Job Description
Job Description
LFDCS is committed to the development and implementation of effective practices to support language acquisition and academic fluency in English and Spanish for all students. Dual-language fluency-building on the first language of Spanish while supporting proficiency in English-utilizes best practices to meet our priority funding goal.
Responsibilities:
-Teach students to read and write in Spanish.
-Provide the instructional program for students to reflect the goals of a Dual-Language Program.
-Ensure consistent discipline practices and integration with the classroom instruction.
-Participate in the monthly RTI (Response to Intervention) meeting for assigned grade levels.
-Meet weekly with grade-level classroom teachers to support parallel skills in two languages.
-Assist with standardized test administration or translation as requested by Head of School.
-Communicate with parents to ensure a cooperative family partnership in accord with the school's mission and to increase student achievement.
-Participate in and adopt school-based professional learning, innovations and technology advances.
-Invest in personal and professional development through on-going training in accord with an approved professional development plan.
-Provide letters of reference for high school admissions process (grade 8 students) as requested.
Experience/Qualifications:
-Fluent in Spanish and English
-Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Education or appropriate content subject area or Emergency License
-3 years' experience preferred
-Massachusetts Certification in Foreign Language Instruction at the levels matching position openings
-Strong commitment to education reform initiatives, particularly raising educational equity for low-income and linguistic minority students
-Experience teaching urban students of Hispanic backgrounds preferred
-Support the two-way language goals of the school.
-Ability to work independently and as a team member of the grade-level staff and school community
-Commitment to the specific mission and goals of LFDCS
-Demonstrated excellent communication skills (oral and written)
-Demonstrated interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills
Schedule: Full-Time, School-Year Position
Reports to: Head of School
Lawrence Family Development Charter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Welcome to ATX Learning
The Lawrence Family Development Charter School was founded in 1995 with 178 students enrolled in Kindergarten through third grade. It has grown since then to a Kindergarten-1 through eighth grade institution with an enrollment of 860 students. Admission to the school is based on a yearly lottery to fill 100 K-1 seats that are available every August/September. Vacancies that exist in K-2 to grade 4 when school opens in August/September are also filled through the lottery system. Over 250 children are currently on the waiting list for admission to LFDCS. Our educational program features small class size to enhance learning potential. Kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms have a maximum of 20 students. LFDCS is committed to providing equitable access to programs that are of high quality and developmentally appropriate, while ensuring that a focus on student learning is maintained through frequent and appropriate assessments of the educational program and students. Our curriculum is standards based and reflects complete alignment with the Massachusetts State Frameworks. For more information, please go to our website at www.lfdcs.org.
LFDCS is committed to the development and implementation of effective practices to support language acquisition and academic fluency in English and Spanish for all students. Dual-language fluency-building on the first language of Spanish while supporting proficiency in English-utilizes best practices to meet our priority funding goal.
Responsibilities:
-Teach students to read and write in Spanish.
-Provide the instructional program for students to reflect the goals of a Dual-Language Program.
-Ensure consistent discipline practices and integration with the classroom instruction.
-Participate in the monthly RTI (Response to Intervention) meeting for assigned grade levels.
-Meet weekly with grade-level classroom teachers to support parallel skills in two languages.
-Assist with standardized test administration or translation as requested by Head of School.
-Communicate with parents to ensure a cooperative family partnership in accord with the school's mission and to increase student achievement.
-Participate in and adopt school-based professional learning, innovations and technology advances.
-Invest in personal and professional development through on-going training in accord with an approved professional development plan.
-Provide letters of reference for high school admissions process (grade 8 students) as requested.
Experience/Qualifications:
-Fluent in Spanish and English
-Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Education or appropriate content subject area or Emergency License
-3 years' experience preferred
-Massachusetts Certification in Foreign Language Instruction at the levels matching position openings
-Strong commitment to education reform initiatives, particularly raising educational equity for low-income and linguistic minority students
-Experience teaching urban students of Hispanic backgrounds preferred
-Support the two-way language goals of the school.
-Ability to work independently and as a team member of the grade-level staff and school community
-Commitment to the specific mission and goals of LFDCS
-Demonstrated excellent communication skills (oral and written)
-Demonstrated interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills
Schedule: Full-Time, School-Year Position
Reports to: Head of School
Lawrence Family Development Charter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Welcome to ATX Learning
The Lawrence Family Development Charter School was founded in 1995 with 178 students enrolled in Kindergarten through third grade. It has grown since then to a Kindergarten-1 through eighth grade institution with an enrollment of 860 students. Admission to the school is based on a yearly lottery to fill 100 K-1 seats that are available every August/September. Vacancies that exist in K-2 to grade 4 when school opens in August/September are also filled through the lottery system. Over 250 children are currently on the waiting list for admission to LFDCS. Our educational program features small class size to enhance learning potential. Kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms have a maximum of 20 students. LFDCS is committed to providing equitable access to programs that are of high quality and developmentally appropriate, while ensuring that a focus on student learning is maintained through frequent and appropriate assessments of the educational program and students. Our curriculum is standards based and reflects complete alignment with the Massachusetts State Frameworks. For more information, please go to our website at www.lfdcs.org.
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