Multilingual Education Specialist

• Full-time
• Start Date:
  
  Next year opening
• Department:
  School-based Support

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to 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 fair world.

Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. KIPP Texas is a team and family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy.

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.

*** Job Status: Please note that this is a general posting for potential future opportunities. At this time, there may or may not be a vacancy. We are collecting applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply. Your application will be reviewed and considered for any opportunity that matches your skills and experience. Please be aware that you may not receive communication regarding next steps until an aligned opportunity becomes available.

We appreciate your interest in the role and KIPP Texas.***

The Multilingual Education Specialist plays a central role to support the school in fulfilling the KIPP Texas’ mission by directly impacting the academic and linguistic success of all Multilingual Learners. The Multilingual Education Specialist is a campus leader who supports the administration of the multilingual program, leading both instructional coaching on sheltered instruction pedagogy and monitoring compliance for all EBs on their campus.

The Multilingual Education Specialist leads professional development of teachers regarding English Language Development (ELD), linguistic accommodations, and instructional practices for emergent bilingual students

The Multilingual Education Specialist also provides ESL instruction with small groups of newcomer/beginner students for 1-2 class periods per day.

The Multilingual Education Specialist also is responsible for communicating with parents of emergent bilingual students and planning Title III parent, family, and community events. The Multilingual Education Specialist reports to the School Leader and follows a 12-month calendar.

As a Multilingual Education Specialist, you will internalize and drive towards academic and language development goals for multilingual students by ensuring: ·

• 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating - TBD
• KTX meets Domain III TELPAS growth goals
• KTX meets EB Academic Achievement STAAR/EOC goals for reading and math
• 90% of teachers score a 3+ on the implement sheltered instruction strategies
• 90% of newcomer EBs receiving ELDA intervention will make one-level proficiency growth
• 90% of federal and state compliance requirements are completed on-time
• Plan and execute three Title III events to increase and strengthen family, parent, and community engagement

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Sheltered Instruction Coach:

A minimum of 50% of the Multilingual Education Specialist’s time is dedicated to instructional coaching of sheltered instruction practices to improve the academic and linguistic achievement of emergent bilingual students.

• Use campus data to identify and prioritize courses and teachers to improve EB academic achievement
• Lead ML professional learning for teachers and school staff. This will come in the form of sheltered instruction coaching cycle, leading content team meetings, lesson internalizations, data meetings, and campus-wide professional development.
• Monitor progress of teachers' use of…