English Language Learner (ELL) Specialist (Available 2022-2023)
Full Time
Bronx, NY
Posted
Job description
An Invitation to Apply for the Position of
English Language Learner Specialist: (Available 2022-2023)
Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School
Bronx, NY
What Sets Public Prep Apart?
Public Prep is a network of single-gender K-8 schools and co-ed PreK rooted in the belief that all scholars can and will achieve exemplary academic results. In addition to rigorous, joyful and engaging academics, Public Prep emphasizes social-emotional learning as critical to supporting the whole child. Strong learning partnerships between families and staff are key to living out our core value of community and building the collaborative structures needed to ensure that our scholars are loved and supported both at school and at home. Each school has a deeply committed leadership team and staff that strives to work collaboratively to build a warm, joyful, and rigorous culture.
Public Prep is committed to investing in our adult learning culture. As a team member at Public Prep, you can anticipate a learning environment where the best interest of scholars, their growth, and success is at the center of everything we do. As such, we tailor adult development opportunities to ensure that high expectations, the embodiment of a growth mindset, displays of humility, and data-informed decision-making is evident in our work. Our professional development takes place within coaching cycles, ongoing observation and feedback, and targeted professional development opportunities within the network and from outside providers.
Public Prep offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, and internal equity. The salary range for this position is $67,000-$89,898. We know that the quality of our benefits is important for our adults and their families, so we offer a comprehensive total rewards package that includes Oxford Medical, United Dental/Vision, life insurance, wellness benefits, a flexible spending account, paid time off/leave benefits, commuter benefits, referral bonuses, professional development, student loan repayment assistance, homeownership programs, and a 403(b) package with a 5% employer match. Our employees also qualify for both NYS Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Public Preparatory Network is an Equal Opportunity employer. Public Preparatory Network is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment.
Joining our team at Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School
Public Prep is seeking an English Language Learners (ELL) Specialist to join our team at the Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School. The English Language Learners Specialist is an integral member of the student academic support services team.
The English Language Learners Specialist works alongside the Director of Curriculum and Assessment (DCA) to provide instructional support to students identified as Limited English Proficient by the NYSITELL and NYSESLAT tests. The DCA and ELL Specialist ensure ELL students acquire English language speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills through a variety of flexible models that prioritize push-in services guided by the effective use of co-teaching practices.
The English Language Learners Specialist will also work alongside the Reading Specialist to provide additional support to students requiring reading intervention.
Lastly, the English Language Learners Specialist will use his or her expertise in language acquisition to collaborate with a caseload of teachers and provide on-site professional development. The caseload will be dependent on students’ needs and be determined in partnership with the DCA and at the direction of the Principal.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Considering the needs of each child when designing lessons that help students develop the English language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- Engaging in coaching cycles and implementing research-based strategies that maximize their own performance and that of their students.
- Reflecting on their own progress as educators.
- Seeking out professional resources and attending professional development for serving the needs of English Language Learners to continuously improve their practice.
- Participating in the ELL Consortium at the NYC Charter Center.
- Providing students with frequent feedback and evaluation based on the development of individualized goals for performance that are specific, measurable, ambitious, rooted in data and time-bound.
- Determining students’ needs by researching students’ ELL status on ATS, administering home language surveys, and conducting the NYSITELL and NYSESLAT assessments as needed.
- Maintaining accurate records of students’ progress.
- Collaborating with the DCA, the Reading Specialist, and other colleagues to leverage the strength of all team members.
- Communicating with families regularly and building community with them through annual home visits and other school events.
- Under the direction of the DCA, administer and coordinate the NYSITELL and NYSESLAT assessments
- Provide on-site professional development to staff regarding strategies to support ELLs inclusively in the classroom.
- Working with the DCA to ensure appropriate accommodations are given to students during assessments as needed.
- Supporting the school as directed by the Principal.
The ideal candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- A Master’s Degree in TESOL, ESL or Bilingual education, preferred
- New York State Certification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), preferred
- A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated success as a full-time English Language Learners Specialist, preferred
- Demonstrated success teaching and working in a high-performing, urban school setting preferred
- Evidence of excellence in teaching through continuous learning and data analysis
- Exceptional organization and planning skills
- Superior communication skills
- An ability to work collaboratively
- A commitment to single-sex education
- Fluency in Spanish preferred
Please be sure to attach a resume and a cover letter including examples of how you have demonstrated continuous learning, supported students’ individualized reading needs, and specific ways you have used student data to drive instructional decisions.
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