Responsibilities:

- Create and maintain a joyful and respectful work environment for students and adults.

- Develop productive relationships with leaders, community partners, teachers, staff members, parents, and service providers.

- Attend essential programming, including summer sessions, data days, parent workshops, and parent-teacher conferences.

- Maintain accurate and complete student files and academic records.

- Engage students in all content areas and differentiate curriculum and instruction to support all ELLs.

- Co-teach with general education teachers and manage both regulatory and instructional requirements as an ELL teacher.

- Administer tests to determine student eligibility for ELL services.

- Use assessment data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices.

- Create a safe and respectful classroom environment.

- Track progress of individual English language learners and maintain ELL records.

- Advise teachers on modifying curriculum for ENL students and share best practices.

- Comply with guidelines of students’ IEPs and attend IEP meetings.

- Supervise out of classroom settings such as arrival, transitions, lunch, recess, dismissal, and field trips.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

- New Jersey State teaching certification in Students with Disabilities, Special Ed, or ESL preferred.

- Teaching or student teaching experience in a school.

- Experience with and interest in working with high needs students preferred.

- Strong knowledge of grade-level content curricula.

- Ability to differentiate teaching based on the diverse and individual needs of all students.

- Comfort with using data to inform instructional practices.

- Ability to create a safe, caring and orderly school environment.

- Understanding and experience working with students’ IEPs.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: Up to $62,000.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Paterson, NJ 07504 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Paterson, NJ 07504: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person