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Position Description

At Rocketship Public Schools, our English as a Second Language (ESL) Specialists help multilingual learners build the language skills, confidence, and academic foundations needed to thrive.

Through our collaborative co-teaching model, ESL Specialists work alongside general education teachers in the regular classroom, integrating English language development into daily instruction. This inclusive approach promotes authentic language immersion while ensuring students have access to rigorous, grade-level learning.

What Makes This Role Unique?

Collaborative Co-Teaching: Partner with general education teachers to plan and deliver engaging, language-rich instruction.
Inclusive Language Immersion: Support multilingual learners alongside their peers, strengthening speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills through everyday classroom experiences.
Individualized Support: Differentiate instruction and use WIDA assessment data to tailor strategies to students' language proficiency levels.
Meaningful Collaboration: Build strong partnerships with teachers, families, and school leaders to support student growth.
Instructional Leadership: Share ESL expertise, model effective strategies, and help strengthen language development practices across the school.

Your Impact

As an ESL Specialist, you'll serve as both a co-teacher and language development expert, helping multilingual learners build English proficiency while actively participating in grade-level instruction.

At Rocketship, we believe every child deserves to be known, loved, and challenged. You'll help bring that commitment to life every day.

ESL Specialists report to an Assistant Principal.

Essential Functions

The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

Administer WIDA assessment to all ESL Students and serve as test coordinator for the test

Create progress monitoring tools for speaking, listening, reading and writing, then use the tools to document each student's progress on a weekly basis

Ensure the school is language-rich by labeling the school with language notations across each space

With a team SLs and experts, the ESL Specialist performs 6-week data analyses and produces 6-week action plans that correspond with Rocketship's other formative assessment cycle

Participate in Unit Planning meetings with classroom teachers to ensure Universal Design and ELL Principles are implemented into the Unit, then into daily plans

Hold bi-monthly community meetings/open houses for families

Report progress to families on a 6-8 week basis

Design daily lessons that instruct students to achieve excellence in speaking, listening, writing, reading, public speaking and presentations

This requires explicit vocabulary and idiom instruction.

Required Qualifications

Commitment to Rocketship's mission, vision, and goals

Previous experience managing and/or teaching groups of elementary-age students is strongly preferred

Basic computer skills including troubleshooting and an ability to communicate about technical difficulties

Fluency in English

Bachelor's Degree

TN Elementary K-6 teaching credential or a full credential to transfer in from out of state

TN English as a Second Language K-12 Endorsement (to be ESL Specialist)

Additional

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.

Compensation:

Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and wellness benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off.

Rocketship Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Rocketship Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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