EL Teacher

EL Teacher

Provide instruction to students determined to be English Learners; monitor and ensure students progress.

Qualifications:

• Current Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with appropriate endorsements.
• Read, write and communicate orally in English
• Utilize applicable technology to support performance responsibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate and collaborate effectively with others.
• Ensure confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Maintain a record of dependability as evidenced by consistent attendance, punctuality and attention to work.
• Understand and adapt to a variety of situations.
• Maintain and exhibit general and personal safety practices.
• Maintain stakeholder satisfaction.
• Work independently and exercise good judgment.
• Assume personal responsibility for professional performance and growth.
• Utilize effective problem solving processes.
• Exhibit professionalism in appearance and demeanor.
• Administer and analyze identification screeners that determine a student's eligibility for language learning services.
• Administer mandated English language proficiency assessments annually in accordance with state and district requirements.
• Monitor students' language development.
• Track ELP data for reporting purposes.
• Collaborate with school and district teams around identification and assessment practice.
• Co-plan with colleagues for instruction and assessment.
• Differentiate instruction for different language proficiency levels.
• Develop instructional approaches rooted in best practices of Culturally Responsive Instruction, Culturally Relevant Instruction, and Culturally Sustainable Pedagogy.
• Provide academic language instruction that gives students access to grade-level content.
• Collaborate with grade-level teachers to plan, differentiate, and scaffold instruction.
• Serve as a resource to the building and district for English language concerns.
• Communicate with multilingual families in their home language, sharing outreach strategies with colleagues to increase their own capacity for communication with families.
• Support family engagement around school events and initiatives.
• Connect with stakeholders in ELL families' communities, such as community organizations and religious institutions.