ELL Teacher jobs in the United States

Position Description

This position is for teacher that loves small groups. At our school this position operates much like a Reading Specialist with an emphasis in working on academic language acquision and reading comprehension. If are an aspiring reading specialist, this could be a great fit. As a team of interventionis, we look at data and work with students needing extra support. We highly prefer a teacher who is bilingual and has experience administering WIDA.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provide evaluation and testing for non-English speaking and limited proficiency students.
• Support general education teachers in providing instruction to ELL student appropriate to his/her level as determined by informal and formal assessments.
• Maintain records for each student’s individual and academic instructional program.
• Facilitate frequent and effective home-school communication by coordinating: conferences; written communication; other meetings/events; and administrative support for interpreting, translations, etc.
• Provide referral to existing guidance and counseling as well as other support resources within the district where appropriate.
• Provide assessment for newly arriving non-English speaking students.
• Confer with classroom teachers regarding each student’s program.
• Participate in in-service and teacher training provided by our  school and district.
• Meet with program director or ESL supervisor at regular intervals.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Abide by state statutes, school board policies and regulations.
• Attend meetings and performs duties as assigned by administrators or supervisors.
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy and administrative regulation.
• Serve on committees as assigned.
• Remain current on instructional practices in education.  (e.g. instructional technology)