SLIFE Specialist - Prairie Middle School

SLIFE Specialist

Job Title:

SLIFE Specialist - FLSA Exemption Status:
Exempt

Classification Group:
Cherry Creek Education Association
- Supervising Position:
Director or Designee

Pay Plan:
Certified/Licensed
- Pay Range:
Certified/Licensed Salary Schedule

Last Updated: 07/2026

Pay Information
- Benefits Information

.5 SLIFE Specialist Prairie +.5 SLIFE Specialist Overland

JOB SUMMARY:

Collaborates with school and district administration to ensure students with Significantly Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) and their families and/or caregivers are welcomed, engaged, and successful in the educational environment. Promotes the District LSAS vision:
To provide culturally and linguistically diverse learners with equitable access to grade level content and increase their overall academic achievement. Provides targeted support and services to multilingual learners with limited or interrupted formal education through the lenses of transition to the educational setting and system, a sense of belonging and whole well-being, language acquisition, and academic growth and achievement.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The subsequent duties outline the fundamental operations of the position and exemplify the nature of the tasks carried out. They do not encompass a comprehensive inventory of the obligations and responsibilities fulfilled in this role. The approximation of frequencies and time allocation percentages are flexible and subject to the requirements of the organization. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Provide direct language instruction and support to students, either individually or in small groups, focusing on building language and literacy skills, mathematics and literacy concepts and skills, and social-emotional well-being.

- Daily - 30%

2. Provide student, family/caregiver support in collaboration with educators to provide access to educational and community resources. Serves as a school level consultant for staff and families.

- Daily - 20%

3. Collaborate with and advise educators and caregivers to ensure that students receive consistent support and their individual needs are met. This includes coordinating and attending meetings and conversations, providing progress monitoring updates, and offering strategies for supporting students at home.

- Daily - 15%

4. Advocate for student needs within the school system and ensure access to necessary resources, opportunities, and support.

- Daily - 10%

5. Understand and apply current best, research-based practices in SLIFE education and participate in professional learning opportunities related to this role.

- Daily - 5%

6. Assess MLs with SLIFE to identify their strengths, needs, and areas in which they require additional academic, elective, and social emotional supports and services. Monitor progress and adjust programming according to strengths and needs.

- Weekly - 10%

7. Develop individualized plans in mathematics and literacy that address the specific strengths and needs of each student. Plans may include differentiated instruction in English Language Development, academic core subjects, and/or social-emotional well-being.

- Weekly - 5%

8. Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

- Daily - 5%

TOTAL - 100%

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:
This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The minimum prerequisites of formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other criteria that a candidate must fulfill to be considered for a position. It is essential that certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, and trainings are fulfilled, valid, and not expired.

• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required
• Bachelor's degree
• Three (3) years of professional work experience
• Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Endorsement

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands, mental functions, cognitive capacities, and work environment factors required to perform a position's essential functions. Reasonable…