What are the responsibilities and job description for the Middle School ESL Paraprofessional Immediate position at KIPP?
Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP Texas Public Schools plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose college career and beyond. The ESL Paraprofessional role will help support the academic and linguistic needs of emergent bilingual / ESL students during contentbased instruction in STAAR / EOC courses. The ESL Paraprofessional will also have the opportunity to play a significant role connecting with families and facilitating effective learning experiences through collaboration with contentarea teachers. The ESL paraprofessional reports to the Dean of Multilingual Education and follows a 10month calendar.
Duties and Essential Job Functions :
- Work with students in instructional and classroom activities at the direction of the Dean of Multilingual Education
- Assist with direct academic and language designed instructional activities during wholegroup and smallgroup content instruction
- Providing home language tutorial assistance to individual students and help them prepare assignments in their second language
- Functioning as a liaison between classroom teacher and student.
- Assisting in communication between school and parents.
- Participating in professional development activities.
- Assisting with classroom district and statewide ESL assessments.
Qualifications :
Required Education and Experience :
Complete at least two years of study at an institution of higher education (defined as completion of 48 semester hours or equivalent trimester hours) of college coursework or an applicable number of semester hours as defined by the institution of higher education attended whichever is less;
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Compensation and Benefits :
In addition to a competitive salary scale a part of KIPP Texas competitive benefits options KIPP offers all employees an $0 HMO plan for the employee only. In addition to our $0 plan KIPP provides a $600 employer contribution towards a Health Savings Account and a variety of other supplemental benefits such as Dental Vision Short and LongTerm Disability Pet Insurance Life etc.
Remote Work : Employment Type :
Fulltime
