MLL Instructor

About SouthSide Elementary Charter School:

Southside Elementary Charter School is a vibrant and mission-driven learning community that believes every child deserves a high-quality, joyful education. Rooted in academic excellence, social-emotional learning, and strong partnerships with families, SouthSide fosters a supportive and inclusive environment where both students and staff can flourish. With a shared commitment to equity, high expectations, and student success, Southside Elementary Charter School is not only a great place for children to learn but also an inspiring, fulfilling, and rewarding place to build a meaningful career in education.

Southside Elementary Charter School is recruiting a caring, nurturing, creative MLL teacher to join our team starting August 2025. Candidates must have a growth mindset and be willing to do whatever it takes to put all students on a path to college and community leadership. We are looking for a diverse pool of applicants representing a multitude of experiences and backgrounds, including those that represent the rich diversity of the students we serve. Our community seeks candidates who embrace SouthSide Elementary Charter School’s mission and values.

Our Mission:

SouthSide Elementary Charter School provides a diverse group of Providence kindergarten through fifth-grade students with a solid step towards college and community leadership. Students learn to read, write, think logically, and problem solve on grade level within a curriculum that emphasizes academic rigor, excellence, and community engagement in an extended school day and school year.

Our Values:

• Working relentlessly to ensure that every one of our students is on the path to college and community leadership
• Holding high expectations for every student and an unwavering focus on student achievement
• Using data to drive instruction through frequent use of formative assessments, goal setting, and progress monitoring
• Engaging students in experiential, hands-on learning experiences
• Embracing a growth mindset and a solutions-focused attitude
• Understanding how rigor, relevance, and relationships impact student learning

Role Overview

You will serve as our part-time Content-Based Integration (CBI) MLL Instructor, partnering directly with K–5 classroom teachers and our full-time MLL Instructor / Coordinator to embed SIOP-aligned lessons and MLL instructional strategies into everyday academic content. You will co-plan and co-teach in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies classes in a K-5 setting—modeling scaffolds, adapting materials, and providing real-time language support to our MLL population.

If you hold an ESOL or Dual/Bilingual Certification, you may be asked to deliver mandated English Language Development (ELD) minutes to MLL students as needed. If you are Elementary Certified with an MLL endorsement, you will provide only Content-Based Instruction (CBI) minutes. All service minutes must be tracked accurately to maintain RIDE and Title III compliance.

Core Responsibilities

• Push-In Content Integration (70–80%)
• Co-teach and support multilingual learners within ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies classrooms.
• Scaffold content and language objectives in real time using SIOP-aligned strategies.
• Collaborate with general-education teachers to differentiate lessons and adapt materials.
• Mandated ELD Instruction (20–30%) TESOL Certified only.
• Deliver pull-out ELD instruction to fulfill state-mandated minutes if ESOL-certified.
• Design and implement explicit English Language Development by targeting listening, speaking, reading, and writing, aligned lessons adapted to WIDA ELD Standards.
• Compliance & Documentation
• Record and report all push-in (CBI) and pull-out (ELD) service minutes for each MLL student.
• Maintain up-to-date minute logs for the MLL minutes.
• Submit weekly service reports to the MLL Coordinator.
• Collaboration & Reporting
• Attend weekly planning meetings with the MLL Coordinator and grade-level teams.
• Provide regular updates to the MLL Coordinator and Principal on student progress and service delivery.

Qualifications

Required:

• Experience working with Elementary aged school children K-5
• Experience with the K-12 RI Common Core Standards for K-5
• Experience writing and delivering lesson plans that are SIOP informed and contain all four domains: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• Experience co-teaching and working alongside General Education Teachers
• RI elementary teaching certification with either an MLL endorsement or
• a RI PK–12 ESOL Certification
• Demonstrated experience or training in co-teaching and sheltered instruction (e.g., SIOP).
• Excellent organizational skills for precise minute-tracking and compliance reporting

Preferred:

• 1+ years of experience teaching multilingual learners in elementary school settings.
• Familiarity with WIDA ELD Standards sand lesson planning
• Bilingual proficiency (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese).

Mandatory Requirements

Elementary Education (Grades 1–6) certification with one of the following:

• Dual/Bilingual Certification
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certification
• An MLL endorsement in Elementary Education (Grades 1–6)

Additionally, RI background check, fingerprinting, and TB clearance are required.

Weekly Schedule: up to 25 hours; combination of push-in CBI periods and/or pull-out ELD blocks, depending on certification.

To Apply

Please submit cover letter and resume to jgiangiulio@southsideelementary.org

We look forward to strengthening our multilingual learner programs with your expertise!

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person