ESOL Teacher - Waukee High and Prairieview (25/26)
ESOL Teacher - Waukee High and Prairieview (25/26)
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Job Description
Terms of Employment:194 or 196 days depending on experience within WCSD
Position Criteria:
- Valid Iowa Teaching License
- B.A. Degree in an Educational Field of Study
- K12 English as a Second Language endorsementor enrolled in an ESOL program with a commitment to fulfill licensure requirement by the end of theschool year.
Performance Criteria:
- Experience in the implementation of multiple ESOL instructional delivery models
- Experience working with EL Newcomers and understanding cultural dynamics when helping them acclimate to the school system
- Experience in supporting families as they acclimate to the school system
- Knowledge of evidencebased instructional strategies for beginning readers and proven record of successful implementation
- Proven record of successful growth in students in the areas of reading writing speaking and listening
- Successful experience implementing a guided reading model utilizing prompting feedback and scaffolding of support for student growth particularly with emergent readers
- Experience using running records and formative assessments to make data driven decisions
- Proven record of successful collaboration with multiple grades levels and teams in order to meet student needs
- Record of recent staff development/ongoing education and knowledge of current research
- Successful experience supervising associates/paraprofessionals and utilizing their support for meeting student needs
- Provide direct instruction for ELs in both a pullout and pushin/collaboration model
- Maintain building/district ESOL files
- Willingness and experience with providing professional development to staff in the area of ESOL best practices
- Provide ongoing support to teachers as they implement instruction to English Language Learners in their classrooms
- Facilitate weekly meetings with ESOL paraprofessionals; guide the planning and lesson delivery of the paraprofessionals
- Participate in the Waukee Problem Solving Process to help design interventions to best meet student need
- Actively participate in all IEP meetings involving ELs
- Administer annual ESOL assessments to all ELs as required by state or district policy
- Administer placement tests to all incoming ELs; assessment will be a guide in determining language acquisition level and therefore amount and type of ESOL instruction needed
- Maintain lists of translators/interpreters and is the first contact for buildings when translation/interpretation is needed; a list of oncall translators/interpreters will be available for help during the registration process emergency meetings etc.
- Assist through interpreter to ascertain an ELs academic achievement/history; review past school records conduct interviews etc.
- Seek out grant opportunities to grow the ESOL department
- Help to oversee translation of various printed district documents into the languages/dialects represented in our district
- Other duties as assigned
Employment Type
Full-Time
