Language Development Coach - Middle School
Listed on 2026-07-06
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Education / Teaching
Bilingual, Special Education Teacher, English Teacher / ESL TEFL -
Language/Bilingual
Bilingual
Southwest Schools (Educational Leadership, Inc.) – Leadership and Global Studies Academy, Houston, Texas.
Language Development Coach – Middle SchoolThis job is also posted in Southwest Public Schools.
Job DetailsJob : 5812850
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Jul 01, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $75,000 to $85,000 Per Year
Job DescriptionOUR MISSION
Our mission is to prepare college and career-ready students for lifelong success.
OUR VISION
We are a premier district of choice that meets the diverse needs of all students by creating an inclusive community that fosters a strong sense of self-worth.
DISTRICT CULTURE
Southwest Public Schools believes in promoting a culture that embodies and fosters a collaborative approach to learning. Staff relationships are collegial, collaborative, and productive, and all staff members are held to high professional standards. Mistakes are not seen as failures but as opportunities to learn and grow for both students and educators.
POSITION SUMMARY
Provide focused, targeted, and systematic instruction by creating engaging activities and experiences with strategies, supports and accommodations designed to ensure the academic success and language development of emergent bilingual students. Provide support and coaching to teachers on pedagogy, district procedures, and applicable state and federal laws. Support the incorporation of best practices for language development in all the content areas that are effective with teaching and developing 21st Century Learners.
RESPONSIBILITIESINCLUDE
- Provides targeted, focused, and systematic support for newcomers and long term emergent bilingual students as needed in transitional bilingual.
- Uses strategies, supports, and accommodations to increase students’ content comprehension and develop academic language.
- Create individualized student language development plans for the purpose of providing support and ensuring students’ academic and linguistic success.
- Provides differentiated instruction to accommodate the diverse linguistic needs of students who are acquiring English as a second language.
- Progress monitors academic and linguistic development of newcomers and long-term emergent bilingual students.
- Conducts a newcomer survey with students and families to identify student’s academic history, language proficiency in L1 and L2, and develops an individualized student plan.
- Participates as the Newcomer Liaison by constantly communicating with students and families to meet their needs.
- Communicates with administrators, classroom teachers, and families regarding the students’ academic and linguistic development progress.
- Participates in the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) meetings to share quantitative and qualitative data regarding students’ academic and language development.
- Assesses students’ progress, expectations, and goals for the purpose of providing feedback to administrators, classroom teachers, families, and students.
- Collaborate with administrators, classroom teachers, and staff to improve student outcomes, develop solutions, and achieve established bilingual/ESL program goals.
- Collaborate with the ARD, 504, and RTI committee members to ensure that the academic and language needs of Emergent Bilingual students are met.
- Evaluates students’ performance within content area for the purpose of determining student progress and develop support plans.
- Models appropriate language communications for the purpose of developing students’ ability to communicate effectively in the English language.
- Partners with district and campus level leadership in directing instructional and curriculum support to meet students’ academic and language needs.
- Participates in a variety of meetings, trainings, conferences, and workshops for the purpose of acquiring research-based instructional strategies, supports, and accommodations to better support emergent bilingual students.
- Prepares teaching materials for the purpose of implementing lesson plans and documenting student progress.
- Collaborates with classroom teachers to plan instruction for emergent bilingual students to increase…
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