Secondary ESOL ELA Teacher 2025-2026 SY

Kansas City Public Schools

Job Title: Secondary ESOL ELA Teacher

Job Title Code: 00870

Salary Grade: T01 - T06

Department: Language Services & Cultural Equity (LSCE)

Reports To: Director of LSCE & Building Administrator

FLSA Status: Exempt

Date Prepared: August 2021, October 2024

Purpose Of Job

Teach content subjects aligned to state and national standards outlined by KCPS’ guaranteed and viable

curriculum. Proactively seeks to identify, screen possible English Learners, assess, and collaborate with

all staff members to ensure English Language Development instruction, monitoring, and support is

provided within all subject areas.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Facilitates learning and instruction by using multiple presentation methods: demonstrating,
  
  

modeling, visual representations, and strategies that aid in supplementing and engaging students

in the content.

• Prepares course objectives and outline for course of study following curriculum guidelines and
  
  

requirements of state and school.

• Adapts/Scaffolds/Differentiates materials, assignments, and assessments to meet the needs of
  
  

English language learners.

• Collaborates with all staff members to link ESL and content instruction and student needs to
  
  

provide support for English language learners.

• Administers assessments to evaluate the progress and results and issues reports to inform all
  
  

stakeholders of student progress.

• Keeps and maintains grades, attendance, lesson plans, student records, discipline information
• Maintains a positive classroom environment conducive to learning.
• Ensures communication and translation/interpretation for stakeholders (parents/guardians) in their
  
  

native language when possible

• Participates in multiple meeting types: department, building, faculty, and professional meetings,
  
  

educational conferences, professional development, and workshops.

• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: N/A

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education from a four-year college or university
• Valid Missouri State Certification in grade level or content area assigned
• Valid Missouri State Certification in ESL (K-12) or willing to obtain ESL Endorsement
  
  

Success Factors

Demonstrated experience and/or training in current techniques and skills in teaching

English language learners.

Teaching experience in urban schools.

Kansas City Public Schools

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be

met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job requires that the employee be able to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands and fingers, and

reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least ten pounds.

Terms Of Employment

Length of work year: Length of work year: 10-month school-year calendar; 8hrs/day, five days/week

Benefits

Health and Dental Insurance are provided.

KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9% contribution is required from employee and

matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.