**THIS IS A SUMMER SCHOOL POSITION. EMPLOYMENT IS SEASONAL AND TEMPORARY**

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Office of English Learners 5-Week Academic Enrichment program focuses on grade level academic skills in Math and ESL/English Language Arts. Cognitively demanding tasks and grade-level complex texts will be made accessible for our students. In addition to academics, the program includes enrichment activities focused on STEM, Arts, Leadership Building, and Physical Fitness. The program serves EL students entering grades 1 st -12 th .

POSITION SUMMARY:
This is a summer program coordinated by OEL in order to support EL acceleration in English language acquisition and development. Teachers hired are expected to adhere to the vision and mission of OEL, which is to provide a culturally and linguistically responsive education with the supports needed to ensure equitable access to opportunities that promote language acquisition, bilingualism, biliteracy and lifelong learning.

The Office of English Learners is seeking teacher applicants who have educational experience with EL students to teach ESL/Math at the elementary and middle school levels (Grades 1-12).

EL Summer Learning Teacher Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Participate in all scheduled professional development.
• Job responsibilities will require for planning time outside the regular hours instruction.
• Be responsible for ESL and/or Math curriculum guides and materials belonging to OEL.
• Provide a rigorous ESL and/or Math instructional program including developing and posting content and language objectives daily.
• Administer assessments and monitoring of students' instructional needs at the beginning, during, and at the end of the program.
• Administer iReady assessment and using the assessment data to inform instruction.
• Use data to inform classroom ESL and/or Math instruction and student grouping.
• Use curricular maps to plan, prepare, and present ESL and/or Math lesson plans, assignments, and relevant enrichment activities for students.
• Maintain timely attendance and progress records of students.
• Collaborate with other team members to improve instructional practices.
• Differentiate a range of effective instructional practices to meet students' needs.
• Provide students, families, Site Coordinators, and the OEL Program with relevant and timely data, and maintain data for OEL.

Program Opportunities:
The Elementary ESL Summer Academy will begin on Monday July 9 th , 2018 and end on Thursday August 9th, 2018. The program hours vary according to locations and grade levels being served. Please keep in mind that all site coordinators, teachers, and paras are required to report on work on Friday, August 10th to clean up, gather and pack materials, and support with inventory and delivery of summer materials to storage site.

REPORTS TO: Position reports to the site coordinator, who works in close collaboration with the BPS Office of English Learners.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE: EL Summer Learning Academy Academic Teachers are required to attend all scheduled central and site-based planning meetings, trainings and professional development sessions, work all required program hours, as well as complete all required wrap up duties, as indicated in site-specific job description.

• Saturday, May 19, 8am-2pm: Social-Emotional Learning & Academic Curriculum PD
• Teacher hours and site-based PD are specific to site. Contact program leaders for details.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Summer Learning Academy Teachers provide students with rigorous instruction that demonstrates the BPS core competencies for effective teaching listed below. Due to the short duration of summer programs and the critical need to boost student learning during this time, it is particularly important that teachers in BPS summer programs:

• Prepare cognitively-demanding lessons, assignments and enrichment activities (requires some planning work outside of regular program hours)
• Differentiate instruction so that all students complete rigorous academic work.
• Establish a productive learning environment and classroom culture in which all students are respected.
• Work with site coordinator to maintain timely student attendance and progress records.
• Work with site coordinator and other program staff to ensure all outcome goals are on track to be met, including academic outcomes and social-emotional skill development outcomes.
• Provide students, families, site coordinators and program staff with relevant and timely data.
• Oversee classroom management; enforce discipline code.
• Care for program materials and resources.
• Perform other related duties as requested.

CORE COMPETENCIES: Using the Rubric of Effective Teaching, the Office of Human Capital has identified priority skills and abilities that all BPS teachers should possess:

• Accountability for Student Achievement
• Set ambitious learning goals for all students, create cognitively demanding tasks, and model the belief that that all students can master challenging material through effective effort.
• Assess student understanding regularly with ambitious learning goals in mind and take ownership of making necessary adjustments to instruction to reach goals despite setbacks.
• Display passion and optimism about students, content, and the teaching profession.

• Communicating Content Knowledge
• Demonstrate mastery of and enthusiasm for content area and the pedagogy it requires.
• Demonstrate understanding for how subject matter applies in real-world settings and connects to other content areas and relevant standards.
• Convey content in creative and engaging ways that align to standards.
• Equitable & Effective Instruction

• Scaffold and differentiate instruction so that all students do complex thinking and rigorous academic work.
• Use instructional practices that are likely to challenge, motivate, and engage all students and facilitate equitable, active student participation.
• Build a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community.

• Cultural Proficiency
• Actively create and maintain an environment in which students' diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges are respected.

• Parent/Family Engagement
• Engage with families and build collaborative, respectful relationships in service of student learning.

• Professional Reflection & Collaboration
• Regularly reflect on practice, seek and respond to feedback, and demonstrate self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development.
• Participate in and contribute to a collaborative adult learning community.

TERMS:

• Compensation is set based on hours of work, including professional development, on-site program time, and additional duties. Compensation differs based on Summer Learning Academy program.
• Site-specific job requirements, program hours, and training schedule to be determined by Summer Learning Academy program. Agreement to site-specific terms is required for hire.

• Payroll will be processed on a biweekly basis after receipt of completed timesheets in accordance with BPS summer payroll schedule.

• All employees must read and agree to the BPS 2018 Summer Program Terms of Employment

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's Degree
• ESL License and/or SEI Endorsement
• Demonstrated experience working with English Learners, Students with Interrupted Formal Education, and/or English Learner Students with Disabilities.
• Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment

The successful candidate will have at least two years of experience in working with EL students, excellent classroom management skills, and the ability to work proactively with the Site Program Coordinator. This teacher will provide a learning environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, emotional, and cultural development to the child.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

• Current teacher in the Boston Public Schools.
• ESL License and/or SEI Endorsement
• Experience working in a BPS summer learning program.
• BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS' official languages:Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, & Somali.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Boston Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, does not discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, criminal record (inquiries only), disability, homelessness, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals' dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.