What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cleveland High School ESL Teacher position at Cleveland City Schools?
TITLE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER (K-12)
QUALIFICATIONS
- Valid Tennessee teacher’s license with appropriate endorsement
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Meets health and physical requirements
- Ability to work cooperatively, effectively, and respectfully with staff, parents, and students from diverse backgrounds
- Bilingual, preferred
- FLSA
REPORTS TO
Principal
JOB GOALS
To support students and lead them toward the fulfillment of their potential for academic growth and to communicate with parents/guardians of ESL students.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Plans for appropriate instruction to support grade level standards
Administers diagnostic tests and evaluates student’s progress on a regular basis
Maintains records of all ESL students and their status
Communicates with teachers and parents to support the academic development of ESL students
Assists with translation and interpretation services when needed
Performs other work duties when assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the weight of an average child, with
frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weight up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be
required are as follows:
Pushing and/or pulling
Climbing
Stooping and/or kneeling
Reaching
Talking
Hearing
Seeing
TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)
Adaptability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
Adaptability to accept responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
Adaptability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instruction.
Adaptability to make generalizations, evaluations, or decision based on sensory or judgmental criteria.
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly and accurately.
Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors and shades or other values of the same color.
WORK CONDITIONS
Normal working environment
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.