Company Info 
					
				Elsie Whitlow Stokes CFPCS 
		3700 Oakview Terrace, NE Washington DC 20017 		
Washington, DC, DC, United States
					
Phone : 
202.265.7237 
			Web Site : 
www.ewstokes.org 
			 
	
		Target Language Teacher (Spanish or French) 
		
	
		
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		Location: 
		
			Washington, DC, DC, United States 
		
	 
	
						
	
					
	
	 
	 
	
		
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			Employment Type: 
			Full time
		 
	
				
	 
	 
	
	
	
	
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			Occupations: 
			Education : Classroom Teaching level3, Early Childhood Care & Development, Elementary School
		 
	
						
			Job Description: 
			Target Language Teacher (Spanish or French)
Essential Responsibilities  Advisory Establishes and maintains an appropriate plan of education for all students Establishes learning goals for students in partnership with parents Regularly reviews progress toward goals with students, co-teachers, coaches, learning specialist and parents regularly Holds parent conferences a minimum of three times each year or one individual PTC and 3 APTT meetings. During the meeting teachers and parents should review student progress and at more frequent intervals, as needed.  
Instructional/Learning Facilitation  
Creates appropriate differentiated learning environment: stimulating, active, safe, respectful, Inquiry based learning Uses effective, positive, respectful interpersonal communication skills with students, staff and families Implements school wide curriculum (Writing and Reading workshop, Math Investigations 3, Peace of Mind) through the units of Inquiry and social emotional support. Prepares lessons, projects and assessments for students  
Instructional/Learning Facilitation (Cont)  
Implements interdisciplinary activities using an array of community, learning resources and multicultural content Infuses the PYP language throughout the day Collaborates with specials teachers to ensure the units of inquiry are transdisciplinary. Includes actions (social justice and community service) in units of inquiry.  Integrates technology into the curriculum (word processing, electronic mail, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, databases, graphics, Internet, video resources and production) and reference resources of researched information. Gathers information about students’ behavior and academic performance data Conduct ongoing assessments to measure students’ academic progress (math signature assessment, reading assessments, etc.) Collects and use data objectively for instructional decision making Meets every week with coach, IB coordinator and Learning Specialist to plan IB units of Inquiry Meets with co-teacher, coach and learning specialist to share data Implements interventions suggested by Learning Specialist and communicate to team about students' progress Implements Individual Education Plan (IEP), assesses and monitors student learning outcomes Contribute to school and individual team development  
Attends staff meetings, professional development and recommended training programs Contributes to implement, supervise and reinforce school wide routines through the year: Morning Line up: 7:50 am, Hallway Transitions during the day, Cafeteria: lunch duty, Dismissal from the classroom to aftercare Collaborates in at least two school wide events (Science Fair, Heritage Day, Taste of Stokes, Franco Fete, Spelling Bee, Black History Month, etc.) Completes school surveys in a timely manner  
Contribute to Family Engagement and Community Involvement  
Attends Family Engagement trainings in order to build sustainable relationships with families Schedules home visits and inform parents about the purpose of the visit Conducts home visits to at least 80% of families of current classroom Enters home-visits data into Flamboyan website Communicates and maintains regularly positive communication with families   Contribute to Family Engagement and Community Involvement (Cont)  
Reflects every two months on-going communications practice and enter information into Flamboyan website Involves parents in decisions about their children Plans, designs and creates activities for Goal Setting PTC and APTT meetings Parent Techer Conferences  
Invites parents and schedule individual meetings with parents Collects data about students' performance on subject areas Determines goals for student's improvement Plans, designs and creates activities for Goal Setting PTC and meeting Presents data of reading levels and math signature assessment Presents standard and explain activities for parents to work with children at home Sets goal with parents and let them know when the next meeting to review performance will happen APTT: Conduct three APTT and one PTC meeting (1st -5th  grade teachers)  
Invites parents to a meeting Collects data about students' performance on subject areas Determines goals for student's improvement Plans, designs and creates activities for Goal Setting PTC and meeting Presents data of reading levels and math signature assessment Presents standard and explain activities for parents to work with children at home Sets goal with parents and let the group know when the next meeting will be  
Professional Development  
Participates in all ongoing faculty-wide professional development activities Participates in all personal and staff-wide performance evaluation activities Works with coach creating action steps to improve performance as needed Strives for professional excellence  
Other Duties  
Maintains classroom organized and help maintain materials accessible for students Creates a student work display on the classroom bulletin board for each trimester and collaborate with other teachers to create informational bulletin boards for the school (IB related) Places orders, leave request, field trip request, etc., in a timely manner (Help Desk) Sends newsletter to families via email every week Completes plans on weekly plan and IB planner every week Completes report cards in a timely manner Attends to IEP meetings if needed Supervises lunch duties and recess, as assigned May supervise an instructional assistant or an assistant teacher. Additional duties as needed Professionalism  
Arrive to school on time Arrive to PD, school wide meetings on time Start team meetings on time Inform co-teacher if you plan to be absent and send plan for next day ahead of time  
		 
	
						
			Job Requirements: 
			Requisite Skills and Experience: Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood or Elementary Education or equivalent. Fluency in English and French; or English and Spanish (required for TL teachers). A minimum of one year of experience teaching young children preferred.