SY Learning Support Teacher; Grades PK-5th

Job Title: SY 26-27 Learning Support Teacher

Department: Education

FLSA Status: Professional Exempt

Reports to: Washington Yu Ying Principals

Compensation: $61,714 - $96,779 annually

Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School is a leader in Chinese Immersion education, achieving high levels of academic and organizational success. Our diverse and inclusive community reaches far beyond the walls of our building. At Yu Ying teachers, staff and families are collaborators, who together, are raising the next generation of culturally fluent and well-rounded global citizens.

Are you passionate about empowering every student to thrive? As a Learning Support (LS) Teacher at our dynamic Chinese immersion school, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring that children with disabilities and additional learning needs receive the support they deserve. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that tailors learning experiences to each child’s strengths, providing direct instruction and working closely with general education teachers to create an inclusive, engaging, and supportive learning environment.

If you're dedicated to making a meaningful impact and fostering a love of learning, we’d love to have you on board!

• Develop, distribute, and maintain IEP snapshots for all students with disabilities.
• Adhere to Washington Yu Ying’s inclusion model of instruction in the early years.
• Utilize various co‑teaching models of instruction to include lead and support; station, parallel, alternative and team teaching; pull‑out, resource, etc.
• Support, implement, and monitor classroom behavior and academic expectations.
• Maintain positive communications with parents to partner successfully with the school.
• Interpret both formal and informal, classroom‑based assessment for students in order to make instructional decisions.
• Collect data on student performance so as to improve student outcomes and direct instruction.
• Administer and interpret formal assessments as appropriate.
• Select and adapt materials to assist students with disabilities to access the general education curriculum, as appropriate.
• Provide additional instruction and support to students outside of content area to achieve school‑wide goals and address student needs.
• Provide proof of modified instruction in the form of accommodation, modifications, or resource room as mandated by the students’ IEPs.
• Manage and develop students’ quarterly IEP progress reports and deliver to students’ parent/guardian’s on the EY caseload.
• Review evaluation information (psychological, clinical, educational, etc.) prior to MDT meetings.
• Develop and monitor student goal progress on regular timelines, and completion of student assessments, evaluations, IEPs, 504s and re‑evaluations according to federal, state, and district guidelines in powerschool special programs.
• Plan curriculum and create lesson plans with the needs of all students in mind.
• Implement grade‑appropriate IB PYP curriculum (reading and writing, social studies, math, and science).
• Plan and deliver transdisciplinary units that integrate skills learning within the IB framework.
• Ensure a focus on conceptual understanding to support students in developing, extending, and transferring their ideas across contexts.
• Utilize current IB resources and guidance, and regularly review and refine the implementation of the English programme based on IB expectations.
• Collaborate with colleagues to design, plan, assess, and moderate learning experiences within the IB programme.
• Use local and global contexts to establish relevance and authenticity in English learning experiences.
• Promote effective relationships and purposeful collaboration among teachers to create a positive and dynamic learning community.
• Maintain active supervision of students at all times, including during instruction, transitions, arrival/dismissal, recess, lunch, and any school‑sponsored activities; students must never be left unattended.
• Ensure student safety by proactively monitoring environments and behaviors, enforcing school safety expectations, and intervening immediately when unsafe conditions or behaviors…