English Language Development (ELD) Teacher in Oakland, California at Francophone Charter School of Oakland

Francophone Charter School of Oakland is a French immersion charter school that opened its doors in 2015. Our mission is to provide a dual-immersion curriculum to a diverse community of students and to develop bilingual and bi-literate global citizens who are open minded and who value intellectual curiosity, personal integrity and creativity. We are a small (430 students in TK-8), tight-knit international community that is looking to expand its staff.

Summary of Position

The English Language Development (ELD) teacher will provide small group instruction to Multilingual Learner (MLL) students. This teacher is also responsible for monitoring, reporting, and communicating student progress and performance and proctoring English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) testing.

Key responsibilities:

• Increase the academic performance of MLL students by designing and implementing pullout and push-in language acquisition instruction for students in Kindergarten through 8th Grade.
• Implement research-based language development strategies to support students.
• Use positive behavior management strategies during instruction.
• Communicate about MLL students’ progress with families.
• Administrate initial and summative ELPAC examinations.
• No knowledge of French required for this position.

• Clear or Preliminary California teaching credential
• Cross-Cultural, Language, and Academic Development (CLAD) certificate