Teacher - English Language Development

Teacher - English Language Development 0.5 2026
-2027 School Year

• Date Posted: 6/2/2026
• Closing Date: 06/24/2026

SALARY INFORMATION
: SEE CERTIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE.
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK
: 40.
FTE
: 1.0.
MONTHS PER YEAR
: 9.
JOB CODE
: 200099.
POSITION TYPE
: REPLACEMENT – PERMANENT/REGULAR.
LOCATION
:
Thornton, CO.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminating the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.

Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

A teacher will perform effective teaching methods to ensure student success and promote an exemplary educational program which fosters achievement for all students.

• Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities
• Create a positive educational climate for students to learn in
• Meet course and school-wide student performance goals
• Participate in ongoing training sessions
• Create lesson plans and modify them accordingly throughout the year
• Grade papers and perform other administrative duties as needed
• Read and stay abreast of current topics in education
• Utilize various curriculum resources and technologies to enhance student learning
• Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans
• Utilize district curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
• Prepare and distribute parent communications
• Observe and evaluate students' performance
• Manage student behavior in the classroom to create appropriate behavior strategies

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Minimum age 18 years old

• Criminal background check required for hire
• Must possess, or be able to obtain within 30 days of hire, a valid Colorado Educator License from the Colorado Department of Education
• Must possess the required license and endorsement. If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, with no endorsement, applicant must possess a Colorado educator license with a passing score on a CDE approved content test or 24 semester hours in specific core content classes as determined by Human Resources

• Preference given to candidates with ELL training and/or an ESL or LDE Linguistically Diverse Education endorsement

All salary placement on our certified salary schedule is dependent on the employees' education and/or work experience. Certified/licensed employees will be granted one year for each full year of contractual and/or work experience up to a maximum of ten years, which includes in-district and out-of-district contractual teaching experience. Responsibility for verification of outside experience rests with the individual employee. For further explanation of salary placement, please refer to our certified master agreement available on our district website.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit-eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately upon hire date.

To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview.

Changes to the READ Act require that all K-3 teachers and staff responsible for teaching reading to students in grades K-3 complete evidence-based training within 90 work days of start date ().