English Language Learners (ELL) Teacher at Oakside Prep Academy

About the role

Located in Waterford Township, MI, Oakside Prep Academy opened in 2013 and serves students K-12. At Oakside, you can connect passion with purpose.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits at affordable rates.
• Unique K-12 environment, increasing collaboration among staff.
• Supportive coaching model with new staff paired with a teacher mentor.
• Consistently outperforms local districts on state assessments.
• Ensure a secure and safe working environment.
• Benefit from seasoned and supportive leadership.
• Access to best-in-class curriculum with advanced instructional tools and resources.
• Awarded Detroit’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.
• Recognized as Partner of the Year for the Pontiac Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Responsibilities

• Plans and delivers lessons to promote students’ English language development.
• Collaborates with classroom teachers and specialists to ensure achievement of EL/MLs across content areas through the Sheltered Instruction and the English Language Development program models.
• Administers formative and summative assessments to monitor language progress and ensure student achievement.
• Completes documentation required for compliance with state and federal guidelines.
• Completes daily logs of student services.
• Attends regular Professional Development offerings.
• Be available for afternoon and evening parent-teacher conferences and school events.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid teacher license in the applicable grade level for the state in which you are applying.
• Candidates for English Language (EL) Teacher positions should preferably hold a valid teaching license for the grades they will serve (K-8 or 6-12) and an English as a Second Language (NS) or a Bilingual endorsement.
• Minimally, candidates for this position must be on an approved pathway towards gaining licensure for the grades they serve (K-8 or 6-12) within three years and then obtain an NS or YA-YT endorsement within 2 years of certification.
• Demonstrates knowledge of first and second language acquisition theory, second language learning patterns, and best practices in English language development.