FullTime and Permanent; Exempt; 7.33 Hours/Day; 200 Days/Year; 10 Months/Year
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree with an endorsement in early education (NK4 middle education 4 8 or secondary education 812 and ESL
- Experience in working with English Learners (ELs)and families at the building
- Tuberculin skin test certifying that the individual is free of contagious
- Indepth knowledge of WIDA standards and assessments and VDOE guidelines for Title III compliance as it relates to English Learners
- Strong understanding of enrollment and testing guidelines for
- Strong written and oral communication
- Considerable knowledge of the principles and methodologies of effective teaching to English language learners and classroom management.
- Ability to interact well with ESL teachers content and/or grade level teachers administrators EL students and
- Knowledgeable in the use of personal computers and webbased collaborative platforms and applications (i.e. Microsoft 365 apps Google classroom etc.
Nature of Position
The minimum performance expectations include but are not limited to the following functions/tasks:
- Provides instruction to English Learners at different grade levels with varying levels of English proficiency within the same
- Works in collaboration with classroom teachers of English Learners and supports them by providing/modeling strategies and sharing resources to support them in making content accessible to ELs
- Motivates each student to develop the skills of listening speaking reading and writing in order to promote the students growth in English language
- Teaches grade level academic language content in addition to specific skills in English language (listening speaking reading and writing) to English Learners
- Provides individual or small group instruction to differentiate the curriculum to meet the needs of each EL
- Teaches in a variety of settings pushin pull out small group and standalone class setting.
- Encourages students to think independently and to express original
- Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior for an orderly productive learning
- Evaluates each ESL students progress in English skills (listening speaking reading and writing).
- Utilizes various forms of data to inform adjust refine and differentiate
- Administers the English language proficiency assessment (ACCESS for ELLs and the WiDA Screener) and ensures the appropriate placement of students who are identified as English Learners.
- Maintains professional competence through inservice educational activities provided by the district and selfselected professional growth
- Maintains ongoing communication with parents school counselors and classroom teachers regarding the progress of
- Supervises in and outofclassroom activities during the assigned
- Work is performed in and sometimes outside of a classroom and required no unusual
- Advocates for the rights of English Learners when necessary