ESL Teacher, King School & Putnam Avenue Upper School (SY 25-26)

Position:

ESL Teacher Grades 38

Multilingual Learner Education Department/King School & Putnam Avenue Upper School

Overview of Cambridge Public Schools:

The Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) in partnership with our families and community provides all students with rigorous joyful and culturally responsive learning as well as the social emotional and academic supports each student needs to achieve their goals and postsecondary success as engaged community members. CPS students and staff as members of a learning organization engaged in continuous improvement will demonstrate a growth mindset and embrace risk taking and innovation.

About 7000 students choose CPS each year and our diverse student enrollment continues to rise. Over 30% of CPS students speak a language other than English at home and over 70 languages are spoken by our families. Among the most common are Spanish Haitian Creole Amharic Arabic Bengali Chinese and Portuguese. Our schools proudly embrace this diversity.

The Role:

The teacher will be responsible for teaching ESL to Elementary School and Upper School English Learners (ELs) at the Martin Luther King Jr (MLK) and Putnam Ave Upper Schools in Grades 38 though grade level may shift due to enrollment. The candidate will work collaboratively with their colleagues in general education to provide English language development to small groups of multilingual learners. The ideal candidate will set high expectations for all students as well as utilize the SIOP framework to plan instruction that includes scaffolding and differentiation to support diverse learning needs. The candidate will also demonstrate a commitment to partnering with diverse families and creating a classroom environment that fosters mutual respect and cultural sensitivity.

In addition the candidate will:

• Plan units and lessons and deliver instruction aligned to WIDA ELD 2020standard MA State Frameworks and the district English Language Development (ELD) curriculum
• Provide ongoing formative and summative assessments and analyze assessment data in order to determine learning needs of students and next instructional steps
• Adapt curriculum and instruction to teach the diverse learners in the class
• Maintain a safe welcoming culturally affirming and equitable learning environment
• Participate in professional growth opportunities reflect on current practices and incorporate best practices into daily lessons
• Additional duties as assigned by the Director of Multilingual Learner Education and/or Principal

Your Skill Set:

As the incoming ESL Teacher you will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or Masters degree in Education from an accredited college or university required with courses in second language acquisition and/or applied linguistics
• Massachusetts teacher licensure in ESL PreK6 and 512 required
• At least 1 year of experience working in a linguistically diverse or urban setting preferred
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn to access data in educational systems such as Google Suite for Education Aspen and ELLevation
• A willingness to engage in further training and coursework to build instructional capacity to meet the needs of all learners
• Culturally responsive and attentive the needs of diverse families and educators
• Proficiency in English and fluency in a language other than English (Spanish Portuguese Korean Mandarin Haitian Creole Somali Arabic or other language) preferred but not required.

How to Join Our Team:

Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills experience and commitment to equity in education meet the qualifications of the position as well as stating how you heard about this opportunity.

At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.