ESL Teacher (1729)

BAKERRIPLEY•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Teachers plan, implement, and supervise all classroom activities for typically developing children and children with disabilities. This position collaborates with an integrated team to support program goals. Key responsibilities include ensuring the classroom environment and activities comply with local, state, and federal regulations (including Head Start Program Performance Standards, Texas Education Agency, NAEYC Accreditation Standards, and TDFPS Child Care Licensing), creating an engaging and developmentally appropriate learning environment, planning and implementing educational curriculum, developing lesson plans based on children's needs and observations, employing diverse instructional techniques, screening and documenting children's progress, regularly communicating with parents, supervising Teaching Assistants and volunteers, and maintaining accurate records and timely reports.

Requirements

For Charter and Pre-K without Walls: Highly qualified valid Texas Teaching Certificate as required by teaching assignment or acceptance to approved Alternative Certification Program and results of TEXes exam.
For Head Start: Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or related field, or a Bachelor degree in another discipline with 18 hours of coursework in early childhood education.
For Pre-K -8 assignments: ESL or Bilingual certification required.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with young and school-aged children and/or teaching experience highly desirable.
Bilingual English/Spanish a plus; may be required for certain locations/assignments.

Responsibilities

Work with program management and specialist staff to ensure that the classroom environment and activities meet all applicable local, state and federal regulations including, but not limited to: program policies and procedures, Head Start Program Performance Standards, Texas Education Agency, NAEYC Accreditation Standards and TDFPS (Child Care Licensing) regulations.
Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, captures the interest of children, is engaging and developmentally appropriate.
Plan and implement the prescribed educational curriculum through learning experiences that advance the intellectual, social and physical development of children.
Develop and implement lesson plans and daily routines for children in accordance with each child's need, based on a method of observing and recording children’s interests and current levels of functioning.
Employ a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media, based on authentic, performance-based assessment and research that is consistent with the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved.
Screens, observes and documents progress in program prescribed assessment system.
Communicates regularly with parents regarding their children’s academic and developmental progress and documents the communications.
Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for Teaching Assistants and volunteers.
Perform professional responsibilities in terms of regular attendance, maintenance of accurate records and timely submission of reports.
Perform any other duties as may be required.