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The American Dream Charter School is a dual language, middle and high school that develops academic excellence in both Spanish and English, preparing students to excel in college and become leaders in their communities. Our key design elements (8) are:

• Dual Language Program
• Project and Experiential-based Learning
• Culturally Responsive Instruction
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• Data-Driven Instruction & Assessment
• Teacher Development and Support
• June Mini-Mester
• DREAM Advisory
• Teacher Academy

The elements are more broadly defined as follows:

Dual Language Program. Students who are native speakers and English language learners will be placed in advisories together. This will allow for students to serve as language models for each other, giving each group of students an opportunity to show mastery in their native language as well as develop their second language. Our model alternates instruction from English to Spanish weekly for Project-based Learning (PBL), math and science. Instruction in English language arts (ELA) is in English, and instruction in Spanish language arts (SLA) is conducted in Spanish.

Project and Experiential-based Learning. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius. We believe experience is essential to learning, therefore, we will focus on explicitly providing students with the opportunity to build critical thinking skills through real world experience. Two elements we include as core curricular components to improve word understanding are field study and Project-based Learning (PBL).

Culturally Responsive Instruction. Instruction focuses on including our community members’ cultural experience as part of the driving force in our curriculum. Our cultural considerations will not be limited to native language instruction. We go further by understanding that education is not an easy task for any one person or entity, so we will work to have an environment that resembles that of a “village” where students, teachers and families and the community will be active participants in the academic life of the school.

Data-Driven Instruction & Assessment. Students will be regularly and meaningfully assessed using formative assessment tools and informal observation so teachers will be able to accurately drive their instruction. Every 6 weeks at the end of formal units, students will have a math assessment and a reading assessment, as well as running records in English and in Spanish. The data is tracked and realistic, quantifiable and goals are set and infused into the learning objectives.

Teacher Development and Support. Teachers work in collective groups with at least one ELL Specialist and one Learning Specialist (SWD) per grade. The specialists will be the support structure for teachers to reflect and think critically about improving their lessons, methodologies and delivery through lesson study. Teachers are asked to participate in self-reflection and to consider moments of success and difficulty to inform future instruction.

June Mini-Mester. An accelerated two-week course helping middle school students to make gains toward English proficiency. Students have an opportunity to take a class with students at the same proficiency level as their peers and hone in on developing in the areas most needed.

DREAM Advisory. DREAM is an acronym for Diversity, Respect, Empowerment, Advocacy and Motivation. Our advisory program incorporates these five pillars where students learn how each element enhances not only their own education, but also their development as citizens and leaders in their community.

Teacher Academy. Teachers participate in a two-week intensive training academy in which we outline curricular objectives, set goals and establish the foundation for our year-long PD. The focus of our PD program is the SIOP model lesson planning, practice, and implementation.

We're hiring for the following positions (all are subject to change):

• 6th-Grade Spanish
• 6th-Grade Math
• 8th-Grade Math
• 8th-Grade Science
• 6th-8th Music
• 6th-8th Reading Specialist
• 11th-Grade Algebra II & Trig
• 11th-Grade College Advisor
• 11th-Grade Earth Science
• 11th-Grade English 3
• 11th-Grade Spanish AP
• 11th-Grade US History

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