The Multilingual Learner Specialist plays a vital role in advancing educational excellence by leading statewide efforts to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, and English language proficiency for multilingual learners. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with educators, school districts, higher education partners, and community organizations to drive meaningful, system-wide improvements in student achievement. Ideal candidates are passionate instructional leaders who excel at working with MLL English language proficiency assessments, analyzing data and supporting MLL data systems, providing technical assistance, designing professional learning and developing innovative solutions that support learners. Applicants with strong communication, project management, and collaboration skills, along with experience in multilingual learner education and assessment, will thrive in this dynamic role.DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATIONNONCLASSIFIED JOB DESCRIPTIONTITLE: Multilingual Learner Specialist GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Incumbents are responsible for leading and supporting standards-based educational reform by leading and coordinating curriculum, instruction and assessment strategies that lead to statewide systemic improvement in achievement and English language proficiency for multilingual learners.SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under the supervision of a manager with wide latitude to exercise independent judgment.
Work is subject to review on a periodic basis or upon completion for results achieved and for adherence to professional standards of conduct.SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Generally, none. Specialists may work as part of teams and in collaboration with others with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment to achieve results. Specialists may be involved in providing input to the performance management process as a peer or colleague as appropriate.ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Provide leadership and collaborative assistance to local districts, schools, and community partners to address issues of grade level expectations as they relate to English language proficiency curriculum, instruction and local assessment.Support the administration of statewide English language proficiency assessments including design, scoring, monitoring, reporting, and vendor management.Facilitate building statewide partnerships and coordinate with higher education to lead and support systemic English language proficiency curriculum, instruction, and assessment.Analyze achievement data to inform decision-making on statewide policy and technical assistance needs in proficiency for multilingual learners.Conduct workshops on data analysis, accountability, state testing, and other relevant topics to varied audiences including departmental staff, and district and school personnel.Develop and maintain, in collaboration with other states, applicable English language learner standards and assessments for a variety of purposes.Provide technical reports and briefs to local, state, and federal officials.Perform related work as assigned.
