Dual language and world language mentor

Full Job Description: Dual language and world language mentor

Salary Grade: Education Grade 03/ EG-03

Tulsa Public Schools’ existing salary schedules provide career increment adjustments based on education/experience and/or years of creditable service. For more information about the salary for this specific position please review the Salary Schedule for the corresponding Salary Grade (listed above). 

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About Our District: At Tulsa Public Schools, our mission is to inspire and prepare every student to love learning, achieve ambitious goals, and make positive contributions to our world. We are the destination for extraordinary educators and staff who work with our community and families to ignite the joy of learning and prepare every student for the greatest success in college, careers, and life. Our core values of equity, character, excellence, team, and joy guide how we work and interact with each other and our community.

Position Summary: Dual language and world language mentors provide instructional support for Dual language and world language pathways teachers in Tulsa Public Schools to improve teacher performance and increase student achievement in academics, multilingualism, and multiculturalism. Dual language and world language mentors set development goals for teachers and regularly support them to meet those goals through coaching conversations, in-class coaching, growth-oriented feedback, and cohort-based professional learning opportunities. Areas of development can include curriculum internalization, class culture, and climate, implementing the dual language and world language mentor approach, including high-leverage instructional strategies, classroom management, analysis of student work, differentiated instruction, and supportive instruction to build academics, multilingualism, and multiculturalism for all students. Mentors build relationships, coach, inspire, motivate, and develop groups of novice teachers to reach ambitious goals with students, and support our district’s efforts to offer outstanding multilingual pathways learning opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, ESL, Linguistics or related field
Specialized Knowledge, Licenses, etc.:
• Current Oklahoma teaching certificate required
Experience:
• Four (4) years teaching experience preferred
• Two (2) years of recent classroom teaching experience preferred
Other:
• Proven track record of raising student achievement
• Oral and literacy proficiency in a language of instruction in addition to English
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Office Suite