Multi-Lingual Learning (MLL / ELL) Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are

Comp Sci High is a public charter high school serving the South Bronx with a mission to give every student a path to economic freedom–that means getting every student to the median national household income by the age of 25.

We founded CSH in 2018 because we believe that students in the Bronx can and will join the next generation of programmers, tech entrepreneurs, computer scientists, and overall become leading professionals with tech skills for any industry. We wanted to build a new kind of high school a high school that truly prepares kids for their lives after graduation. We also wanted to build a community of adults with strong connections to each other, to kids and families, and to the Bronx community.

We are looking for an inspiring, talented, visionary, and educator to join our amazing team, help us continue to build one of the city’s most innovative high schools.

Our Mission

To ensure every student graduates with a college acceptance letter, high tech skills, real work experience, and a robust plan to turn those opportunities into a successful career where they will achieve the household median income of the U.S. by the age of 25.

Our Values and Beliefs

At CSH, we value diverse views and ideas. But, we believe that every adult in our community needs to share a core set of values and beliefs to give our students and families the school they deserve. Specifically,

(S) Self-Awareness : Understand my impact on students, families & colleagues; invite feedback and make meaningful changes over time.

(C) Consistency : Honor my commitments through presence, punctuality, and follow-through; communicate proactively when I can’t meet my responsibilities.

(O) Ownership of the Community : Build respectful relationships with students, families & colleagues, seek to learn about and gain competence in the cultures of the communities we serve; foster a welcoming environment; speak directly to my colleagues rather than about them; and take responsibility for my mistakes by acknowledging their impact.

(R) Resilience : Recover from setbacks & negative interactions, seek to repair poor working relationships, and move forward with determination and purpose.

(E) Excellence : Believe in the boundless capacity of our students by pushing them to grow and excel; deliver high-quality work for students, families & colleagues.

The MLL Teacher Role

Pay and Benefits

Salary : $75,000 - $115,000. We offer excellent benefits, commensurate with experience, and great opportunities for professional and career development.

The Position

The Multilingual Learner (MLL) Teacher role is first and foremost a strong classroom teacher and advocate that supports students in developing their language proficiency across listening, speaking, reading, and writing in order to access and master content area standards. The MLL Teacher promotes a positive classroom culture and practices ownership over their space and their caseload of students through relationship building, cultural context understanding, knowledge of families, and advocacy to support students’ academic, social, emotional, and cognitive growth. The Multilingual Learner Teacher role promotes the CSH S.C.O.R.E. Values in full and strives for growth and excellence in their role as it relates to CSH mission and vision.

Who We’re Looking For

We believe students succeed when adults build a close, collaborative community and strive relentlessly for excellence. With those things in mind, we are looking for candidates :

who strive for excellence who constantly push themselves, their colleagues, their school leaders, and their students to be better;

who prioritize organization in their work habits and responsibilities;

prioritize effective communication and collaboration in order to ensure roles / responsibilities are carried out successfully;

who love to build community with students, families, and colleagues;

who are honest, smart, hard-working, and a team player

Who are commited to meeting the needs of a diverse student population.

The ideal candidate for the MLL Teacher role will also :

Have a Bachelor’s degree (Certification in ESOL teaching is preferred)

Have three years of experience in instructing English Language Learner (ELL) students preferred

Have Knowledge of federal, state, and local ELL laws, regulations, and frameworks.

Proficiency in NYSESLAT exam compliance and standards.

Experience in providing NYSESLAT exam preparation to students.

Demonstrated success in supporting student improvement in grades and exam scores (e.g., NYSESLAT)

Job Description

The MLL Teacher supports multilingual learning through strong classroom instruction

Planning and Preparation

Know your subject matter well and develop strong familiarity with standards and external assessments in your courses.

Plan clear, rigorous lessons that build foundational language acquisition skills, support vocabulary development, and promote fluency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

Design formative and summative assessments aligned to end of year goals (and any external exams).

Review student work and student data and use it to plan.

Know student learning levels and needs–understanding students' proficiency levels as well as any students with IEPs and multilingual needs.

Collaborate with teachers to support ELL student growth in ENL class, build on skills across Humanities’ classes.

Classroom Environment

Ensure the classroom is physically safe.

Communicate and uphold clear and consistent classroom expectations (intellectual and behavioral).

Build a classroom culture that is welcoming and promotes shared respect and student engagement.

Ensure that students meet school-wide expectations in academic settings.

Build a proficient classroom culture that supports student excellence.

Delivery of Instruction

Be consistent, clear, engaged, caring, and patient in the classroom.

Consistently assess student understanding throughout the lesson.

Provide regular feedback to students during class, in written comments, and in the form of consistent, clear grades.

Grade assignments and update the gradebook according to our CSH grading policy.

Establish clear roles and student groupings with your co-teacher so both teachers are actively engaged with students during the lesson.

Check in with students who are disengaged (not listening, focused, head down)

Adjust daily lessons at the moment when many students become disengaged or confused.

The MLL Teacher Also Supports English Language Learning and Compliance and Learning :

Collaborate with teachers and service providers to schedule and deliver mandated hours of instruction and support through push-in and pull-out services for English-Language Learner (ELL) classified students.

Collaborate with colleagues to help ELL students access and engage with content in all of their classes.

Support student language development to ensure growth, preparation for, and success on the annual NYSESLAT exam.

Conduct regular assessment (diagnostic, interim, etc.) in order to understand language proficiency needs during the academic year as it relates to growth, mastery, and proficiency.

Collaborate with DAS, Principal, CAO, families, and applicable staff regarding student progress toward meeting mandated hours and supports needed to ensure mandated support is provided.

Monitor and track student language instruction to ensure alignment with state-mandated service hour requirements.

Maintain accurate records and documentation for compliance reporting and audits.