Academia Cesar Chavez is dedicated to providing a quality dual-language education that prepares critically thinking, socially competent, values driven, culturally aware bilingual and biliterate learners by advocating Latino cultural values in an environment of familia and community.
Position Purpose:
To provide an enriching academic development and learning environment that promotes learning and is appropriate to the maturity, interests and learning styles of ACC students. Develop a linguistically and culturally appropriate educational program. Work with directors, educational team and other staff to ensure ACC’s mission, values, vision and curriculum objectives are supported, modeled, infused throughout the curriculum, and taught to the students.
Line/Staff Relationship:
Immediate Supervisor: ACC Principal
Work closely with Support Staff, Administrative Assistants, other Teachers, Coaches, etc.
Nature of Work:
Duties will include implementing curriculum that incorporates MN state standards, Latino culture into everyday lessons and activities, creating and maintaining an appropriate classroom physical environment, providing cultural experiences based in Latino cultures, setting up a classroom that is labeled both in Spanish and English, conducting literacy and math assessments, and communicating and engaging parents.
Major Functions and Responsibilities:
Work cooperatively with school personnel to accomplish the goals and objectives of ACC
Implement valuable and culturally relevant lessons using methods that are appropriate to the levels of language proficiencies of the students
Respect and incorporate the culture, values, history, language, experience and traditions of the students
Deliver differentiated instruction to all students at all ability levels
Implement dual language curriculum in a 60/40 model
Participate actively in weekly PLC’s (Professional Learning Community), bi-weekly staff/team meetings and serves on various school committees
Integrate Latino culture/arts into the curriculum
Plans for and guides the learning process to help students achieve program objectives
Meet with related school personnel, i.e. school counselor and special education teachers to coordinate objectives for IEP’s (individualized educational programs)
Maintains a classroom atmosphere conducive to learning, incorporating social skills instruction o assist students in establishing/maintaining positive classroom and social behavior
Conduct home visits to each family in the classroom and maintain frequent collaboration/communication with student’s families or guardians
Implements useful diagnostic and progress assessment measures, school-wide assessments
Uses effective instructional methods and learning materials
Establishes a cooperative relationship with all assigned students
Engages in professional growth activities through ongoing personal development, skill and knowledge development
Provide positive feedback and reinforcement to students
Abide by professional code of ethics
Utilize specialized approaches for delivering understandable curriculum to second language learners and teach English language development and/or Spanish language development
Develop consistent rules of classroom behavior and procedures, set strong boundaries and high expectations of student behavior
Maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner that incorporates ACC values and Responsive Classroom methods
Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for volunteer(s)
Be available to work evening hours and weekends on occasion
Participate in non-teaching extracurricular activities associated with the school
Other duties as assigned by the principal
Competencies:
Demonstrated bi-lingual/bi-literacy in English & Spanish
Demonstrate excellent knowledge of innovative teaching methods
Demonstrate excellent knowledge of Latino culture or be willing to research
Demonstrated previous teaching and/or instructional experience in an inner city setting and/or work with urban youth
Ability to integrate technology into the classroom
Demonstrate interest in public school reform and social justice
Commit to the mission, values, and vision upon which the school was founded
Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity, interests and learning styles of the students
Work with families and students from diverse educational, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds
Problem-solve and critically assess the skills a student needs using a variety of data
Ability to take advantage of children’s individual interests and use their internal motivation for developing needed skills
Effectively utilize a student’s individual interests and use their internal motivation for developing needed skills
Set high expectations for all students and provide daily success opportunities for all students