ESL Teacher (English as a Second Language Teacher)

ESL Teacher  

Job description  

The ESL Teacher is responsible for: 

Planning 

• Collaborating with the ESL Coordinator to develop lesson plans that provide support for emergent bilinguals with their academic English development. 

• Collaborating with the ESL Coordinator to develop lesson plans that provide support for emergent bilinguals with their ELAR classwork. 

• Collaborating with the ESL Coordinator with setting individualized classroom accommodations for identified emergent bilingual students. 

• Consulting with the ESL coordinator and classroom teachers regarding individualized assistance needed for emergent bilingual students. 

Teaching 

• Supporting emergent bilinguals with academic English development based on each individual’s English language proficiency. 

• Instructing emergent bilinguals in ELAR subject matter in a small group pull out per classroom lesson plans. 

• Assisting emergent bilinguals with appropriate course work through curriculum modification, accelerations, etc. as needed. 

Program Coordination Assistance 

• Assisting with the implementation and coordination of identifying emergent bilingual students at all grade levels, including review of student data and testing of students. 

• Assisting with the development and revision of bilingual and ESL curriculum as needed. 

• Assisting with the planning and implementation of annual and reclassification assessments for emergent bilingual students. 

• Assisting with data entering and analysis. 

• Other duties as assigned. 

Policy, Reports, and Law 

• Assisting with the compilation, maintenance, and filing of all physical and computerized reports, records, and other required documents. 

• Assisting with training campus personnel and attending LPAC meetings as needed. 

Qualifications: 

Education/Certification: 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (required) 

• Valid/Current Texas Teacher Certification (required) 

• Valid Texas Bilingual Spanish Endorsement or ESL certificate for K - 12 (highly preferred) 

Experience: 

• Two or more years of teaching experience preferred. 

• Experience as an ESL teacher or coordinator preferred. 

Benefits: 

Great Hearts offers a very competitive benefits package. Overall compensation will be commensurate with talent, experience, and education. 

ESL at Great Hearts 

At Great Hearts, our English as a Second Language Teachers and Coordinators are integral members of our faculty and participate in all faculty-wide events and professional development. Their specialized expertise provides English learners assistance with grade-level curriculum using ESL strategies, enabling students to become academically successful. Great Hearts aims to serve all students including English learners in a manner that affirms and reflects their dignity and rightful participation within the larger student body and academy. Through small group and one-to-one support, the ESL team provides essential support throughout the school year and with annual state assessment preparation. Through the state mandated Language Proficiency Assessment Committee identification, monitoring and reclassification processes, ESL Coordinators and Teachers support all English learners at Great Hearts as they develop their academic English language to proficiency. 

Qualities & Values 

Passionately Committed 

With humility and curiosity, we seek to know more about our core purpose; seek to share (with each other and with others externally as an advocate); seek to live the mission ourselves with relentless pursuit and intrinsic motivation; seek to understand our work and how it serves the mission…which should result in getting the right stuff done with measurable results because we love actualization – not just the theory. 

Servant's Heart 
The foundational element of having a servant’s heart is the acknowledgment of inherent dignity in their fellow human. Someone with a servant’s heart believes that their work is to promote the development of those around them and make it possible for others to be successful in serving the mission of the organization. 

Team Player 

We believe our mission can only be accomplished through collaboration and receive true joy in being a part of something greater than ourselves; Each of us is one part of a whole, each with different roles, expertise, and responsibilities; working together in synchronicity. 

Job Type: Full-time 

Pay: $45,000.00 - $54,000.00 per year 

Benefits: 

• Dental insurance 

• Health insurance 

• Life insurance 

• Paid time off 

• Retirement plan 

• Vision insurance 

Schedule: 

• Monday to Friday 

Work Location: In person