Elementary English Language (EL) Teacher

 

Job Description
Position Title: Elementary English Learner Teacher
Location: Osgood Elementary School
Department: Curriculum & Instruction
Reports To: Building Principal
Term: Renewing 188-day contract beginning with 2026-27 school year
Schedule: Mon-Fri Full-Time
Salary: Positions follows the 2025-2027 Teacher Salary Schedule
Date of last review: July 2026

 

SUMMARY: The elementary English Learner (EL) Teacher creates an engaging, nurturing, and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing; provides instruction, future-ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong-learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

• Instruction: Design and deliver age-appropriate lesson plans tailored to English Language Development.
• Assessment: Evaluate student progress through standardized tests, formal assignments, and informal daily observations.
• Collaboration: Partner with general classroom teachers to modify mainstream assignments and co-teach, ensuring EL students have access to all subjects.
• Cultural Advocacy: Act as a cultural guide and advocate for students and their families, helping them navigate new social norms and community resources
   

To Apply: Please complete the application and include up-to-date, relevant submissions of your resume, letter of interest, and three letters of recommendation. Please also include your transcripts and a copy of your licensure through ESPB, if available.
 

Closing Date: July 25, 2026 or until filled
 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for the role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Other duties may be assigned)

• Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
• Engage with other district staff in the professional learning community process.
• Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.
• Utilizes effective communication skills to facilitate connection and sharing of thoughts and ideas in multiple formats with diverse audiences.
• Clearly communicates the instructional purpose of each lesson and makes connections to prior learning.
• Engage learners in meaningful direct instruction, guided practice, and independent practice.
• Utilize questions, discussions, and dialogue to promote critical thinking about diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and experiences.
• Empower learners to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic learners, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.
• Understand the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners' experiences.
• Partner with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion.
• Proactively seek to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.
• Design assessments that are aligned to the standards and learning targets and provide frequent opportunities for authentic and meaningful assessments.
• Establish a culture that values high expectations, work ethic, and a growth mindset.
• Demonstrate knowledge of content and pedagogy; explicitly connecting key concepts to develop learner skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of the diverse social, emotional and developmental learning needs of learners.
• Maintain composure while dealing with stressful situations.
• Proactively seek out resolutions and take initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.
• Utilize district guaranteed and viable curriculum including the scope & sequence of academic and social emotional learning targets along with the defined proficiency scales.
• Plan a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the learners.
• Utilize district behavioral plans as a backbone to promote positive l