Portuguese Language Development Specialist (FY27)

Hudson Public Schools•Hudson, MA

About The Position

The Portuguese Language Development Specialist will provide support to multilingual students within the area of Portuguese language and literacy. The Portuguese Language Development Specialist is primarily responsible for working with small groups of students in the implementation of evidence-based literacy and language development instructional practices to improve biliteracy achievement in the school. Responsibility for direct service to students in need of intense Portuguese literacy interventions in Grades K-4 is required.

Requirements

DESE license - Portuguese 1-6 license Required
DESE Endorsement - BEE (Bilingual Education Endorsement) required
High level of proficiency in Portuguese (Advanced-High or Superior). Individuals with this level of proficiency in the language have generally completed advanced academic work in that language.
Masters degree in pedagogy, literacy or elementary education
Three to five years prior K – 5 teaching experience
Excellent communication skills and willingness to train teachers in use of programs or new curricular initiatives.
Successful completion of Criminal Records Check (CORI), and fingerprints

Nice To Haves

preference for individuals with experiences at a variety of elementary levels

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Principal, Curriculum Directors, Instructional Coach and Portuguese Language Development Specialist colleagues in the crafting of school and district-wide plans for Portuguese language and literacy development.
Assist the Principal in reviewing building assessment data to recommend and support district-level biliteracy improvement goals.
Provide support for the implementation of strategies and approaches that address language and literacy development for multilingual learners.
Provide building-based professional development through classroom modeling, observation, discussion and presentation.
Identify resources to enhance Portuguese units of study and classroom libraries.
Manage the printing and distribution of Portuguese language resources aligned with the core curriculum.
Lead and coordinate school based Portuguese literacy assessment, analyze formative data and recommend appropriate Portuguese literacy development plans for qualifying individual students.
Model ways in which to use data to inform instruction for individual students.
Develop, model, observe and monitor interventions in regular and special education settings.
Monitor progress of struggling students in response to instructional approaches and interventions.
Work with administrators and instructional staff to identify resources and educational needs of the school’s parents to support reading improvement.
Coordinate caregiver education in biliteracy improvement activities.
Provide for his/her own professional growth by attending demonstrations, in-service courses, workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. as approved by the Principal and Curriculum Director(s).