Multilingual Learners Teacher

Position: [2026-2027] Multilingual Learners Teacher
Company Description

About KIPP Chicago

At KIPP Chicago, we are guided by a simple, yet powerful mission:
Together with families and communities, we 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 just world. Our campuses are located in the Austin, Englewood, North Lawndale, and West Humboldt Park neighborhoods. KIPP Chicago also advises over 2000 KIPP alumni currently in high school or college through our KIPP Forward program.

About KIPP Public Schools

KIPP Chicago partners with the KIPP Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports schools across the country. 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 currently a network of 278 schools, nearly 15,000 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni.

When you teach at KIPP, you're part of a national network that partners with families and communities to create nurturing, rigorous, and joyful schools in pursuit of a more just world.

Job Description

Our Teachers

At KIPP Chicago, we attract, develop, and retain a diverse and talented staff of educators. Our students and families choose our schools because our teachers are exceptional. Our educators work together as a collective to ensure students achieve and thrive. They have a passion for our mission, focus on results, care for students and one another, and lead classrooms with resilience, joy, and humility.

For many of us, joining KIPP Chicago feels like coming home professionally. It's the schools we always wished we worked at, but never knew existed. If you firmly believe that all students can learn, and you are eager to work alongside passionate educators committed to creating an equitable and inclusive school environment, we want to hear from you.

KIPP Multilingual Learners Teachers

KIPP Chicago seeks English Learners Teachers (EL) who are Bilingual (Spanish) and licensed to provide English Learners with both direct instruction and additional resources and supports in the general program of instruction. This teacher will ensure that students keep pace with peers in the core academic content areas as well as develop proficiency in English in accordance with individual ACCESS goals.

At KIPP Chicago, we have 8 campuses. Elementary Schools include grades K-4, and Middle Schools include grades 5-8. We have 4 elementary schools- KIPP Ascend Primary, KIPP Academy Chicago Primary, KIPP Bloom Primary, and KIPP One Primary. We also have 4 middle schools- KIPP Ascend Middle School, KIPP Academy Chicago, KIPP Bloom College Prep, and KIPP One Academy. When you apply for a position with KIPP Chicago, you'll be considered for openings at all campuses that match your prior experience.

As a KIPP Chicago Multilingual Learners Teacher, your core responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Mission Alignment

* A belief that all students can and will be successful

* A growth mindset about oneself and all others at the school, including a commitment to professional growth and development

* A commitment to the mission and vision of KIPP Chicago and the pursuit of antiracism in our schools and work together

* Regular and reliable on-site attendance is essential to performing the responsibilities of this role.

Multilingual Instruction
- Teach and Assess

* Design learning plans for students based on ACCESS language test results, creating differentiated lesson plans designed to build bilingual students' English skills in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing in order to help them become more successful in their regular classroom

* Teach regular English as a Second Language lessons with small groups of students help them develop their English proficiency skills

* If necessary, provide bilingual instruction in support of grade-level academic content, through either co-teaching in general education classrooms, content review sessions, or a combination of both

* Prepare students to pass the ACCESS test and…