PORT TOWNSEND SCHOOL DISTRICT

Human Resources-Job Posting

 

Position Opening Announcement:                 1.0 FTE (.9 FTE K-12 Multilingual Support Teacher and

                                                                .1 Highly Capable Teacher) One Year Only

                                                                 Itinerant

                                                                 2024-2025 School Year  

                                                 

Posting Date: November 7, 2024                    Posting No. 2024-63

 

In the Port Townsend School District, we organize ourselves through the PT Schools Promise: Every student will be known, supported, and engaged and graduate with the skills to thrive in the world and change it for the better.  This promise is supported through our school goal work in which we are working to create a school where inequities are eliminated, academic achievement is rigorous and students are supported and held to high expectations.

This is a professional with advanced preparation and experience in reading and multilingual learning, who has the responsibility of providing instruction to students who need additional support, including multilingual learners. This professional will also serve as a resource and mentor to the teaching staff for supporting the success of these students.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

                                          

• Hold a valid Washington State Teaching Certificate for grades K-5. An endorsement in Multilingual Learning (previously called English Language Learning) is preferred. Candidates with coursework and/or experience in multilingual learners will be considered.
• Demonstrated knowledge of language acquisition development for multilingual learners.
• Demonstrated cultural intelligence, with a focus on equitable education for all students and families.
• Demonstrated successful teaching skills in multilingual learning, math, and/or literacy. Ability and willingness to utilize research-based practices to support and enrich classroom instruction for each student.
• Knowledge of Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English Language Arts and ability to use CCSS to pace instruction and intervention for student learning.
• Demonstrated knowledge of elementary curriculum and tiered interventions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of secondary curriculum and tiered interventions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of highly capable students, in grades K-12.
• Demonstrated ability to use a variety of instructional and assessment strategies to measure instructional and program effectiveness and the ability to adapt instruction, curriculum, and program to meet a wide range of student abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage information, and to keep precise and accurate records and other forms of documentation, CogAT assessment, WIDA data, and maintain student and school-wide summative assessments.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development; as evidenced by participation in building, district, and state workshops, staff development, and recent coursework relevant to effective teaching.
• Demonstrated skill in collecting student data and using data to make instructional decisions for each student.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate regularly with teacher colleagues, for mutual interest and benefit to student growth and success in all areas.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional achievement and growth.
• Demonstrated ability to establish rapport with students while inspiring and motivating excellence in student performance.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with administrators, staff, and families to determine and achieve school goals and develop a positive school climate.
• Demonstrated experience in working in a leadership capacity bringing educational information to groups of teachers and /or families.
• Demonstrated understanding and support of place-based learning.
• Demonstrated understanding of MTSS.

 

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:    

• Work collaboratively with grade-level teams to maximize student learning for multilingual learners and in mathematics and literacy– including intervention for students who struggle to learn. Design opportunities for flexible groupings for math and literacy instruction.
• Coordinate and analyze school-wide multilingual learner, math, and literacy assessment and data. Facilitate multi-lingual, math, and literacy data discussions at grade-level meetings.
• Provide assistance and guidance to individual students and teachers – a “whatever it takes” sense of teacher efficacy.
• Coordinate effective intervention opportunities for our struggling math/literacy students and multilingual learners.
• Coordinate student entry and transition activities for multilingual learners and highly capable learners.
• Provide program design for individual students (e.g., students from alternative programs, community schools, and students who enroll during the school year).
• Provide small group and individual instruction in an intervention classroom or in the regular education classroom.
• Facilitate data-driven collaboration meetings with classroom teachers, paraeducators, and other instructional staff.
• Assist staff in meeting the academic and social/educational needs of students through participation on the problem-solving team and during family conferences.
• Serve as a mentor, peer coach, and staff developer to help staff gain additional instructional skills to meet the needs of all students and in particular multilingual learners.
• Use a variety of assessment data to measure program effectiveness and to guide program revisions, including the coordination of school-wide multilingual learning, reading, and math data.
• Collaborate with school staff to plan and deliver place-based learning in alignment with the district’s mission and vision.
• Facilitate Accelerated Learning Plans.
• Coordinate Multidisciplinary Team Meetings in order to differentiate instruction for Highly Capable learners.
• Provide community outreach and information about Port Townsend Multilingual and Highly Capable programs.

 

 

Applications for this position will be accepted until filled.  Incomplete applications will not be considered.  Application materials are available online at http://www.ptschools.org.

 

Salary Range: DOE, 2024-25 Salary Range is $60,000 - $116,667 annually (prorated for start date)

 

BENEFITS:

Benefits include Sick Leave, Personal Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision, AD&D, and Basic Life insurance coverages.  Retirement is through the WA State Department of Retirement, plans available: TERS Plan 2 or TERS Plan 3.

 

 

A COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS INCLUDES:

1. Completed application form
2. Current Resume
3. Letter of Interest stating your qualifications
4. Three letters of recommendation from current/previous supervisors
5. Unofficial transcripts
6. Photocopy of your Washington State Certificate(s) or equivalent from another state. (Obtaining and providing a Washington State Certificate would be a provision of employment.)

 

For application questions contact:

Carrie Baxter, Administrative Assistant 

Laurie McGinnis, Payroll/HR Director or

Carrie Ehrhardt, Director of Human Resources

Port Townsend School District #50

Gael Stuart Building, 1610 Blaine St

Port Townsend WA  98368

360 680-5756

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

 

Port Townsend School District No. 50 complies with all federal and state rules and regulations, and does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, immigration status, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.  Further, the district will provide equal access and opportunity to meet to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.  The following employee(s) have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Compliance Coordinator for State Law (RCW 28A.640/28A.642) and Title IX Coordinator:  Carrie Ehrhardt, 1610 Blaine St. (360)680-5756.  Section 504/ADA Coordinator:  Shelby MacMeekin, 1610 Blaine St. (360)680-5762.

 

NOTE:   New employees who will have unsupervised access to children must complete a satisfactory fingerprint check with the Washington State Patrol and the FBI.  Employment will be considered temporary and conditional pending a satisfactory background check.  There will be a $50.00 processing fee.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer