ESOL TEACHER – Prince William County Public Schools – Gainesville, VA

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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Budget Responsibilities: None
Employees Supervised: None
Number of Schools/Departments: As assigned
Number of Students: As determined by SOQ staffing standards

• Work collaboratively with all stakeholders in providing a World-Class Education.
• Assess all LEP students K-12 for ESOL Program eligibility as necessary and for the annual assessment of all LEP students.
• Implement all procedures of the ESOL Program as prescribed in all manuals and in written communication such as notices and memos by the ESOL supervisor in order to be in compliance with the law and School Division policies.
• Maintain appropriate and required documentation on every LEP student such as for the ESOL Program Student Folder and the File 6.
• Make recommendations to general education staff about the types of accommodations, adaptations, special resources, courses, classes, and classroom adjustments that are appropriate for each ESOL student.
• Make recommendations about the appropriate accommodations for all types of formal assessments whether within the School Division or state by convening a LEP Review Committee and communicating those recommendations to parents and staff.
• Serve as the second language specialist to an entire school staff by maintaining a high knowledge base of the latest research, laws, most effective practices, and issues in the field.
• Serve as a liaison between the ESOL student, his/her family and the school, especially with respect to cultural and language differences, and provide cross-cultural information to all parties that foster positive relationships.
• Provide rigorous and appropriate instruction to ESOL students that supports the acceleration of English and appropriate academic content and is aligned with the SOLs and Prince William County Public Schools curriculum.
• Provide content-based, sheltered ESOL appropriate instruction to designated ELP level LEP students and be knowledgeable of the instructional delivery models (flexible grouping, pull-out, inclusion, or co-teaching) most appropriate for the ELP level of students and realities of a school’s staffing.
• Collaborate, consult, and co-teach as required will all school staff.
• Monitor ESOL students’ progress in all aspects of his/her academic schedule and their participation in all school activities and programs, and promote and advocate for their participation as appropriate.
• Provide on-going professional development to all school staff as necessary and/or requested on the second language acquisition and acculturation processes, sheltered instruction, the latest research, and most effective practices in teaching English language learners.
• Serve as a consultant for purposes of referrals to other programs such as Title 1, Special Education, Gifted Education and others to assure neither the under nor over –representation of LEP students.
• Participate in intra-school professional development opportunities that enhance the knowledge of the general education curriculum and issues in order to know how those relate to ESOL and how to adapt or incorporate them into ESOL instruction.
• Participate in all meetings in a collaborative spirit within a school where representation of ESOL is needed and appropriate such as school councils, grade level, mapping, multicultural and others.
• Participate in School Division level professional development meetings and workshops both specific to ESOL and generic in order to be connected to and knowledgeable of the most current trends, practices, and procedures.
• Participate in all required ESOL program trainings in order to be knowledgeable, skilled, and current with all program procedures and requirements.
• Maintain on-going communication with parents and the families of ESOL students in a meaningful way which may require the use of interpreters and translations.
• Provide consistent and meaningful LEP parent outreach activities throughout the year in order to be in compliance with No Child Left Behind and all laws.
• Maintain on-going communication with all general education teachers of the ESOL students and maintain a positive, nurturing, collaborative and consultative-type relationship.
• Complete other duties as assigned.