The Academic Dean – Immersion Program will collaborate with administrators, educators and parents to ensure that all students are successful in becoming bilingual and biliterate with cross-cultural competencies.  The incumbent of this position is responsible for assisting educators with appropriate methodology, current teaching strategies and content infusion.  The Academic Dean – Immersion Program coaches educators and provides resource assistance to stakeholders in the Immersion Program.  

Observes, monitors and assists in immersion classroom instruction, including providing formal and informal observations;

Provides appropriate strategies to new and tenured teachers in the immersion program; conducts in-service programs focusing on effective instructional strategies;

Plans and implements ongoing in-house and systemic staff development in conjunction with the Immersion Programs Office based on assessed needs of immersion educators;

Assists with monitoring the immersion programs in the assigned school; assists with enrollment study and other analyses of data;

Creates, develops and assists with curriculum documents for the immersion program;

Observes and provides assistance to educators with classroom instruction, organization and management;

Engages in collaborative planning with other disciplines in support of state and county assessments;

Provides demonstration lessons for educators and provides hands-on coaching and actionable feedback;

Maintains and monitors catalog of materials provided by the Immersion Programs Office;

Serves as an active member of the school leadership team to support school-wide success and attends meetings as necessary; and

Performs other duties as assigned.

Native or near native speaker of the language of the assigned immersion program;

Strong instructional, classroom management and discipline skills;

Extensive knowledge of the school system’s instructional and supervision practices and trends;

Demonstrated expertise and experience relevant to the design and implementation of immersion programs;

Experience in collaborative planning and providing professional development;

Extensive knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as familiarity with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides;

Excellent interpersonal/human relations skills; and

Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills in required language(s). 

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university, with an emphasis in supervision, educational administration or elementary/secondary school curriculum required.  A minimum of four (4) years of successful teaching and/or teacher leadership experience in an immersion program required. 

Maryland Professional Certificate with Administrator I endorsement required. 

Evaluates and supervises school staff and operations in the absence of the Principal. 

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.




The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.




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