Teaching License Required (or willing to obtain one within 1 year)
Position Details:
Teaching Position:
Work Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00am-17:00pm
Salary: Competitive salary related to your experience, qualification, and current market salary.
Teaching Hours per week:
Health Insurance: Provided
Paid Vacation: 6 weeks for summer, 4 weeks for winter, fully paid
Tuition Benefits: Assistance in obtaining a visa will be provided.
Job Duty Overview:
Advocate for the academic and personal/social needs of English Language Learners.
Monitor the academic progress for all ELL students
Identify students who require intensive English Language support and determine the level and nature of services for each student.
Support classroom teachers in implementing ELL instructional best practices that support the rigor of the BASIS Curriculum.
Provide intervention and support within the classroom (especially Literacy and STEM related courses)
Plan and collaborate with teachers to design and implement engaging cross-curricular instruction that leads to English language fluency in all content areas.
Attend weekly planning sessions with classroom teachers to support lesson planning, projects, and small group instruction. Suggest accommodations and appropriate lesson structures to support ELL students.
Conduct, organize, and analyze on-going assessments of student performance using multiple assessment tools.
Assist and support the development of a successful learning environment for ELL students in each classroom by providing school-wide training around language acquisition, planning needs and learning goals, differentiated instruction, and classroom practices that support student success.
Model best teaching practices for teachers with the goal of developing their capacity to support specialized instruction, differentiation, and classroom accommodations to support ELL students.
Assist the development of curriculum to support ELL learners and facilitate their access to the world-class education offered by BASIS International Schools.
Meet regularly with School Directors and other professionals as needed to discuss student progress and the performance of ELLs.
Attend parent-teacher conferences as needed in support of ELLs.
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree preferred.
Must possess the required credentials to teach in your home country or state which may include a Bachelor’s degree in Education (or a Bachelor’s degree in another area in conjunction with certification through an approved teacher preparation program) and passing scores on state-required tests.
Must have a minimum of 2 years of teaching experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Subject matter postgraduate work (Master’s or Ph.D.) is preferred or a combination of subject matter undergraduate degree with a Master’s in Education.
Knowledge of Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) vs Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) is preferred.
Knowledge of WIDA/LAS Links assessments or other language assessments. Expertise in structured English language immersion programs (SIOP) is highly preferred.
Overview of the School:
Basis Bilingual School in Shenzhen Located in the heart of Futian district of Shenzhen. As the first bilingual school within the network, BASIS Bilingual School Shenzhen holds a consistent mission as BASIS international schools, that is to provide the students with a transformative early childhood and K—12 education. With the combination of the cutting-edge BASIS Curriculum and the compulsory education curricula of China, through exceptional teaching and faculty mentoring, the school produces graduates who have the broad intellectual and international perspectives, critical thinking capabilities, and creative problem-solving skills to be leaders in their future world.
