervention (RTI) framework or Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) + Training and experience with science of reading-aligned early literacy approaches + Excellent verbal and written English language skills + Confident technology skills for teaching and administrative tasks Working Requirements Mandatory attendance of school orientation, chaperone and participate in a minimum of four evening and/or weekend school activities each year, as assigned (including "Back-to-School Night").