ESL Paraprofessional

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas-founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018-we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

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.

The ESLParaprofessional supports Emergent Bilinguals (English Language Learners) by bridging the gap between instructional support and administrative compliance. This role involves assisting teachers in the classroom to provide language supports while supporting the LPAC Coordinator to ensure all state and federal documentation for the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) is accurate and up-to-date.

• Review lesson internalizations to pre-identify necessary linguistic supports.
• Use assessment data to modify short and long-term plans in order to promote all students' academic performance.
• Embrace and incorporate feedback in the spirit of constant improvement..

• Collaborate with content and grade-level teams to promote an environment of critical thinking and academic rigor.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with students and families based on trust and respect.
• Participate in the daily functions of the school such as morning, lunch, and afternoon supervisory duties.
• Attend critical school events such as staff meetings, open houses, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Meet professional obligations including timeliness and consistency in meeting deadlines.

• Classroom Assistance:
  Support students individually or in groups to reinforce learning concepts and lesson assignments with appropriate language supports.
• Material Adaptation:
  Adapt classroom lessons under the direction of the lead teacher and KIPP Texas ESL Program Manager to support student learning objectives.
• Implementation:
  Deliver English Language Development lessons for newcomers and students at the beginning stages of learning English.

• Documentation:
  Support LPAC Coordinator with maintaining physical and digital confidential LPAC records, ensuring all student data is accurate for decision-making processes for their specific school.
• Data Management:
  Support with documentation in program management platforms (e.g., Ellevation, Skyward) prior to LPAC meetings to ensure accurate PEIMS coding.
• Clerical Duties:
  Handle filing, scheduling meetings, and family outreach to support the Multilingual Education team.
• Language Assessment Support:
  Help administer language assessments needed for identifying or reclassifying Emergent Bilingual students.