Job Description

Title:   TEACHER - ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)

Position Type: Exempt

Primary Function:

Assume responsibility for the instructional program for ELs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Hold a professional license with endorsement in English as a Second Language preK-12. Demonstrate a willingness to work with all students. Ability to quickly learn procedures used to report information and maintain records. Ability to move about in room to monitor students and check work in classrooms with varied seating and desk organization patterns. Ability to travel to more than one work location in the course of the day if assigned to an itinerant position. Ability to prepare required written reports. Ability to monitor and ensure appropriate student behavior, including outdoor activity areas, gymnasiums, etc. Possess high moral standards and integrity. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

• Plans and prepares for classroom instruction of ELs
• Provides a positive classroom environment that promotes student learning
• Uses a variety of instructional strategies to meet varied student needs
• Complies with state laws, school board policies, and administrative regulations
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed for an orderly, productive classroom and school
• Encourages the productive citizenship and respectful conduct of students
• Monitors and assesses student progress
• Identifies resources and personnel to meet the needs of individual students
• Maintains accurate, complete records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation
• Informs parents regarding student progress, the instructional program, and other school issues
• Demonstrates positive school-community relations
• Works cooperatively with colleagues, support staff, and administration
• Engages in professional growth activities and demonstrates professionalism
• Identifies needed resources and materials for classroom instruction
• Contributes to the total school program
• Adapt and modify curricula and instruction as required to meet student educational needs
• Conduct individual student assessments
• Serve as a learning consultant to school colleagues
• Work with SBO staff to plan and conduct professional development for regular education staff and EL para educators and tutors
• Research and report on developments in the field of EL education
• Serve as a member of Child Study, Eligibility, and IEP Committees, as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned by building administrator

Building Administrator

200 days a year. Salary according to School Board Pay Plan

Performance on this job will be evaluated in accordance with School Board policy and administrative regulations on evaluation of (licensed/non-licensed) personnel.

The York County School Division does not discriminate on the basis of race (Title VI), color, religion, national origin, veteran status, sex, gender (Title IX), age or disability (Section 504), or any other protected class in its educational programs, activities or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following positions have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: