ESL Teacher

Reports to: Principal(s), ESL Lead Teacher, and/or Director of Federal Programs

Purpose: To serve English Learners (ELs) as they acquire academic and social English language proficiency in grades K-12. To provide a safe learning environment that supports the English language development and academic success of English Learners.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning.
• Act as a liaison between students, school staff, and family.
• Administer state required assessments.
• Schedule and deliver instruction that is aligned to needs of the students based on the LIEP matrix.
• Maintain student data, records, and documentation for each student and update as needed.
• Design and deliver ESL instruction based on the WIDA Standards.
• Attend parent/teacher conferences of English Learners as needed.
• Collaborate with regular education teachers to share instructional strategies for English Learners.
• Design and deliver parent engagement activities at the school site(s).
• Design and deliver professional development at the school site(s) that supports English Learners.
• Maintain a high level of organizational skills.
• Attend ESL staff meetings.
• Participate in professional development opportunities.
• Perform other appropriate duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Term of Employment: 10 months employment