ELL Teacher Trainer

Job Description

Required Certificates and Licenses: TX ESL Certification and TX ELA Certification

Residency Requirements: This position is virtual and strongly prefer residents of Texas. May consider residents of surrounding states (NM, OK, AK or LA). This position could include travel up to 20% of the time for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and/or as required by the school.

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for Anyone. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace. In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.

Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, (TXSS). We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of Stride K12 partner school, (TXSS) is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us!

The English Language Learner (ELL) Teacher Trainer is responsible for implementing a professional development path for each school based on the schools’ and teachers’ individual needs to support ELL program goals. This role will work as a peer leader to support general education and special education teachers with sheltered instructional strategy implementation and researched based best practices for EL students.

This is a full-time REMOTE position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. 

• Coordinate with EL Manager to develop a year-long professional development needs analysis and plan;
• Prepare Face to Face (F2F) and virtual professional development opportunities for each school in collaboration with curriculum specialist and academic administrators;
• Schedule and coordinates appropriate presenters, conducts training as may be needed;
• Collaborate with EL Manager and Special Programs Team regarding instruction, resources, interventions and data-driven decision making for ELL support;
• Provide opportunities for teachers within specific subjects/grade bands the opportunity to connect across content areas as a Professional Learning Community (PLC) Champion;
• Partner with managers to report on teacher performance and progress through sheltered instruction observation protocol and various EL strategies and best practices;
• Train and examines English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) to support curriculum maps and content embedding;
• Assess effectiveness of school-based trainings and presents the results to stakeholders;
• Manage collaborative space where teachers will share best practices, participate in discussions, participate in problems of practice;
• Partner with academic administrators on special projects and data collection to support EL program goals;
• Develop supports for Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) sample collection and teacher rubric training.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree AND
• Five (5) years of related teaching experience in a virtual setting OR 
• Equivalent combination of education and experience
• Understanding of effective training methodologies and a true passion for working with adult learners
• Ability to travel up to 30% of time
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel; Ability to quickly learn new applications 
• Ability to clear required background check

Certificates and Licenses: TX EL Certification and TX ELAR Certification

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Professional Training Certification

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• This position is virtual. Residents of Texas strongly preferred. May consider residents of surrounding states (NM, OK, AR or LA).

Job Type

Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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