Director of Multilingual Education

Overview of the Malden Public Schools:

The Malden Public Schools (MPS) is a richly diverse school district located within the GreaterBoston area and accessible by the MBTA orange line train. Maldens student body comprisesapproximately 6500 students who represent 59 different countries and speak 67 differentlanguages. We have 1 early learning center 5 K8 schools and 1 high school. We are

committed to providing high expectations for all learners through rigorous instruction andculturally culturally and linguistically sustaining practices and pedagogy. MPS is a safe welcoming and collaborative district where we encourage and embrace a growth mindset. We believe that our diversity is anasset and we are seeking candidates that reflect embrace and contribute to the strengths ofour community.

Objective: Malden Public Schools (MPS) seeks a Director of Multilingual Education who ensures all educators have access to the knowledge skills and resources that they need to provide every MPS student with a highquality culturally and linguistically sustaining and wellrounded education that prepares them to actively and responsibly read write reason communicate create and compute effectively within a global society.

Overview of position:

The Director of Multilingual Education leads districtwide teaching and learning efforts in their content area with an explicit focus on closing opportunity gaps for students with disabilities multilingual learners and students living in poverty as a means to ensuring that all Malden students thrive and are fully prepared for the future.

Responsibilities:

Ensure all students have access to curriculum and instruction aligned to Massachusetts Frameworks and the WIDA2020 standards:

Lead efforts to ensure access to standardsaligned high quality curriculum across the district; work to ensure curriculum is aligned with the Massachusetts Frameworks and the WIDA 2020 standards and that instructional materials meet state guidance and definitions of high quality across all three tiers of instruction.

• Lead districtwide curriculum adoption and implementation aligned to state curriculum frameworks and WIDA2020 standards;
• Take part in the design and implementation of intervention block programming after school interventions vacation week & summer programming and programming for advanced learning in collaboration with the Director of Intervention and Instructional Support

• Lead the selection of meaningful universal screeners and interim assessments that are valid for diverse populations of students with a particular focus on students designated as ELs.

• Lead the identification and procurement of effective instructional software and appropriate instructional materials and supplies as needed to successfully attain the goals of the instructional program with a particular focus on students designated as ELs.

• Ensure cohesive alignment with curriculum and instruction from preK12 gradespans.

• Develop with principals directors and teacher leaders the projected needs for supplies professional learning materials and physical facilities in their content area to assist principals in the development of annual budgets and plans based upon the individual and collective school needs.

Provide highquality support for teaching and learning:

Lead teaching and learning efforts across the district. Provide highquality instructional leadership support to school leaders leadership teams coaches and educators across the district including but not limited to leading professional development providing coaching and facilitating data cycles. In addition provide strategic direction and oversight of the World Languages program in the Malden Public Schools.

• Provide leadership to ensure that instructional strategies and materials meet the needs of Maldens diverse student population including but not limited to differences in skillacquisition developmental level gender interest race ethnicity and experience.
• In collaboration with the Director of Intervention and Instructional Support lead contentspecific implementation of the districtwide vision for effective coaching and instructional leadership at the district and building level supporting buildingbased coaches APs and Principals.
• In collaboration with the Director of Intervention and Instructional Support lead contentspecific implementation of districtwide professional learning efforts including but not limited to New Teacher Induction and yearround programming districtwide Professional Development Days and Summer Professional Development opportunities;
• Lead contentspecific data cycles at the district and building level anchored in meaningful formative assessment data

• Engage in an ongoing evaluation cycle of existing programs of instruction presenting annual and ad hoc reports.

• Provide leadership and strategic direction of the World Languages Programming within Malden Public Schools.
• Works with the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning to ensure that the district is in compliance with contentrelated state and federal guidance laws and expectations.
• Seek and apply for appropriate private state and federal grants that support teaching and learning that support ML Programming
• Support all aspects of the Title III program including but not limited to grant writing budget preparation coordinated program review audits reports and other data needed by the DESE and the federal government
• Ensure district compliance with state and federal EL guidance and expectations including SLIFE screening and programming and ensuring educators obtaining SEI Endorsements required for licensure.
• Work closely with Family Information Center to ensure needs of new EL students are met throughout the registration process as well as documented accurately for state reporting and scheduling purposes.

Advance systems of collaboration across Malden Public Schools and the Office of Teaching and Learning;

Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the district to set the the vision for worldclass instruction in grades preK12; Center the needs of professional learning data analysis and curriculum implementation on the needs of student populations that have historically experienced the least success in the Malden Public Schools particularly students with disabilities and Multilingual Learners

• Develops ongoing mechanisms for seeking out student family educator and school leadership team voice in districtlevel decisionmaking processes;
• Ensures contentspecific decision making is coherent with districtwide vision other district expectations and the instructional needs of students with disabilities and multilingual learners
• Effectively communicates district decisions and expectations in STEM with school stakeholders
• Creates meaningful trusting partnerships between school based teams and central office
• Proactively and consistently responds to classroom school and district needs
• Commits to excellence and delivers consistently with a servicedelivery mindset
• Serves as a member of the Malden Leadership Team and is the districts pointperson for inquiries related to this content area.
• Serve as a liaison between the Malden Public Schools and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Educations Office of Language Acquisition;
• Assist principals in the selection of and evaluation of staff members as directed.

Supervision and Evaluation:

• This position reports to the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning

• Directorlevel job descriptions involve comprehensive lists of responsibilities under the purview of each individual Director. However in the course of implementing a multiyear district strategic plan various responsibilities from the job description will be prioritized for the Directors focus in each year. At the beginning of each school year the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning in collaboration with the Director will jointly identify three areas of priority for the Directors work during that year which will provide a focus for evaluation and supervision. These areas may include: specific grade spans and content areas for focus of curriculum implementation efforts; a particular school or schools identified for coaching and support; or a particular approach (such as support for a particular student group or staff role).

Qualifications:

• Will possess a masters or higher degree from an accredited college or university
• Will show evidence of at least three years of satisfactory fulltime paid experience as a publicschool teacher; experience in urban settings strongly preferred
• Will show evidence of experience as a school or district administrator with experience as Principal or Assistant Principal in an urban setting strongly preferred.

• Must hold current DESE Licensure as a Supervisor/Director in their content area or as a Principal/Assistant Principal; they must also possess a DESE SEI Endorsement

• Must be able to exhibit knowledge of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks of WIDA 2020 Standards and of state MCAS and ACCESS testing programs (and emerging programs as information becomes available)

Equal Opportunity Employer:The Malden Public Schools is committed to cultivating an ethnically racially and linguistically diverse and inclusive environment where different backgrounds and perspectives are celebrated. We believe the differences within our environment will positively impact student outcomes and benefit our employees and community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Salary:

In accordance with Malden Public Schools Unit B contract.

Apply:

Please submit a letter of interest for the position that includes related experience and qualifications as well as a resume on School Spring.

This posting is expected to close on Sunday May 5end of day.

Required Experience:

Director