ESOL Instructor (Part-Time) - Sumter Adult Ed

Sumter School District is currently seeking an ESOL teacher.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree or above. Valid South Carolina teacher's certificate. ESOL add-on endorsement or extensive course work in ESOL is preferred. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Performance Responsiblities

• Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists the ESOL teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the ESOL teacher.
• Guides students with group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and conversing.
• Supervises testing, homework and make-up work, as assigned by the classroom teacher.
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Guides students to increase their oral and written communication skills.
• Alerts the principal to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the ESOL teacher.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.
• Utilizes effective classroom management strategies to create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and developmentally appropriate for students.
• Strives to implement by instruction and action the District's philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives.
• Takes all the necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.
• Maintains accurate, complete and correct records as required by law, District policy, and administrative regulation.
• Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
  
  

TERMS: 190 days. Salary and work year to be established by the Board.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provision of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. Employees will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or appropriate administrator. Sumter School District reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description or application deadline at any time for the efficient operation of the district.

Sumter School District is an equal opportunity employer.