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Anticipated, Full Time/Part Time Childhood ELL/ DLL Pre K TEACHER

Employer
Portland Public Schools
Location
Portland, ME, US
Salary
Competitive
Position Type:
WORLD LANGUAGE/ELL/ELL TEACHER

Date Posted:
6/21/2019

Location:
Central Office

Date Available:
08/26/2019

Closing Date:
07/05/2019


Seeking an energetic, creative, and master early childhood English language teacher to support young Dual Language Learners in our Pre Kindergarten classrooms. The successful candidate will:
1) Provide and support early language development opportunities and appropriate instruction aligned with the WIDA Early English Language Development Standards and the Maine's Early Learning and Development Standards to meet developmental expectations for multilingual children;
2) Collaborate and consult with early childhood education teachers to enhance development of English in all language domains necessary to participate and make progress in their overall development;
3) Provide ongoing professional learning opportunities as necessary on dual language development and acculturation, and effective practices in teaching multilingual children; 4) Use student data and language proficiency assessments to inform instruction and programming support for multilingual children;
5) Assist educational teams to distinguish dual language learning from a language disability as well as cultural from behavioral delay;
6) Promote family and parent engagement.

A successful candidate will have: excellent interpersonal and intercultural communication skills in order to collaborate effectively with all early childhood education teachers and other educational support staff; the ability to provide ongoing staff development and leadership as a specialist of dual language learners; expertise in building relationships with multilingual families; and experience in promoting the acquisition of language in a Pre K setting.


CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Maine State fingerprint (CHRC) authorization. Website: http://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprinting/index.html
Maine State English Language Learner 660 (K-12) certificate. Website: http://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/initial/application/index.html.
Preferred:
Maine State Early Childhood Education Endorsement 081 (Pre K)
Maine State Early Elementary Endorsement 029 (K - 3)
Maine State General Elementary Endorsement 020 (K - 8)
Maine State Teacher of Students with Disabilities 282 (Pre K)


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