English Language Learner Teacher

Description

SUMMARY:

The English Language Learner Teacher plays a crucial role in fostering the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral growth of students whose first language is not English. This position entails creating a supportive and inclusive classroom environment that

encourages all students to thrive. The teacher is responsible for developing and implementing tailored educational strategies that accommodate the diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds of English Language Learners (ELLs).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Demonstrate commitment to and ownership of creating a classroom environment and culture that aligns with the mission, vision, and values of KTEC, specifically tailored to the needs of ELL students.
• Seek and use feedback to ensure personal growth, continuous improvement, and innovation, with a focus on ELL pedagogy.
• Utilize active listening, assume best intentions, and take other perspectives, particularly in understanding the unique challenges faced by ELL students.
• Serve as an active member of the assigned professional learning community, contributing insights and strategies for supporting ELLs.
• Perform all aspects of classroom management, preparation, and implementation of current teaching strategies, emphasizing differentiation and scaffolding to meet the needs of ELL students.
• Great interpersonal communication skills are a must to effectively engage with students, their families, and colleagues, fostering an inclusive community for ELLs.
• Organize and participate in special activities for students, ensuring these activities are accessible and engaging for ELLs.
• Design, deliver, and assess nature-based, inquiry-based, and project-based learning; effectively integrate content standards while considering the language acquisition and proficiency levels of ELL students.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Work toward proficiency in the domains of Wisconsin’s Educator Effectiveness System
• Perform other tasks and duties as may be assigned by school administration

Requirements

Experience, Education and Licensure:

• Solid educational background including a bachelor’s degree in education.
• A current and appropriate Teaching License issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Evidence of competencies in classroom management, learning strategies, individual and group management, curriculum development, and program evaluation.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Model the core values of the school.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to collaborate with industry-connected, project-based learning, and provide a student-centered education.
• A growth mindset and ability to reflect and vary instructional delivery model.
• Strong belief that an inclusive learning environment offers a more productive and personalized way of educating all students.
• Ability to deliver instruction incorporating workshops, immersion, hands-on experiences, and traditional delivery to ensure that all individual student needs are met in accordance with preferred mode of instruction.
• The ability to work effectively with groups and individuals.
• Demonstrate skill in organizing ideas and presenting them with clarity and conciseness.
• Creative and imaginative approach to problem-solving and demonstrated ability to think outside of the box.
• Experience integrating technology into instruction.
• Self-starter with a well-developed ability to set and meet goals and outcomes.
• Knowledge of competency-based learning

Work Environment:

• Normal office / classroom environment with moderate noise levels.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computers and/or related equipment