Under general supervision, the Bilingual Lead Teacher is responsible for planning, implementing, and supervising high-quality educational and developmental programming for unaccompanied children (UC). This role provides leadership, mentorship, and instructional guidance to other teaching staff while ensuring that all educational activities are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and aligned with agency, federal, and state standards. Bilingual Spanish is required.
The Bilingual Lead Teacher fosters a positive learning environment, promotes social-emotional growth, and collaborates with case management, clinical, and youth care teams to support each child’s overall well-being and development.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan, implement, and evaluate daily lesson plans that meet the academic, social-emotional, and developmental needs of youth.
- Maintain a safe, supportive, and engaging classroom environment.
- Adapt teaching methods to meet the diverse needs, languages, and cultural backgrounds of UC.
- Ensure adherence to federal, state licensing, and agency educational standards.
- Serve as a mentor and resource to co-teachers, instructional aides, and volunteers.
- Evaluate and provide feedback on teaching staff performance, instructional strategies, and classroom management.
- Develop age-appropriate curriculum that integrates literacy, numeracy, social-emotional learning, and cultural enrichment.
- Collaborate with case managers, clinicians, and youth care staff to coordinate educational support for children with special needs or learning challenges.
- Organize and oversee educational activities, events, and field trips in alignment with program goals.
- Participate in program-wide planning and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
- Conduct regular assessments of youth learning progress and developmental milestones.
- Maintain accurate records of attendance, academic performance, and individualized education plans (IEPs) if applicable.
- Provide reports and updates to the Education Director, Program Director, and federal/agency representatives as required.
- Track and monitor student outcomes to guide instruction and inform program planning.
- Train and support teaching staff on curriculum implementation, classroom management, and trauma-informed educational practices.
- Stay current on federal/agency educational standards, state and federal regulations, and best practices in child and adolescent education.
- Participate in ongoing professional development, workshops, and training as required.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to integrate educational goals with case management, clinical care, and youth development programs.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, supervisors, and external partners regarding student needs, progress, and program initiatives.
- Engage with sponsors or families as appropriate to support educational continuity post-release.
- Participate in and provide support groups and classes to the community and clients of the agency. (based on position)
- Maintain a welcoming environment for families and other community partners.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and PII privacy and security requirements.
- As with all of our positions, we work as a team and various duties may be assigned at any time including tasks to support other AGH programs/services, cleaning, organizing, child care, attending to the needs of the child in your care or in the office, attendance at meetings, transportation, paperwork, etc.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Hiring Rate of Pay: $72,804 per year
