Coordinator of ESOL K-8

Job Information

Job Summary and Purpose

• The K-8 ESOL Coordinator provides leadership alignment and coordinator of the ESOL program across elementary and middle school sites. The coordinator serves as a content specialist and instructional resource for school administrators and teachers bridging the Department of Academic Programs and individual schools to advance student learning goals identified in the division strategic plan. A central focus of this role is championing high-quality Tier 1 instruction as the most powerful lever for English learner success ensuring core classroom instruction is linguistically accessible scaffolded and culturally responsive before additional interventions are considered.

Work Objectives/Essential Functions

• Provide instructional coaching and co-teaching training and support across all assigned elementary and middle school sites.
• Conduct regular school visits and classroom observations at all assigned schools to monitor EL instructional quality and provide targeted feedback.
• Partner with K8 principals at all assigned schools to improve ESOL instructional quality; support building leadership teams in developing and evaluating school improvement plans with EL goals integrated.
• Provide data-driven targeted support to build school-level capacity; analyze K8 EL data to inform division decision making.
• Champion high-quality Tier 1 instruction by coaching ESOL and content-area teachers on sheltered instruction language objectives academic vocabulary and differentiation ensuring core classroom instruction meets ELs needs before additional intervention is considered.
• Guide the creation and provide support to ESOL teachers in building and refining K8 curriculum newcomer units and textbook access and support.
• Provide scheduling guidance for elementary and middle school counselors and registrars; support EL access to intervention structures at both levels.
• Co-Lead Title III compliance division-wide including audit creation follow-up and coordination.
• Co-Lead WIDA and SOL accommodations documentation and systems across all levels.
• Create and maintain monitoring cycle forms tiles and reminders; set shared monitoring cadence in coordination with the ESOL team.
• Lead bi-annual registrar training coordination division-wide.
• Serve with ESOL Team as the division-wide system-level point of contact for TalentEd monitoring.
• Lead the division-wide SPEDESOL partnership including cross-division communication and case coordination in collaboration with ESOL Team.
• Partner with K8 principals at all assigned schools to improve ESOL instructional quality; support building leadership teams in developing and evaluating school improvement plans with EL goals integrated.
• Provide data-driven targeted support to build school-level capacity; analyze K8 EL data to inform division decision making.
• Collaborate across departments to meet the needs of all EL students; represent the division in regional state and national ESOL associations and study groups as appropriate.
• Monitor parent notification structures and processes at school sites to ensure compliance with VLA legislation and division expectations.
• Review appropriate student instructional data and evaluate performance trends across intervention cycles and ensure intervention identification and student needs are met.
• Provide quarterly progress reports on intervention structures based on division expectations.

Education and Experience

Required Licensures and Certifications

• Bachelors with ESOL endorsement required or a Bachelors in Education with an EL Certificate required.

Additional Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Title III compliance requirements WIDA and SOL accommodations systems and current EL education trends early literacy and language acquisition research and the MTSS framework as it relates to Tier 1 instruction for ELs.
• Knowledge of SPEDESOL intersection including eligibility considerations case coordination processes and the legal distinctions between disability and language acquisition.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Title III Compliance as it relates to serving ELs and their families.

Skills:

• Experience at the building or division level as an instructional leader such as service as a department chair leader of a professional learning community.
• Demonstrate appropriate use of written and oral communication and a thorough knowledge of English grammar and usage.
• Demonstrate effective time management and organizational skills.

Abilities:

• Ability to build strong trust-based relationships with school staff administrators families and community partners across diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Ability to work independently prioritize competing demands and meet deadlines in a high-caseload division-level role.
• Demonstrate evidence of in-depth knowledge of current initiatives and issues in K-8 ELA evidence-based instructional practice.
• Demonstrates the ability to develop lead and support the literacy community of practice.
• Demonstrate the ability to relate and communicate with educators in large groups learning communities multidisciplinary curricular teams and one-on-one.
• Demonstrate the ability to relate and communicate with all educational stakeholders.
• Demonstrate effective time management and organizational skills.

Core Expectations of All Stafford Schools Employees

• Engage in ongoing professional development relevant to position.
• Respond to written and oral requests for information promptly and thoroughly.
• Maintain a clean neat appearance and dress appropriate to position and duties.
• Maintain a record of appropriate attendance and punctuality.
• Serve as a role model for students colleagues and the general public.
• Work in close harmony with supervisor(s) and colleagues.

Weight Demands

Physical Demands

Classification Details (Completed by Human Resources)

This description is intended to describe the general nature essential functions and requirements of the job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and tasks the inclusion of which are considered for job classification purposes.

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