Head of English Language Learning and Social Studies

Head of English Language Learning and Social Studies

Tempe School District No.3 Sanchez
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Job : 5749999

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: Jun 11, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Jul 1, 2026

TITLE :
Head of English Language Learning and Social Studies

About You

You excel at making connections with people, motivating and inspiring them, building buy-in and engagement, and persuading people to take action to achieve results.

You see the big picture and think and act strategically. You bring an integrated perspective to your work, understanding that strong language acquisition and strong content-area learning reinforce each other.

You have a strong sense of urgency and you thoughtfully weigh multiple options before making decisions.

You enjoy being a key part of a strong, positive and closely-knit team that you can lean on for support, collaboration and share in each other’s success. You also have a great sense of fun.

You have the ability to learn quickly and thoroughly while continually recognizing and adapting to changing conditions.

You are a natural advocate for English language learners — and you bring both precision and urgency to the compliance systems and instructional structures that serve them.

You have a sincere appreciation for people and how they are each uniquely motivated, including a deep understanding of how to engage families and communities from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

About Us

Established in 1874, we have grown to 21 schools, serving over 10,000 students with over 50+ languages spoken by our students.

Our organization is centered around our values and beliefs that our students are confident self-advocates with interpersonal and critical thinking skills who productively and innovatively make a positive impact in their current and future communities.

We are proud of the family-like culture that permeates our system. Our system boasts award winning faculty and principals, high achieving students, signature programs and unparalleled parental and community support.

We take our mission and vision seriously and we are committed to inspiring excellence in every child and every adult so that our students are prepared to embrace the opportunities of tomorrow. At Tempe Elementary, you have an opportunity to change the world and life trajectory of over 10,000 students.

About the Role

Why the role exists:

The Head of English Language Learning and Social Studies owns two of the district’s most strategically connected program areas. ELL serves one of the district’s largest and most diverse student populations — and with over 50 languages spoken across 21 schools, ELL compliance is federal and state law that requires expert, daily ownership. Social Studies is the discipline most naturally suited to developing academic language, critical thinking, and civic literacy across all grade levels.

Both require students to engage with complex text, build academic language through structured discourse, and construct meaning from evidence — making this a coherent and integrated portfolio.

Working under the direction of the Director of Academic and Instructional Programs, this role owns K-8 ELL program leadership and compliance, K-8 Social Studies curriculum and instructional leadership, and the direct supervision of ELL Compliance Specialists.

This role commits a minimum of 60% of the workday to schools — visiting ELL classrooms, observing social studies instruction, coaching site leaders and teachers, monitoring program implementation, and maintaining the school-level presence necessary to understand and respond to the needs of…