Description
We are seeking a Middle School ENL Teacher for the 26 - 27 SY at Challenge Preparatory Charter School in Queens, New York.
Challenge Preparatory Charter School has been providing students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway, Queens since its founding in 2010. Our school's mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, demonstrate mastery of the NY State Learning Standards, and achieve their career aspirations.
The ENL Teacher and Coordinator will be responsible for consistently collaborating with classroom teachers, special education support staff, administration, and families to ensure students are developing their language skills. ENL Teachers prepare course materials and design lessons that cover all aspects of the English language, whether written or verbal. They keep track of student progress and customize individualized plans for students with special requirements.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with colleagues to write unit plans and interim assessments; share teaching strategies, visit peer classrooms, analyze student data, and develop best practice pedagogy that supports literacy and critical thinking skills across all subject areas
- Believe that all students can succeed with ample social-emotional support in and out of the classroom
- Employ a variety of collaborative team-teaching models for ELL students and special needs students
- Provide English-Spanish translations for ELL students
- Apply data gathered through formative and summative assessments to guide the instructional plan
- Develop an individual growth plan, which includes professional goals and objectives in collaboration with the Principal and/or Assistant Principal
- Utilize technology, which includes a parent/student portal and school website that provides regular written updates and/or grades
Skills, Qualifications, and/or Competencies Required:
- Ability and willingness to incorporate reading and writing into specific content areas and to learn how to develop unit plans that prioritize skill development and assessments that measure student progress
- Willingness to integrate technology and/or media in the classroom
- Ability and willingness to learn how to develop interim assessments, analyze student data, adjust teaching practices, and use ongoing data to drive instruction and increase student academic and social achievement
- Evidence of commitment to continuous professional growth
- Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with colleagues, parents, students, industry partners, and the community
- Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree and certification in an appropriate content area preferred
- Dually licensed preferred; content area and ESL or Special Education
- Highly motivated to teach students from underserved areas and devoted to closing the achievement gap
- Teaching experience in an urban school setting preferred
- The ability to create a classroom setting where students of every academic level experience enjoyment, engagement, and enthusiasm in their learning
- Strong teamwork ethic
- Ability to use data to drive instruction
Benefits
- Competitive Salary: USD 65,000-95,000 per-year-salary
- Paid Time Off
- 403b plan with a matching 3% contribution
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account