Must possess a valid Colorado Department of Education Teachers License with appropriate endorsement in Elementary Education K6 or ability to obtain. Ability to speak, read, and write both in English and Spanish.br br H.13 THIS IS A DUAL LANGUAGE POSITION AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE ELAS ELEMENTARYbr TEACHER BE FLUENT IN SPANISH IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND INSTRUCT STUDENTS IN BOTHbr SPANISH AND ENGLISH.br The position of ELAS Elementary Teacher provides instruction to Denver Public Schoolsbr which includes over 28,000 Multi Language Learners MLL students whose first languagebr is not English. See breakdown below InService MLL 22,343 students or 25.4 of thebr student population Redesignated MLL 4,008 students or 4.5 of the student populationbr Provisional MLL 2,450 students or 2.4 of the population Therefore, the ability tobr speak in Spanish and English is essential in order to adequately and efficientlybr support students of all backgrounds within in this role. DPS values its diverse studentbr population and the unique contribution of every student. DPS has students who speak onebr or more of 180 languages. DPS is the largest school district in Colorado, with morebr than 91,000 students. 45 of these students are English Learners. The foreign languagebr ELA requirement is grounded in DPS value of Equity. When English Learners canbr participate meaningfully and equally, their contributions benefit all students. DPSsbr English Language Acquisition programs give English Learners the skills they need tobr bring their assets to the classroom and succeed in school and beyond. Over the pastbr three school years, English Learners who successfully exit ELA program services havebr had higher graduation rates and lower dropout rates than all other DPS students.
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