ESL Teacher

New-Heights-Charter-School-of-Brockto; Brockton (MA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

New Heights Charter School of Brockton in Brockton, Massachusetts is seeking an ESL Teacher to join a dedicated team serving grades 6–12 with Early College. You will deliver ESL instruction across reading, writing, speaking and listening while collaborating to enhance curriculum and student outcomes.

The position offers a full-time schedule, frequent professional development, and coaching. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree, MA DESE ESL licensure, and at least one year of teaching

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree required
• Current and valid MA DESE licensure in ESL
• At least one year of teaching experience
• Ability to develop curriculum, plan lessons, and assess student progress
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Responsibilities

• Curriculum development, lesson planning, and grading
• Delivering high quality ESL instruction
• Attending department meetings, co-planning, and co-teaching
• Attending weekly professional development and coaching meetings
• Progress monitoring for ELs, Opt out, and FELs
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Relationship building

Cultural responsiveness

Diversity appreciation

Team player

Growth mindset

Creative thinking

Education

Bachelors Degree

MA DESE ESL licensure

Teaching experience (1+ year)

Job description

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ESL Teacher

New Heights Charter School of Brockton

Brockton, Massachusetts

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Job Details

Job ID: 5892861

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 19, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

New Heights Charter School is Massachusetts’ only public school that involves all grades (6-12) in the Early College approach. Nearly all of our 11th and 12th graders are full-time students on a college campus with younger students earning college credits at the school. You will join a committed, creative team of educators who provide academic and social-emotional support to young people coming from high-need backgrounds ensuring they are college and career ready. We support our staff with a wide array of professional development opportunities and coaching. As a teacher or staff member, you will have the opportunity to join in the development and fine tuning of our curriculum, school policies, and enrichment activities. At New Heights, we respect and honor all community members, their diverse backgrounds, knowledge, and experiences.

ESL teachers are integral to New Heights Charter School of Brockton’s (NHCSB) mission.

ESL teachers will provide specialized ESL instruction that is designed to advance English language development and foster English language proficiency. ESL instruction includes social and academic language in all four language domains: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

ESL instruction promotes academic achievement by providing students with systematic, explicit, and sustained language instruction that entails a laser-sharp focus on academic language. ESL teachers are creative leaders who stop at nothing to ensure their scholars’ learning experience is truly powerful.

The ESL Teacher will receive ongoing professional development and frequent, targeted feedback and coaching.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Curriculum development, lesson planning, and grading
• Delivering high quality ESL instruction
• Attending department meetings, co-planning, and co-teaching
• Attending weekly professional development and coaching meetings
• Progress monitoring for ELs, Opt out, and FELs
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to build meaningful, trusting relationships with students and families
• Cultural responsiveness
• Respects and values the cultural and linguistic diversity of our scholars and families
• Roll up your sleeves attitude
• Team player
• High expectations for all scholars
• Belief in each scholar’s ability to achieve greatness
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Works collaboratively with others
• Growth mindset

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $50,000 to $104,500 Per Year

Job Categories

Classroom Teacher > ELL / ESL / SEI / TESOL

Welcome to New Heights Charter School of Brockton

New Heights is Massachusetts’ only free public school that prepares all its students to earn free, transferable college credits while in high school. Many of our scholars begin taking college courses in 10th grade and all will have the opportunity to graduate with at least 12 college credits from one of our partner schools.The NHCSB Early College design requires a culture that enhances academic preparation, particularly with literacy and numeracy, while promoting college awareness and readiness skills inherent to a student’s success. Once students develop the academic skills necessary to succeed in college courses, they’re on track to an associates degree.We employ an accelerated, challenging curriculum to inspire our scholars to reach their full potential. We balance our curriculum with reading, writing and discourse in all content areas where students are challenged to apply skills to real world and relevant topics. We aim to close achievement gaps to provide our scholars the opportunity to excel.

Equal Opportunity Employer

New Heights Charter School of Brockton is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Current and Valid MA DESE licensure in ESL
• At least one year of relevant teaching experience
• Demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of curriculum development lesson planning, cultural responsiveness, adolescent growth and development, effective instructional strategies, and classroom management
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Renee Lewis , Associate Principal
• 1690 Main Street
• Brockton, Massachusetts 02301
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]