What are the responsibilities and job description for the ESOL Teacher - South Middle/Timberline (25/26) 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
- Other duties as assigned
