EL Instruction & Coaching Specialist

Frisco ISD; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Frisco ISD in Texas seeks an experienced ESL professional to lead language learning initiatives and provide job-embedded professional learning for campus staff. You will model, coach, and support sheltered instructional strategies to raise EL student achievement.

The role requires collaboration with ESL coordinators, campus administrators, and teachers to implement state standards and track progress, with emphasis on language-rich instruction and ethical data handling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Valid Texas teaching certificate (EC-6 preferred)
• ESL certification required/strongly preferred
• Experience leading professional development
• Campus leadership experience
• Extensive training in language-rich and sheltered instructional strategies
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others
• Strong organizational, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
• Minimum three years of classroom experience
• Experience as an elementary teacher preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead language learner through modeling and facilitating English as a Second Language (ESL) learning opportunities for campus staff.
• Support the implementation of state standards including the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) through district adopted curricula and use of effective sheltered instructional strategies.
• Increase the quality and effectiveness of language-rich classroom instruction through collaborating, co-planning, coaching cycle completion, fostering trusting relationships with staff, and supporting the learning process.
• Build sheltered instructional capacity with campus teams through a gradual release model including facilitating conversations during team collaboration to assist with determining language-rich instructional decisions.
• Support and communicate campus and District initiatives.
• Foster a shared responsibility between campuses and District to know every student by name and need.
• Assist district and campus administration in identifying ESL programmatic growth areas for the campus and grade-level teams.
• Meet regularly with campus administrators to monitor EL students’ progress and develop responsive plans to address student needs.
• Partner and plan professional learning with campus instructional coach to improve outcomes for EL students.
• Assist teachers in interpreting test data and learning to use it to adjust instruction linguistically.
• Exhibit a high level of ethics and confidentiality in regard to student and teacher records and classroom performance.
• Collaboratively develop lessons to implement a co‑teach model that fulfills the requirements of the District’s ESL program.
• Use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the proficiency levels and needs of EL students.
• Develop and implement pull‑out lessons for identified EL newcomers.
• Conduct assessment of student proficiency levels and use results to plan instructional activities and linguistic accommodations.
• Coordinate the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) testing for assigned campus.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings, ESL department meetings, and serve on staff committees as required.

Skills

PD leadership

Campus leadership

Sheltered instruction

Collaboration

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Texas EC-6 certificate preferred

ESL certification

Job description

Frisco ISD in Texas seeks an experienced ESL professional to lead language learning initiatives and provide job-embedded professional learning for campus staff. You will model, coach, and support sheltered instructional strategies to raise EL student achievement.

The role requires collaboration with ESL coordinators, campus administrators, and teachers to implement state standards and track progress, with emphasis on language-rich instruction and ethical data handling.