English Teacher

Job Purpose

Assist/Support teachers in providing English language Arts and Reading Instruction to accelerate English Language Proficiency for ELLs participating in the ESL Program through the application of sheltered instruction strategies. Maintain appropriate documentation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement procedures and coordinate the process to identify LEP students at all grade levels campus-wide, including review of student data and testing of students
• Ensure that campus effectively implement ESL program meet school program goals
• Maintain and complete all LEP documentation in a timely manner, and that all records are kept confidential in accordance with school policy and documentation
• Update the school database in a timely manner to reflect accurate data of LEP students, including LEP denials and monitoring year 1 and year 2 students
• Plan, prepare, and facilitate the Language Proficiency Assessment meetings
• Train, coach, and support teachers in developing and implementing lesson plans that meet the school’s curricular requirements and linguistically accommodate and differentiate the commensuration of the language proficiency level of the LEP students
• Train, coach, and support teachers in implementing a variety of instructional materials, technology tools and digital learning platforms to enhance learning and language proficiency development
• Assist school administration in scheduling classes for ESL instruction
• Monitor ELL’s academic and linguistic progress that is reflected in the formative and summative evaluations to ensure students meet desired educational goals and use assessment results to coordinate ESL instruction and schedule
• Compile, maintain, analyze, submit and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required by the school policy
• Ensure ESL classroom(s) and/or instructional environment is safe, organized and conducive to learning, with accessibility to all students
• Establish and maintain communication, both written and oral, with parents, students, principals, and teachers to keep them informed of student progress
• Collaborate with other content teachers and special education teachers to ensure ELL student's language and instructional needs are being met
• Continually communicate with students on instructional expectations and keep them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations
• Plan and conduct parent meetings (i.e. conferences with the parents of LEP denial students), failing monitor students, and exited ELL students
• Participate in professional development activities and staff meetings as required or assigned
• Implement new learning from professional development activities correlated with accelerating English language proficiency for ELLs
• Provide ESL instruction as assigned by the campus principal. If the coordinator has teaching role, duties and responsibilities explained in ESL teacher job description will also apply
• Perform other duties as assigned