ESL Teaching Assistant (K-5) - Part-Time

Position: ESL Teaching Assistant (K-5) - Part-Time

Location: Great Hearts Lakeside Lower School (7633 Harris ParkwayFort Worth, TX 76123)

Reports to: ESL Coordinator

FLSA: Part-time; hourly

The ESL Title III Part-time Teaching Assistant:

• Assists the ESL Coordinator and ESL Teacher in adhering to federal administrative requirements of the English as a Second Language Program.
• Assists the ESL Coordinator lead teacher in ensuring that the physical safety, emotional, social, and educational needs of the students are met.
• Works under the supervision of an ESL Certified teacher.
• Works in coordination with all teachers, staff, and administration on campus.

Teaching and supporting:

• Implements lesson plans created by an ESL-certified teacher that provide support for emergent bilinguals with their academic English development.
• Assists the ESL Coordinator / Teacher with preparing materials for daily small group ELAR lessons with emergent bilinguals.
• Provides support with individualized accommodations for identified emergent bilingual students as directed.

• Planning of annual and reclassification assessments for emergent bilingual students.
• All teaching and support will take place in the ESL classroom only.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (required)

Experience:

• Knowledge of or past work with students K-12 preferred.
• Interest in working with emergent bilingual students.

The position is funded through Title III Grant Funds. Renewal is contingent upon the availability of funds and the individual needs of each campus. 

ESL at Great Hearts

At Great Hearts, our English as a Second Language Teachers and Coordinators are integral members of our faculty and participate in all faculty-wide events and professional development. Their specialized expertise provides English learners assistance with grade-level curriculum using ESL strategies, enabling students to become academically successful. Great Hearts aims to serve all students including English learners in a manner that affirms and reflects their dignity and rightful participation within the larger student body and academy. Through small group and one-to-one support, the ESL team provides essential support throughout the school year and with annual state assessment preparation. Through the state mandated Language Proficiency Assessment Committee identification, monitoring and reclassification processes, ESL Coordinators and Teachers support all English learners at Great Hearts as they develop their academic English language to proficiency.

Qualities & Values

Passionately Committed

With humility and curiosity, we seek to know more about our core purpose; seek to share (with each other and with others externally as an advocate); seek to live the mission ourselves with relentless pursuit and intrinsic motivation; seek to understand our work and how it serves the mission…which should result in getting the right stuff done with measurable results because we love actualization – not just the theory.

Servant's HeartThe foundational element of having a servant’s heart is the acknowledgment of inherent dignity in their fellow human. Someone with a servant’s heart believes that their work is to promote the development of those around them and make it possible for others to be successful in serving the mission of the organization.

Team Player

We believe our mission can only be accomplished through collaboration and receive true joy in being a part of something greater than ourselves; Each of us is one part of a whole, each with different roles, expertise, and responsibilities; working together in synchronicity.

US work authorization is required.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal history background check and fingerprint clearance in accordance with state requirements.

Travel required: May need to travel locally for training and professional development opportunities.

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. It does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. 

Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.