Bilingual Head Teacher - Unaccompanied Minors
4 Days Old
Job Location
Bronx, NY
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
4 Year Degree
Salary Range
$70000.00 - $70000.00 Salary/year
Description
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Lutheran Safe Haven Shelter and Transitional Foster Care Program is a 24-hour program that serves unaccompanied children (UCs) in immigration custody who are awaiting release to their sponsors. The Head Teacher promotes high curriculum standards and academic performance.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide supervision, training and support to all teachers and teaching assistants.
- Coordinate school-based professional development opportunities for teaching staff.
- Prepare age-appropriate curriculum for students in accordance with ORR guidelines.
- Create and approve benchmark lessons, in collaboration with teaching staff.
- Ensure that all textbooks and educational supplies are used effectively to meet curriculum goals.
- Identify curriculum needs of the faculty.
- Develop and implement educational plans tailored to specific needs of each student.
- Teach basic curriculum, including English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and PE, in group setting.
- Monitor and record progress of each student in weekly progress reports.
- Review and approve all educational assessments.
- Facilitate weekly team meetings; provide educational updates.
- Plan and coordinate educational field trips for students in the program.
- Plan and coordinate teacher and teaching assistant schedules, holidays, personal and vacation time requests.
- Prepare monthly educational reports.
- Attend monthly staff meetings and/or trainings.
- Other duties as needed.
SUPERVISES:
Teachers; Head Teacher Assistant
Qualifications
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Education
- NYS Certification for Education preferred
- NYS TESL/TESOL Certification
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of 1 year experience in supervising
- Minimum of 2 years experience as a teacher or equivalent job activities with immigrant adolescents
- Experience leading an English as Second Language Curriculum a plus
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Excellent writing and speaking skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with people from all walks of life
- Strong interest in working with immigrant young persons
- Location:
- Bronx
- Job Type:
- FullTime