EAL Teacher (Secondary School)

Job summary

To provide the highest standard of teaching and learning to children with English as an Additional Language to ensure they can access the school’s curriculum effectively, and ultimately communicate fluently in English.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The EAL Teacher is responsible for:

Teaching and Learning

To work under the direction of the school’s EAL Leader for Learning to provide EAL support to identified groups of lower secondary children

To assess each learner’s needs and plan appropriate lessons, in collaboration with the class teacher and other support staff, to secure effective progress

To liaise with class teachers to ensure maximization of cross-curricular links wherever possible, to ensure continuity of learning

To provide additional support materials or adapt existing materials to suit the needs of EAL children that will maximize learning opportunities in the classroom.

To provide class teachers with specialist support, resources, and advice as necessary

To design lessons using up-to-date techniques commensurate with current best practices to ensure the delivery of a high-quality language program.

To maintain high standards of teaching to ensure high-quality provision at all times.

To create a safe and stimulating learning environment that encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential.

To contribute teacher-made resources to the school’s EAL resource bank

To keep up to date with the latest training and strategies for EAL primary provision

To set an example of excellence through exemplary classroom practice and personal professional conduct.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

To attend all parent-teacher consultation evenings as directed by the principal

To maintain effective communication with parents

To attend and support a parents’ information sessions

To provide parents with information on how to support their child at home

To be a good role model for promoting international-mindedness and cultural understanding within the community

To contribute ideas/articles to the school newsletter, Class Page or Parent Portal as required

To conduct admissions language assessments, as directed by the EAL Leader for Learning

To provide prompt feedback to the EAL Leader for Learning and class teachers about the language abilities of new admissions

To provide brief oral feedback to the parents after the admissions assessments

To submit admissions data promptly to the EAL Leader for Learning

To be fully committed to and supportive of, the school ethos

To undertake playground/break time duties as directed by the Deputy Head Teacher

Any other duties as reasonably requested by the Principal