Multilingual Education Specialist- Secondary

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.

Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. KIPP Texas is a team and family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy.

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

The Multilingual Education Specialist plays a central role to support the school in fulfilling the KIPP Texas’ mission by directly impacting the academic and linguistic success of all Multilingual Learners. The Dean of Multilingual Education is a campus leader who supports the administration of the multilingual program, leading both instructional coaching on sheltered instruction pedagogy and monitoring compliance for all EBs on their campus.

The Multilingual Education Specialist leads professional development of teachers regarding English Language Development (ELD), linguistic accommodations, and instructional practices for emergent bilingual students The Multilingual Education Specialist also provides ESL instruction with small groups of newcomer/beginner students for 1-2 class periods per day.

The Multilingual Education Specialist also is responsible for communicating with parents of emergent bilingual students and planning Title III parent, family, and community events. The Multilingual Education Specialist reports to the School Leader and follows a 12-month calendar.

As a Multilingual Education Specialist, you will internalize and drive towards academic and language development goals for multilingual students by ensuring: ·

• 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating – TBD
• KTX meets Domain III TELPAS growth goals
• KTX meets EB Academic Achievement STAAR/EOC goals for reading and math
• 90% of teachers score a 3+ on the implement sheltered instruction strategies
• 90% of newcomer EBs receiving ELDA intervention will make one-level proficiency growth
• 90% of federal and state compliance requirements are completed on-time
• Plan and execute three Title III events to increase and strengthen family, parent, and community engagement

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Sheltered Instruction Coach 

• Use campus data to identify and prioritize courses and teachers to improve EB academic achievement
• Lead multilingual professional learning for teachers and school staff. This will come in the form of sheltered instruction coaching cycle, leading content team meetings, lesson internalizations, data meetings, and campus-wide professional development.
• Monitor progress of teachers’ use of content-based language instruction strategies.
• Highlight best linguistic practices across grade levels.
• Enhance Multilingual program hiring practices and support ESL paraprofessionals and Bilingual/ESL teacher retention

Multilingual Case Manager 

• Responsible for completing BOY, MOY, and EOY LPACs and related activities on time with fidelity and validity.
• Responsible for the planning and campus-wide execution of TELPAS and TELPAS ALT.
• Build strong relationships with all emergent bilingual (EB) students across the campus.
• Teach 1-2 English Language Development and Acquisition (ELDA) courses to newcomers, beginners, and intermediates.
• Monitor usage and growth on Summit K12 for all EBs on campus.
• Facilitate specific EB Title III events with parents, families and the community to foster welcoming school culture.

Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university
• Demonstrated knowledge of core subject area assigned
• Texas Teacher Certificate appropriate for level and/or subject area of assignment, if applicable*
• Must be considered highly-qualified based on NCLB guidelines, if applicable
• Satisfactory outcome of a background check. Employees are responsible for a non-refundable fingerprinting fee (approximately $50.00).
• A valid Texas Teacher’s certificate is required for all Pre-K4 and Special Education teaching positions. Proof of licensure will be required prior to starting employment. For more information about obtaining certification click here.

Competencies:

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Texas mission, students, families, and community
• Strong record of helping students achieve academic success
• Strong desire to teach an academically intense curriculum and commit to an extended school day, week, and year
• Desire to continuously learn and increase effectiveness as a teacher and professional; offer and receive constructive feedback
• Willingness to be flexible and to go above and beyond to meet the needs of KIPP Texas students

Additional Information

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Compensation & Benefits 

The starting salary for this role is $60,600 with with the opportunity to earn more based on experience at an accredited K-12 institution. See full salary scale here.

As a full time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans, including:

• Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
• Paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).
• 457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year. 403b plans also supported.
• KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.

Additional Compensation Elements

The Teacher Career Pathway (TCP) at KIPP Texas celebrates individual teacher impact with students, peers, and the school community, and rewards this impact with up to $15,000 in additional annual compensation. KIPP Texas Public Schools is a TEA Teacher Incentive Allotment approved district! Eligible and qualifying teachers can earn up to an additional $32,000 a year.

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