Diverse Learners Teacher

Overview

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.

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.

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 Chicago Diverse Learners Teachers
Diverse Learners Teachers usually serve caseloads of high incidence, cross categorical students through pushing into content area classrooms and/or pulling small groups of students out to a resource room. Usually, DL teachers instruct caseloads of students from one to three grade levels. 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 Diverse Learners Teacher
Your core responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Mission Alignment: A belief that all students can and will be successful
• Growth mindset and commitment to professional growth
• Commitment to the mission and vision of KIPP Chicago and antiracism in our schools and work
• Regular and reliable on-site attendance is essential to performing the responsibilities of this role

IEP Tasks and Instructional Alignment

• Write initial, annual and triennial IEPs using Chicago Public School’s IEP system
• Monitor and support implementation of IEP goals and objectives across settings
• Inform general education teachers of IEP goals as necessary
• Provide and/or support modifications and accommodations as needed in general education classrooms
• Keep IEPs updated as to the achievement of goals and objectives at the end of every quarter
• Maintain a portfolio of student work samples,…