What are the responsibilities and job description for the ESOL Elementary position at Waukee Community School District?
Waukee Community School District is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our students and community. We are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more diverse we are, the better positioned we are to build genuine relationships based on individual perspectives and positively contribute to a diverse global community.
Terms of Employment: 194 or 196 days, depending on experience within WCSD
Position Criteria:
- Valid Iowa Teaching License
- B.A. Degree in an Educational Field of Study
- K-12 English as a Second Language endorsement
Performance Criteria:
- Experience in the implementation of multiple ESOL instructional delivery models
- Experience working with EL Newcomers and understanding cultural dynamics when helping them acclimate to the school system
- Experience in supporting families as they acclimate to the school system
- Knowledge of evidence-based instructional strategies for beginning readers and proven record of successful implementation
- Proven record of successful growth in students in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
- Successful experience implementing a guided reading model utilizing prompting, feedback, and scaffolding of support for student growth, particularly with emergent readers
- Experience using running records, and formative assessments to make data driven decisions
- Proven record of successful collaboration with multiple grades levels and teams in order to meet student needs
- Record of recent staff development/on-going education and knowledge of current research
- Successful experience supervising associates/para-professionals and utilizing their support for meeting student needs
- Provide direct instruction for EL's in both a pull-out and push-in/collaboration model
- Maintain building/district ESOL files
- Willingness and experience with providing professional development to staff in the area of ESOL best practices
- Provide ongoing support to teachers as they implement instruction to English Language Learners in their classrooms
- Facilitate weekly meetings with ESOL para-professionals; guide the planning and lesson delivery of the para-professionals
- Participate in the Waukee Problem Solving Process to help design interventions to best meet student need
- Actively participate in all IEP meetings involving EL's
- Administer annual ESOL assessments to all EL's as required by state or district policy
- Administer placement tests to all incoming EL's; assessment will be a guide in determining language acquisition level and, therefore, amount and type of ESOL instruction needed
- Maintain lists of translators/interpreters and is the first contact for buildings when translation/interpretation is needed; a list of on-call translators/interpreters will be available for help during the registration process, "emergency" meetings, etc.
- Assist, through interpreter, to ascertain an EL's academic achievement/history; review past school records, conduct interviews, etc.
- Seek out grant opportunities to grow the ESOL department
- Help to oversee translation of various printed district documents into the languages/dialects represented in our district
- May need to be split between buildings based off ESOL needs
- Other duties as assigned
