Sla/El Teacher - Summer Learning Academy

The Newport Summer Learning Academy (SLA) will provide an in-person, 6 week literacy focused program intended to mitigate summer learning loss for Newport Public Schools rising Kindergarten - 5th grade students. SLA is part of the Reading Reaps Rewards (R3) Initiative which is a collective of summer programs across Newport that provide literacy skill building as part of their camps. SLA works in partnership with Newport Public Schools (NPS) to provide access to high-quality summer programming for students who need help making academic gains, multilingual students, and our differently-abled students.

Responsibilities:

• Provide in-person instruction to a classroom of 15-18 students who have been grouped together intentionally based on age, grade, academic testing performance, and English language proficiency.

• Plan daily high-interest, experiential lessons that engage students with literacy and numeracy in a meaningful way. Lessons should get students moving, take them outside the classroom, and have hands-on/minds-on components.

• Incorporate small group work and opportunities for independent practice and inquiry-based learning. Time will be spent ensuring that all students are tracking and building skills and meeting the learning objectives set for the summer.

• Utilize the