Multilingual Intervention Specialist: Uplift Williams Middle

Mission Statement

Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

Uplift Education proactively engages scholars, families, and staff members to thrive as their authentic selves and partner in the journey required to identify, address, and correct existing and potential inequities.

The Multilingual Intervention Specialist provides intervention and/or classroom supports for students that are designated as Emergent Bilinguals by the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) to increase their language proficiency. Multilingual Intervention Specialists work closely with the Emergent Bilinguals' classroom teacher to provide support in the classroom and pull select Emergent Bilinguals for additional small group intervention. Staff document all interventions provided to scholars, in addition to fostering a multilingual community amongst the campus.

• Provide individualized and small group instruction using MLP curriculum and materials in order to meet the needs of the Emergent Bilinguals.
• Assess, analyze, and respond to the needs of EBs by selecting appropriate materials and implementing appropriate programs.
• Pushes into classrooms to support the language acquisition on Emergent Bilingual scholars.
• Instruct students in basic English Language foundational skills and primary language to facilitate academic success, supporting them as needed daily.
• Ensure EB students have appropriate curriculum accommodations, acceleration, resources etc.; working collaboratively with teachers for EBs to accomplish their language proficiency goals.
• Implement an ongoing assessment of the EB scholars in the program and make adaptations based on the results.
• Meet with parents, classroom teachers, and administration regularly to provide update on scholar's performance.
• Attends all Multilingual Programs trainings and collaboration days.
• Attend or assist with LPAC meetings, participate in parent conferences and staff meetings as needed.
• Collaborate with all staff in a school and support ongoing staff development and leadership.
• Serve as a consultant for purposes of referrals to other programs such as Title 1, Special Education, SST, and others to assure neither the under nor over representation of EB students.
• Classroom / Small Group Management and Organization
• Prepare classroom/intervention space to enhance learning and to aid in physical, social and emotional development of students.
• Support student behavior in agreement with the scholar code of character.
• Ensure necessary and reasonable measures are taken to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.
• Maintain ESL materials for Emergent Bilinguals only
• Provide input on Tier I book, equipment and material selection to support language development in the classroom.
• Documentation and Law
• Support the EB identification process led by the Multilingual Compliance Coordinator including review of student information and testing of students.
• Support the gathering, managing, and digital reporting of records and other documents required by Chapter 89.
• Abide by all policies established by federal and state law that apply to charter schools and ESL/bilingual programming.
• Support teachers in obtaining their ESL certification.
• Competencies:
  
  To perform the job successfully, competitive applicants should demonstrate the following competencies:
• Self-motivated, team player
• Ability to proactively manage multiple, critical deadlines
• Ability to adapt quickly and confidently in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented, organized, and resourceful
• Continuous learner; seeks out new information, knowledge and skills
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent planning and logistics skills: the ability to envision a project's holistic work-steps and properly sequence those activities in order to streamline implementation
• Process oriented and experience with process flow development
• Reporting Structure
• This position will report to and be managed by the specified campus administration.
• This position falls under the Multilingual department, in which:
• 90% of the assigned duties should be spent directly on instructional support of Emergent Bilinguals
• The Multilingual team will provide resources and training throughout the year, this includes but is not limited to the Coordinators of Emergent Bilinguals and the CMO Multilingual management staff
• Other Duties as Assigned
• Modification of duties and essential functions:
  Uplift Education retains the right to change and/or modify the duties and essential functions of this position at any time, while maintaining 90% of the work being instructional support for Emergent Bilinguals. This job description is not intended to cover or…