Teacher - Bilingual Juntos
Center For Family Services
- Voorhees, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
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Job Type/Status: Full TimePosition Summary:Center For Family Services is seeking a full time Teacher for our Juntos Program located in Voorhees, NJ. The Teacher is responsible for instructing students in core subjects, college-career readiness, as extra-curricular subjects (i.e. Art, Music, Computers, Health/Gym) as well as acclimation to the American culture and basic life skills curriculum. The Teacher will create well-rounded lesson plans, comprehensive instructional programs, he/she must demonstrate proficiency in classroom management, and will instruct students on subjects such as science, literature, and math, and TESOL standards required for a comprehensive ESL program for English Language Learners (ELL) for children in grades K-12. Bilingual/Multilingual preferred but not required.Duties and Responsibilities including but not limited to;
- Ensures all necessary worksheets are copied for class instruction
- Assists Lead Teacher in developing plans and implementing learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children, including improving the readiness of children for English-focused school by developing their literary, phonemic, and print awareness; their understanding and use of language, their understanding and use of increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, their appreciation of books, their understanding of early math and early science, their problem-solving abilities and their approaches to learning.
- Establishes and maintains a safe, health-learning environment.
- Supports the social and emotional development of children.
- Supports Lead Teacher with all classroom activities and fieldtrips.
- Attends at least 15 hours annually of professional development that is classroom focused.
- Directs any student's special needs to the appropriate specialist in a timely manner.
- Orders supplies as needed.
- Assist students in completing instructional assignments.
- Performs clerical and non-instructional assignments as assigned.
- Works in small groups with students to provide specialized assistance.
- Prepares bulletin boards to enforce daily assignments.
- Supports Lead Teacher in preparing classroom activities and organizes fieldtrips.
- Keeps classroom clean and organized.
- Supports Lead Teacher in providing educational services and assessments, including curriculum building meeting Flores standards for education requirements.
- Supports Lead Teacher in creating an educational assessment for each UAC youth.
- Supports Lead Teacher in creating a classroom environment to include and focus on acculturation skills for the children.
- Supports Lead Teacher in developing onsite classroom and ESL classes for each youth ensuring 6 hours of daily education for each youth to assist UAC with assimilation into US culture.
- Coordinators services with the local schools when indicated
- Supports Lead Teacher in completing and implementing weekly lesson plans
- Evaluates children's performance on a weekly basis and provide feedback to foster parents and staff
- Ensures the client growth and achievement is continuous and appropriate for age group, subject area, and/or program classification
- Demonstrates gains in client performance
- Prepares reports for the youth to take with them whey they leave for their homeschools
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited University, Master's preferred in one of the related fields: Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, Teaching English to Speaker's of Other Languages, Bilingual Education
- Required - Certificate of Eligibility - CE/License for corresponding age/grade levels, K-12 in lieu of Teaching Degree, Preferred- Certification by the relevant governing authority or other appropriate accrediting body in Teaching English as a Second Language/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- 3 or more years of working with children in a classroom
- Must complete all medical testing required by funders and/or licensing