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About Our District, and Community

The MCPASD is committed to the success of all students. We expect all educators to regularly examine how their personal experiences and biases impact their ability to effectively serve all students and families. We seek a collective understanding of the systemic biases within the education system which serve to perpetuate inequities for some students and families. We believe that all students should be educated with their peers regardless of need, and that student needs can be met within the regular education setting when teachers collaborate to provide appropriately differentiated universal instruction.

Bilingual Resource Teachers are teacher leaders who actively collaborate with staff, students, families, and community to design services and systems in a manner which actively repays the educational debt owed to historically marginalized students and families.

To learn more about our schools and school district, please visit our web site at

Job Description:

Bilingual Resource Teachers (BRTs) collaborate with colleagues to provide inclusive, appropriately differentiated universal instruction in order to ensure MLs continue to develop their academic language, content knowledge, and their identities as multilingual people.

BRTs will do the following (this list is illustrative and not all inclusive):

Collaborate with teacher colleagues in order to meet the needs of MLs within the regular classroom setting

Support and collaborate with bilingual classroom teachers to support students in developing biliteracy

Actively contribute to collaborative planning conversations

Coach regular education teachers on culturally and linguistically responsive instructional methods

Provide native language support to Spanish-speaking MLs as needed

Provide direct instruction to newcomer MLs

Participate in bilingual program design and development (both ESL and Spanish language immersion)

Monitor academic progress and linguistic growth of MLs

Regularly examine data to inform instruction

Collaborate with student services personnel to support MLs when needed

Communicate regularly with the families of MLs

Coordinate and administer language proficiency assessments and screeners

Maintain accurate records in our district database regarding MLs

Provide direction for bilingual paraeducators

Training and Licensure:

Bilingual Resource Teacher candidates will possess or be eligible for Wisconsin licenses in English as a Second Language and bilingual education. Bilingual teaching certification candidates are strongly preferred.

Desired candidates will have prior experience with and/or knowledge of the following:

Innovative instructional practices for meeting the needs of high school MLs

Appropriate scaffolds to support high school MLs in accessing grade-level content

Dual language programs, Spanish language development, and biliteracy curriculum

Professional coaching and collaboration

Program design and development (both ESL and bilingual)

Professional Learning Communities

Understanding by Design

Standards-based grading

Blended learning

Language acquisition

Fluency in at least one other language preferred

Due to travel across educational settings, a valid Wisconsin driver’s license is required.

Physical Functions:

This is a moderately physical job that requires exertions over 10 pounds of force. This job requires a combination of sitting and standing with a significant need to move about the building and campus. Verbal and auditory communications are frequently involved.

Other Working Conditions:

Duties may require occasionally operating and/or riding in a vehicle.

Duties may require traveling to meetings and work assignments.

Duties may require prolonged use of a computer keyboard and monitor.

Duties may require working under time constraints to meet deadlines.

Exposure to adverse weather conditions and seasonal temperature extremes.

Potential for exposure to blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases.

Potential for interaction with disruptive and/or unruly individuals.

Please contact Director of Multilingual Services Mandi Sersch-Morstad at msersch-morstad@mcpasd.k12.wi.us or 608-829-9060 with questions about the position.

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