Dual LanguageESL Instructional Coach
Dual LanguageESL Instructional Coach
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Job Description
Job Title: Dual Language / ESL Instructional Coach
Reports to: Director for Academic Programs/Campus Principal
Dept.: Curriculum & Learning Services/ Assigned Campus
Exemption Status: Exempt
Calendar: 207 Days
Pay Grade: AP2
Funding: Bilingual Education Allotment
Primary Purpose: A bilingual/ESL instructional coach is expected to present a positive proactive and professional approach to the schools in which he/she works. Help support an environment with a focus on literacy and math conducive to effective instruction for Multilingual learners in both a bilingual dual immersion setting or inclusive monolingual setting utilizing specific instructional strategies and interventions in order to refine tiered levels of support while establishing a rapport and maintaining constructive interactions with teachers teams and administrators.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
- Bachelors degree
- Valid Texas Elementary Teaching certificate for elementary grade level(s) (PK6 in core subjects
- Bilingual and/or ESL Certification
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
Experience:
- Three years or more of successful teaching experience in a Dual Language Program or ESL class with a record of successfully impacting Emergent Bilingual (EB)s achievement and working successfully with multilingual students.
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Management
- Researches and provides content knowledge and resources to staff about learning and teaching Multilingual learners such as:
Teaching strategies
Best practices
Differentiation strategies
Assessment techniques
- Shares district provided information and guidance regarding a range of effective and innovative instructional practices through various activities such as:
Individual discussions (informal and formal)
Coaching sessions
Demonstration lessons with pre and postdiscussion / analysis
Professional learning communities
Staff meetings
- Demonstrates knowledge of researchbased instructional strategies that engage multilingual students.
- Provides organized individual and / or group learning opportunities for teachers as needed.
- Assists teachers with designing instructional decisions based on assessment data.
- Assists teachers with specific classroom activities when requested.
- Monitors intervention programs by observing and meeting with teachers.
- Models lesson.
- Identifies instructional strengths of individual teachers.
- Provides collaborative jobembedded professional learning through PLC meetings after school trainings professional learning days and summer learning trainings.
- Observes teachers in their classrooms and offers insights for the enhancement of teachinglearning situations utilizing the district coaching tool.
- Assists the principal and the curriculum coordinators in the disaggregation of student performance data by school and by teacher.
- Demonstrates appropriate use of instructional technology and other educational tools to enhance and extend instruction.
- Provides support for classroom motivation and management strategies.
District Climate
- Collaborates with curriculum coordinators and campus administrators in expressing a vision directed towards improvement of the school programs.
- Demonstrates and uses effective communication skills in dealing with district and school administrators and teachers.
- Makes recommendations related to instruction based upon classroom observations and assessment findings.
- Provides encouragement and emotional support to teachers.
- Works positively toward meeting identified district and building improvement goals.
Personnel Management
- Maintain the confidentiality of schools teachers and classrooms.
- Develops and maintains a confidential collegial relationship with teachers.
- Conferences regularly with teachers and administrators; supports individual professional development activities.
- Maintains schedule and paperwork consistently appropriately and in a timely manner.
Professional Growth and Development
- Actively seeks and utilizes evaluative feedback from peers campus principal and Director for Academic Programs regarding job performance.
- Participates in professional development programs to improve job performance using innovative approaches as requested by supervisor.
Other
- Collaborate with the school leadership team to establish a school culture of trust so that coaching is viewed in a positive light by teachers and a vehicle to assist teachers in improving their practice.
- Meets with the district director of curriculum and learning services and curriculum coordinators.
Intended Outcomes and Success Measures
- Close the achievement gap among EBs.
- Improve overall EB students performance in targeted areas as identified.
- Improve teacher performance in targeted areas as identified.
- Increase Professional Learning opportunities and participation of staff across the district.
- Change in teaching practices during Tier One Instruction.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals
Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping pushing/pulling and twisting
Motion: Repetitive hand motions frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching
Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)
Environment: Work inside; frequent districtwide travel; occasional statewide travel; work must be performed onsite.
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
This job description describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
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Little Elm ISD does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion sex national origin age disability military status genetic information or on any other basis prohibited by law. Additionally the District does not discriminate against an employee or applicant who acts to oppose such discrimination or participates in the investigation of a complaint related to a discriminatory employment practice. Employment decisions will be made on the basis of each applicants job qualifications experience and abilities.
El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Little Elm no discrimina a ningn empleado o candidato a empleo por razn de raza color religin sexo nacionalidad edad incapacidad estatus militar informacin gentica o de cualquier otra razn prohibida por ley. Adems el distrito escolar no discrimina a ningn empleado o candidato a empleo que acte oponindose a ese tipo de discriminaciones o que participe en la investigacin de una queja relacionada co n alguna prctica discriminatoria en la contratacin. La toma de decisiones respecto a una contratacin se har en funcin de las calificaciones experiencia y habilidades del candidato.
Rev 3/27/2025
Employment Type
Full-Time
