Teacher, Clde Elementary

Jeffco Public Schools (Jeffco) is located in Jefferson County, Colorado. It is the second largest school district in Colorado serving 69,000 students across 155 schools. With 14,000 employees, the district is the largest employer in Jefferson County and has provided educational excellence for more than 70 years.

Jeffco embraces the spirit of the West and the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountain region with the county spanning more than 770 square miles running the length of the western edge of the Denver metropolitan area. The district is diverse in both population and geography, from urban to rural, including the mountain communities in the foothills west of Denver.

Overall, Jeffco has 31% of students that qualify for free and reduced lunch, an indicator of poverty, and 34% minority (25% Hispanic) student population. The district is implementing a new strategic plan, Jeffco Thrives 2025 that is focused on providing a world-class education that prepares all Jeffco students for bright and successful futures as local and global citizens. Come join us!

Jeffco Public Schools is a Single-State Employer. All candidates hired by Jeffco Public Schools must reside within the state of Colorado.

Lasley Elementary School is an outstanding community school that has proudly served Jefferson County, CO for more than 60 years. At Lasley, we live our school's mission and vision every day by demonstrating critical thinking, life-long learning, and collaboration.Our graduates often get accepted into Colorado's most elite colleges and universities. Our success stems from our school's core value: focusing on the whole child. Every member of the Lasley staff works tirelessly to develop each child, while collaborating and partnering with both families and the greater community. In addition to our excellence in academics, we have a full time social worker and innovative partnership with Jefferson County Mental Health that helps to provide for the emotional and mental well-being for our students. Lasley proudly sponsors many family education nights and works with our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to encourage community outreach opportunities for every student. Our school offers special after school extracurricular activities for our students which focus on developing leadership, building self-esteem, being positive role models, and developing life-long learning strategies. In addition, Lasley provides free bus transportation for our students to attend the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver as a safe and educational after school option. Lasley Elementary School has some of the finest educators in all of Jefferson County Public Schools. We have partnerships and mentorships with many of the Denver area's largest and most influential universities. In fact, every year, leading universities want to send their student teachers to our school to learn how to replicate what we do. We invite you to visit our school to find out what our families have known for the past 60 years - Lasley Elementary is truly a world class school in your own backyard.

Full time teaching position to support Multilingual Learners

Teacher, CLDE Elementary
Annual Position
FLSA: Exempt
FTE: 1.00000 , Hours/Day: 8.000 , Days/Year: 185
Salary Plan, Grade, Step: JCE - Professional - 185 days , L01, 1
Min-Mid Annual Salary Range: $52,625.00 - $70,506.50 Effective as of: 08-16-2023

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SUMMARY: Provide equitable and inclusive education to our culturally diverse elementary student population. Create a supportive and culturally responsive learning environment; implement differentiated instruction tailored to the linguistic and academic needs of English Language Learners (ELLs); collaborate with colleagues and specialists to develop effective instructional plans; and foster strong partnerships with culturally diverse families and communities. Utilize expertise in language acquisition, cultural competence, and cross-cultural communication to promote the academic success and social-emotional well-being of all students, while advocating for equity and inclusivity in education.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Complete the identification, assessment and enrollment process for all students determined to have an influence of a language other than English.
Act as point of contact for newcomer strategies and supports. This includes ensuring that the front office staff, classroom teachers and administrators have a plan for welcoming newcomer students and their families to the school.
Analyze student data to make appropriate instructional decisions for MLs. Work collaboratively with Central ML Specialist, site-based instructional coach, and other school staff to monitor student progress and determine appropriate instructional supports to have accelerated academic and linguistic growth for ML students.
Participate in and lead building level professional development as appropriate. Attend all professional development provided by the CLDE department.
Support and consult with classroom/content area teachers to build their capacity in order to ensure access for MLs to grade-level content through best practices such as sheltering, scaffolding and differentiation based on language proficiency levels.
Collaborate with school staff around the needs of MLs in the MTSS process, during the creation, implementation and updates of IEPs and 504 plans, and in the identification process for Gifted and Talented.
Co-plan/co-teach to embed English language development skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing to provide MLs access to grade-level standards-based content.
Administer yearly ESL assessments and update and maintain EL plans through progress monitoring and collaboration with school staff.
Ensure that schools are utilizing translation and interpretation services for families to engage in the school community.
Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING Bachelor's degree and coursework related to CLDE. Completion of a teacher preparation program preferred.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, OR REGISTRATIONS Valid Colorado teaching license with English as a Second Language or Linguistically Diverse Endorsement.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES Training in foundational literacy skills and the science of reading. Knowledge of sheltered instruction techniques. Knowledge of and commitment to ensuring student access to grade-level content standards and English Language Development standards utilizing language acquisition theory, best-practices and research-based instructional strategies in literacy, co-planning and co-teaching, data driven instruction, and differentiation strategies. Ability to demonstrate a belief that all children can learn through differentiated core instruction. Demonstrated ability to collaboratively support colleagues in effectively planning CLDE strategies in the general education classroom. Ability to collaborate with classified staff, instructional coaches, administrators, and Central CLDE specialists. Demonstrated ability to utilize data from formative and summative assessments to plan for instruction. Demonstrated commitment to teamwork in establishing and meeting student achievement goals, school goals, and professional development goals through team planning and active participation in professional development opportunities.
The physical requirements, mental requirements and work environment factors described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Regularly required to use hands to handle and feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. Must be able to access shelving and storage areas. Must be able to lift 25 pounds unassisted. Specific vision requirements include close and distance vision (with corrective lenses). Must be able to direct or lead students to safety in the event of an emergency or drill.
MENTAL REQUIREMENTS Ability to read and comprehend curriculum, polices and procedures, standards, benchmarks, behavior plans, and implementation strategies. Ability to make sound decisions on a day-to-day basis on appropriate communication with students and families/caregivers; appropriate classroom room management. Ability to read, interpret, follow, and instruct others on safety rules. Ability to modify instruction appropriately for the needs of individual students. Ability to evaluate and provide constructive feedback on both academic performance and student behavior. Demonstrates mature judgement in exercising appropriate supervision and expectations of students. Ability to speak effectively before groups.
WORK ENVIRONMENT Primarily working inside in an elementary school classroom.. Typical elementary school building may also contain libraries, computer labs, and kitchens. May be exposed to outside elements during activities such as bus duty, recess duty, drills, or field trips.

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