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Position: ESL Teacher

Reports to: Headmaster

Dept. /School: Special Student Services-Assigned Campus; Great Hearts Texas

EEO Classification: Professional

FLSA STATUS: Exempt, Full-time

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The ESL Teacher is responsible for:

Planning 

• Collaborating with the ESL Coordinator to develop lesson plans that provide support for emergent bilinguals with their academic English development. 
• Collaborating with the ESL Coordinator to develop lesson plans that provide support for emergent bilinguals with their ELAR classwork. 
• Collaborating with the ESL Coordinator with setting individualized classroom accommodations for identified emergent bilingual students. 
• Consulting with the ESL coordinator and classroom teachers regarding individualized assistance needed for emergent bilingual students. 

Teaching 

• Supporting emergent bilinguals with academic English development based on each individual's English language proficiency. 
• Instructing emergent bilinguals in ELAR subject matter in a small group pull out per classroom lesson plans. 
• Assisting emergent bilinguals with appropriate course work through curriculum modification, accelerations, etc. as needed. 

Program Coordination Assistance 

• Assisting with the implementation and coordination of identifying emergent bilingual students at all grade levels, including review of student data and testing of students. 
• Assisting with the development and revision of bilingual and ESL curriculum as needed. 
• Assisting with the planning and implementation of annual and reclassification assessments for emergent bilingual students. 
• Assisting with data entering and analysis. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Policy, Reports, and Law 

• Assisting with the compilation, maintenance, and filing of all physical and computerized reports, records, and other required documents. 
• Assisting with training campus personnel and attending LPAC meetings as needed. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university required
• Valid/Current Texas Teacher Certification required
• Valid Texas Bilingual Spanish Endorsement or ESL Supplemental and Generalist/Core Content Area Certification that covers grade levels assigned is required

Experience: 

• Two or more years of teaching experience preferred. 
• Experience as an ESL teacher preferred.

Benefits:

Great Hearts offers a very competitive benefits package and overall compensation will commensurate with talent, experience and education.

Additional Requirements:  

Type of fingerprint clearance: Must possess or obtain valid Texas fingerprint clearance card.  

Physical functions: Requires but is not limited to standing, sitting, repetitious hand and body movements, bending, squatting, and reaching. May be required to move or position equipment up to 15 pounds approximately.  

Travel required: May need to travel locally to the various academies within the metro area.

This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions, it does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.  

Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

ESL at Great Hearts 

At Great Hearts, our English as a Second Language Teachers and Coordinators are integral members of our faculty and participate in all faculty-wide events and professional development. Their specialized expertise provides English learners assistance with grade-level curriculum using ESL strategies, enabling students to become academically successful. Great Hearts aims to serve all students including English learners in a manner that affirms and reflects their dignity and rightful participation within the larger student body and academy. Through small group and one-to-one support, the ESL team provides essential support throughout the school year and with annual state assessment preparation. Through the state mandated Language Proficiency Assessment Committee identification, monitoring and reclassification processes, ESL Coordinators and Teachers support all English learners at Great Hearts as they develop their academic English language to proficiency. 

About Great Hearts

Great Hearts Academies is a growing network of public, open-enrollment, tuition-free schools in San Antonio (TX), Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX), Phoenix (AZ), and Baton Rouge (LA). We currently provide over 25,000 K-12 students with access to a high quality, classical liberal arts education, without the barriers that often come with private prep schools. We gladly prepare our graduates for success in the best universities in the nation, but our main purpose is the formation of the soul, heart, and mind. We believe that the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually and morally.