Overview

Teachers will work with newcomer ELL students and support English Language development. Teachers will collaborate to develop and teach units that combine high-quality direct language instruction with curriculum frameworks. Teacher applicants must be ESL licensed teachers or secondary licensed teachers who have completed an SEI endorsement course. Teacher applicants should be familiar with culturally responsive pedagogy, a variety of assessment strategies, sheltering techniques that will provide student access to grade-level content, and the development of English language proficiency.

Focus of the Program T

his program will be open to Waltham Public School students who are ELD level < 1.9 and who will be entering grade 6, 7, or 8 as of August 2024. Students will be engaged in a variety of engaging activities designed to promote academic language aligned with the 2020 WIDA Standards. Instruction will be culturally responsive.

Terms of Employment

The program will be held Monday July 1, - Friday July 26, 2024 (excluding July 4 & 5) at the McDevitt Middle School. Program times for students are 9:00 am - 1:00 pm in addition to a 1 hour prep per day, for a total of (18 days).

Salary WEA Contractual rate for hours worked up to 100 hours.

Contact Internal candidates please send a letter of interest to Sara Hamerla at SaraHamerla@walthampublicschools.org and Arianna Drane ariannadrane@walthampublicschools.org