English Learners Teacher - English Language Arts

West Fargo Public Schools

  • North Dakota
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 4 days ago
SUMMARY: The English Learners (EL) English Language Arts creates an engaging, nurturing, and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing; providing instruction in science, future ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong-learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world.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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Other duties may be assigned)
Collaboration:
  • Facilitates, inspires, and supports learner engagement, formative and authentic assessment, academic literacy, safe and compassionate learning environments, and technology integration through the coaching cycle framework to support learner learning.
  • Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
Communication:
  • 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.
  • Communicates in a way that is effective and mindful of learners with beginner to intermediate English speaking levels.
Compassion:
  • Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners’ experiences.
  • Understands the learner experience as it relates to instructing learners with beginner to intermediate English speaking levels.
  • Partners with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion.
  • Proactively seeks to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.
Creativity:
  • Connects with team members and shares ideas in an effort to improve the overall learner and employee experience.
  • Utilizes creative, critical thinking skills when faced with challenges.
Critical Thinking:
  • Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge and understanding.
Reflection:
  • Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities.
Resilience:
  • Maintains composure while dealing with stressful situations.
  • Proactively seeks out resolutions and takes initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.
Responsibility:
  • Utilizes district guaranteed and viable curriculum including the scope & sequence of academic and social emotional learning targets along with the defined proficiency scales.
  • Plans a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the learners.
  • Utilizes district behavioral plans as a backbone to promote positive learner behavior.
  • Fosters a safe and equitable classroom environment.
  • Utilizes the district protocol for maintaining information on learner progress.
  • Utilizes knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and learners.
  • Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the learners.
  • Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and in harmony with the goals establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to learners.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
  • While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear.
  • The specific vision abilities required for this role include close and peripheral vision.
  • The employee may be required to lift up to ~30 pounds.
  • The employee must work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands.
  • The employee will work in an environment that has a quiet to loud noise level.
Education and/or Experience:
  • North Dakota Teaching License with appropriate qualifications to teach high school science and mathematics.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Science and Math Education
  • EL Endorsement required
  • Prior teaching experience is preferred.
  • Prior experience working in a high school setting is preferred.
Language Skills:
  • Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondences in the English language.
  • Ability to communicate effectively verbally, expressively, and reactively.
  • Ability to communicate effectively verbally, expressively, and reactively with learners where English is not their first language.
Other Skills and Abilities:
  • Exercise confidentiality, discretion, and good judgement.
  • Adhere to the assigned work schedule by maintaining regular and punctual attendance.

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