English Language Coach (Elementary) - General Interest

About the role

Assist with closing the English Learner (EL) student achievement gap and accelerate learning for EL students by building content teacher capacity through job-embedded professional learning and implementation of effective language-rich instructional practices.

Responsibilities

• Support and provide job embedded training and coaching in order to improve classroom linguistic instruction that leads to improved EL student achievement.
• Support others in building their teaching skills, assist in application of new knowledge, and provide ongoing learning and sustainment to increase the overall quality of effective classroom instruction.
• Serve as the lead language learner through modeling and facilitating English as a Second Language (ESL) learning opportunities for campus staff.
• Support the implementation of state standards including the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) through district adopted curricula and use of effective sheltered instructional strategies.
• Increase the quality and effectiveness of language-rich classroom instruction through collaborating, co-planning, coaching cycle completion, fostering trusting relationships with staff, and supporting the learning process.
• Build sheltered instructional capacity with campus teams through a gradual release model including facilitating conversations during team collaboration to assist with determining language-rich instructional decisions.
• Support and communicate campus and District initiatives. Foster a shared responsibility between campuses and District to know every student by name and need.
• Assist district and campus administration in identifying ESL programmatic growth areas for the campus and grade-level teams.
• Meet regularly with campus administrators to monitor EL students’ progress and develop responsive plans to address student needs.
• Partner and plan professional learning with campus instructional coach to improve outcomes for EL students.
• Assist teachers in interpreting test data and learning to use it to adjust instruction linguistically.
• Exhibit a high level of ethics and confidentiality in regard to student and teacher records and classroom performance.
• Collaboratively develop lessons to implement a co-teach model that fulfills the requirements of the District’s ESL program.
• Use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the proficiency levels and needs of EL students.
• Develop and implement pull-out lessons for identified EL newcomers.
• Conduct assessment of student proficiency levels and use results to plan instructional activities and linguistic accommodations.
• Cook up and coordinate the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) testing for assigned campus.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings, ESL department meetings, and serve on staff committees as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree preferred
• Valid Texas teaching certificate (EC-6 certification preferred)
• ESL certification
• Experience leading professional development
• Campus leadership experience
• Extensive training in language-rich and sheltered instructional strategies
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others
• Strong organizational, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
• Experience: Minimum Three Years Of Classroom Experience
• Experience as an elementary teacher preferred

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Experience as an elementary teacher preferred

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

Actual salary will be calculated based on experience.

Schedule

N/A

Skills

• Collaborative work environment
• High levels of productivity
• Interacting in a manner that is becoming of educators

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.