ESL Teacher

Teach English to English Language Learners across the school system (PreK-12). Minimum bachelors degree with valid Tennessee teaching license required. Must hold proper endorsement (490) English as a Second Language Pre-K-12. See below for the job description.

This position is for the 2025-2026 school year.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelors Degree
2. Valid Tennessee teaching certificate at appropriate grade level.
3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
   

REPORTS TO

Principal or Student Services Supervisor

JOB GOAL

To create a flexible program and a classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with students; to motivate students to develop skills attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for academic success in accordance with each students ability; to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Works directly with English Language Learners (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL) students.

1. Provides primary and/or supplementary individualized instruction.

1. Offers academics on a level commensurate with the ability of each student as prescribed by the multidisciplinary team of each student in his/her individualized educational program.

1. Provides remediation of as well as compensation for individual deficiencies as determined through individual evaluation.

1. Promotes the development of positive self-concept self-discipline and self-motivation.

1. Serves as a consultant to the classroom teacher in meeting the needs of ELL/ESL students.

1. Makes home visits when the need arises as determined by the student services supervisor and school principal.

1. Develops and evaluates lesson plans and instructional materials and provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.

1. Translates lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction.

1. Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.

1. Evaluates students academic and social growth keeps appropriate records and prepares progress reports.

1. Communicates with parents counselors and students through conferences and other means to discuss students progress and interpret the school program.

1. Identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health attitude and learning problems.

1. Maintains professional competence through inservice education activities provided by the district and self-selected professional growth activities.

1. Administers group standardized tests in accordance with district testing program and interprets individual standardized test scores to students and parents.

1. Participates in curriculum development programs as required.

1. Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities.

1. Performs other such duties as may reasonably be prescribed by the principal.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing
• Stooping and/or kneeling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing
• Seeing

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)

1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction control or planning of an activity.
3. Adaptability to dealing with students.
4. Adaptability to making generalizations evaluations or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
2. Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
3. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
4. Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
5. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers.
6. Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
7. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Salary and work year to be established by the Board.