Minimum – Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Instructional I or II.
Program Specialist ESL Certificate or commitment to complete Program Specialist ESL Certificate requirements (Required)
Essential Responsibilities
Create a cultural awareness and knowledge of multicultural and multilingual learners and families.
Understand and implement the current methods and techniques based on Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) principles in working with culturally and linguistically diverse students/families.
Develop, implement, and evaluate a variety of curricular and instructional activities for culturally and linguistically diverse students.
Implement the adaptations required for learners with diverse needs.
Select and design teaching resources and lesson plans based on individual differences in language proficiency and the dominant language testing of ELs.
Responsibilities
Possess a knowledge of various cultures, and their comparisons, as related to our communities, businesses, languages, education, etc…
Facilitate the English Learners’ (EL) family understanding of and collaboration with ESL and other school staff.
Possess knowledge and deliver the required, extensive family involvement opportunities to assist in the development of the ELs’ projected service plan.
Use computer technology and graphics to facilitate EL student learning.
Assist EL students in learning communication methods and practices to assist their verbal and non-verbal understanding, skills, and attitudes.
Provide meaningful learning content to support the ELs’ culture and community diversity.
Employ various communications, instructional methods, and strategies to meet the specific instructional needs of ELs in their learning process.
Provide and strengthen opportunities to permit students to work collaboratively in small groups.
Develop the capacity to design and develop EL programs and service plans to teach language through the use of content, connections, and community concepts.
Use effective measurements of the ELs’ success in language acquisition and content learning.
Understand and implement multiple evaluation techniques to assess the various curricular and instructional activities used for EL students.
Assess the school’s support services aiding the ELs’ requirements.
Provide regular parental involvement in working with the interpretation and assessment of the EL child’s accomplishments and needs.
Program/Classification
Curriculum Department
Reports To
ESL Coordinator
Method Of Evaluation
The ESL Program Instructor shall be evaluated annually during the school year based on the policies of the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit Board of Directors
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Terms Of Employment
Full-time
Mileage compensated from assignment to assignment
No travel compensation from home to 1st assignment or last assignment to home
Based on ESL experience and certification status.
Physical/Sensory Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
This is an active position requiring the ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 lbs.; verbal and hearing skills to effectively communicate; visual acuity to oversee projects, and make observations. Work is done mainly indoors but could include outside tasks.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Education and Training
Industries
Education Management
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