What are the responsibilities and job description for the English Language Development Teacher position at Clarkston Community Schools?
- Position Type:
Certified Student Support Services/ESL Teacher
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Date Posted:
4/11/2025
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Location:
Clarkston Community Schools
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Closing Date:
04/28/2025
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District:
Clarkston Community Schools - B.A. in Education
- Highly qualified teacher with a valid Michigan teaching certificate
- ESL (NS) endorsement
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with students, parents, and staff
- Strong communication, technology, and organizational skills
- Competency in ESL/ELD strategies
- Bilingual candidates preferred
- Provide language development instruction
- Administer WIDA screener and WIDA Access language assessments and analyze results to determine eligibility and services
- Teach basic survival English skills to the most limited English proficient students to understand and use basic vocabulary and phrases in common situations.
- Share with general education staff the culture and language of Multilingual learners
- Collaborate with staff to develop the ELD curriculum
- Provide professional learning on English language instruction and cultural awareness
- Communicate regularly with the general education teacher regarding academic successes and challenges of students
- Examine data surrounding multilingual learners to aid in collaboration and communication in decision-making processes
- Ensure that any information sent home is understandable for families to consume
JobID: 11450
1.0 FTE
Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
The ELD teacher has primary responsibility for providing English language instruction to multilingual learners. The ELD teacher also shares the responsibility with the mainstream general education teachers to ensure that multilingual students receive content instruction, while learning English. The ELD teacher supports classroom instruction through collaboration and co-teaching with the general education teacher. The teacher helps the students comprehend the content using current strategies and supports.
The ELD teacher will:
Salary
Salary to commensurate with experience.
Candidates without access to on-line application process may submit the following:
1. Formal letter of application
2. Resume outlining qualifications and experience
3. Copy of certificate
To:
Clarkston Community Schools
ATTN: Human Resources Department/T. Browne
ELD Teacher
6389 Clarkston Road
Clarkston, MI 48346
