Language Acquisition Specialist

Job Posting – Language Acquisition Specialist

Language Acquisition Specialist

JOB STATUS: OPEN

POSTING DATE: 10/05/2026

CLOSING DATE: 12/18/2026 05:00 PM

POSTING NUMBER:

LOCATION:

Coppell High School Ninth Grade Campus

POSITION TITLE:

Language Acquisition Specialist

PAY SCHEDULE / GRADE:
Exempt - Teacher Pay Grade 500

HOURS PER DAY: 8

Provide students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth. Enable students to develop competencies and skills to function successfully in society.

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university
• Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements for subject and level assigned

• Bilingual experience preferred
• Knowledge of sheltered instruction.
• Fluent in English and Spanish in all four domains (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) preferred
• Knowledge of the subjects assigned
• Knowledge of curriculum and instruction
• Ability to utilize and interpret data
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Strong leadership and presentation skills

• Completion of student teaching or approved internship
• Experience serving bilingual learners

• Implement district procedures and coordinate the process to identify bilingual students at all grade levels district wide, including review of student data and testing of learners.
• Conduct and manage LPACs in accordance with district expectations and state guidelines.
• Collect, utilize and submit learner performance data according to the district guidelines.
• Collaborate and coordinate with the district director in support of campus principal to set goals regarding learner Performance that is aligned to district programmatic and academic goals and campus needs.
• Write and implement action plans with evidence in support of accomplishing goals.
• Follow designated timelines meeting articulated deadlines.
• Generate and compile reports according to district expectations.
• Attend district team meetings and professional learning opportunities.
• Plan and supervise assignments of paraprofessional’s assigned or parent volunteers.
• Support the director and campus administrators in actualizing bilingualism, bi-literacy, and biculturalism.
• Develop and revise ESL/Bilingual curriculum as needed.
• Support content directors in the development of curriculum.
• Participate in professional learning activities to improve job related skills.
• Develop and facilitate professional learning including sessions on instructional methods, classroom environment, language acquisition, accommodations, scaffolding, and sheltered instruction for the whole staff, educator teams or individual educators.
• Provide assistance with identifying resource materials to support campus administrators and educators in accomplishing their goals.
• Support and/or conduct parent meeting in support of ESL learners.
• Participate on district committees as needed.
• Connect campus with community resources in promotion of program tenets.

• Support educators in the development and implementation of lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of district’s curriculum program and show written evidence of preparation as required.
• Prepare and model lessons that reflect accommodations for differences in student learning styles.
• Present subject matter according to guidelines established by Texas Education Agency, board policies, and administration regulation.
• Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning…