Secondary- English as a Second Language- English Teacher Grades 9-12

Position Responsibilities and Expectations: Full classroom responsibilities for English As a Second Language ELA instruction for students in grades 9-12 within an established framework of the high school program. Creates and implements a compelling vision of the English Language Arts curriculum, teaching, and learning standards and practices that align with the Common Core and WIDA Standards and will result in college and career readiness for each and every student. Incorporates students’ backgrounds and experiences to improve performance and enhance instruction by using a variety of techniques to ensure content concepts are comprehensible and advance students’ English literacy. Develop and implement classroom and curricular accommodations and modifications for all students, including language development adaptations for ELLs. Ability to identify new approaches and strategies to learning and teaching that stimulates critical thinking and problem-solving techniques. Provides instructional support to help scaffold language and content domains to deliver rich, authentic instructions for all students. Uses various assessment information to plan instruction and set all academic goals, plans, activities, and actions based on what is in the best interest of each student. Cultivates a stewardship of collaborative learning and leadership in and out of the classroom, distributing knowledge and expertise in a skillful way that empowers and supports others. Consistently practice a growth mindset, demonstrating a strong class culture and using feedback to reflect and set goals. Fulfills high academic standards and shares expertise constantly with support personnel, colleagues, and staff to ensure that all student academic and social/emotional needs are met and regularly provided; specifically, collaborating with special education and ELL colleagues to provide accommodations outlined in a student’s IEP when needed and collaborating with staff to align curriculum with Common Core and Wida Standards. Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate information and make connections among multiple factors, data points, ideas, learning styles, personalities, and potential solutions to make the best decision possible. Incorporate a student's background in the lesson plan and understand how to make connections with prior native language development linguistically. Sets and pursues meaningful goals based on educational best practices and focused on improving student/stakeholder outcomes at all times. Consistently demonstrates a belief that the individual is capable of learning and growth; learns from reflection and feedback and actively assesses own knowledge, skills, and talent deficits and makes a concerted effort to close gaps. Empowers students to become self-motivated, responsible, and resilient learners. Maintains a positive and engaging learning environment that promotes the academic, social, and personal well-being of all students. Ensure that practices enable students, staff, and parents to interact effectively in a culturally diverse environment in which ALL backgrounds, identities, customs, and traits are respected and built into the learning process. Demonstrates ethical behavior, expectations, and a genuine concern for others under all circumstances; models what is expected of others. Completes all tasks, reports, and all necessary requirements associated with teaching a class in a timely manner. Effectively communicates with families regularly to discuss student performance, attendance, progress, etc., via phone calls, emails, and written correspondence. Such other duties as deemed necessary by the building administrator.