Elementary English Language (EL) Teacher

Summary

The elementary English Learner (EL) Teacher creates an engaging, nurturing, and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing; provides instruction, future-ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong-learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world.

Qualification Requirements

• Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
• Engage with other district staff in the professional learning community process.
• Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.
• Utilizes effective communication skills to facilitate connection and sharing of thoughts and ideas in multiple formats with diverse audiences.
• Clearly communicates the instructional purpose of each lesson and makes connections to prior learning.
• Engage learners in meaningful direct instruction, guided practice, and independent practice.
• Utilize questions, discussions, and dialogue to promote critical thinking about diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and experiences.
• Empower learners to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic learners, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.
• Understand the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners' experiences.
• Partner with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion.
• Proactively seek to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.
• Design assessments that are aligned to the standards and learning targets and provide frequent opportunities for authentic and meaningful assessments.
• Establish a culture that values high expectations, work ethic, and a growth mindset.
• Demonstrate knowledge of content and pedagogy; explicitly connecting key concepts to develop learner skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of the diverse social, emotional and developmental learning needs of learners.
• Maintain composure while dealing with stressful situations.
• Proactively seek out resolutions and take initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.
• Utilize district guaranteed and viable curriculum including the scope & sequence of academic and social emotional learning targets along with the defined proficiency scales.
• Plan a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the learners.
• Utilize district behavioral plans as a backbone to promote positive learner behavior.
• Utilize the district protocol for maintaining information on learner progress.
• Utilize knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and learners.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, in harmony with the goals, establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to learners.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear.
• Close and peripheral vision.
• Lift up to ~30 pounds.
• Work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands.
• May come in contact with bloodborne pathogens or other bodily fluids on rare occasions.
• Work in an environment that has a moderate to loud noise level.

Education and/or Experience

• North Dakota Teaching License with appropriate accreditation to teach English Learners grades K-5.
• Bachelor's Degree in elementary education with English Learner Endorsement (or willingness to obtain).
• Prior teaching experience is preferred.
• Prior experience working in an elementary school preferred.
• Prior experience working with English Learners preferred.