2027-28 Elementary Multilingual Learner Teacher

Location: North Nashville, East Nashville, Antioch

About the role

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open-enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nationwide and supports students from Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams. KIPP Nashville currently operates 4 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools and educates over 3,000 students in the Nashville metropolitan area.

The mission of KIPP Nashville is together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose — college, career and beyond — so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our core values are GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE.

Responsibilities

Multilingual Language Learner Teacher Collaboration and Services

• Manage a caseload for students acquiring the English language and provide Direct Services to those students
• Provide critical guidance to Lead Teachers to ensure all staff comply with Individualized Learning Plans and meet the needs of multilingual students
• Provide a variety of Direct Services such as: ELD Sheltered, Content Based Instruction, Structured English Instruction, and other TNDOE approved Service Models, depending on school and student needs
• Meet with general education teachers to answer questions, provide strategies and supports, give input for Individualized Learning Plans, collaborate on lesson plans, and track student progress towards ILP goals
• Work with General Education teachers to adapt and differentiate weekly lesson plans, assessments and homework to meet individual student goals
• Identify and screen qualifying multilingual students using the Universal WIDA Screener or W-APT
• Use data to create and monitor Individualized Learning Plans (ILP)
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and district ML regulations
• Follow KIPP: Nashville developed processes for entering and exiting students into services
• Administer and implement accommodations for relevant assessments (including, but not limited to WIDA screener and WIDA ACCESS, TNReady, and other content assessments)
• Create and maintain ILPs for all ML students and former ML students
• Track transitional students (T1-T2) who have already exited to monitor growth or reassess services

Curriculum Development and Instruction

• Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of individual students
• Use progress-monitoring tools to analyze student results for the purpose of modifying and adjusting strategies and programming
• Use data to inform instructional decisions
• Provide students with daily feedback on mastery performance in character and academics and plan for individual learning needs
• Demonstrate strong pedagogy

Commitment to School and Classroom Culture

• Work collaboratively with your school team and those across KIPP Nashville
• Help develop school-wide culture that best fits the needs of our students, teachers and families
• Attend and participate in all staff meetings and communicate openly with staff
• Develop positive rapport with students
• Create and foster a positive and calm learning environment
• Enforce, uphold, and exhibit school values, student management policies and culture

Family Engagement

• Establish and maintain strong communication lines with all parents and share progress
• Be available for open houses, parent teacher conferences and other events involving parents
• Make oneself available to students, parents and other staff members

Growth Mindset

• Pursue challenging professional goals each year
• Willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues to create a professional working atmosphere conducive to change and improvement
• Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training over the summer and weekly during the academic year

Qualifications

Required Experience

• Valid Tennessee teaching license with English as a Second Language Pre-K-12 (490) endorsement OR proof of enrollment in a job-embedded Educator Preparation Program
• Conferred Bachelor’s degree
• Pass Criminal Background Check

Desired Qualities

• Commitment to working with students from educationally under-resourced communities (highly preferred)
• Experience and demonstrated success teaching students from educationally under-resourced communities (highly preferred)
• At least two years of teaching experience (preferred)
• Passionate about data-driven instruction
• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashville’s mission, core values, students, families, and community
• Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest selves and believes that providing students with an excellent education is our largest lever as educators to wholly improve student outcomes
• Eagerness to collaborate and problem-solve with a variety of stakeholders
• Demonstrate commitment to continue their professional development individually

Pay

Salary Range: BA Scale $56,000–$92,000 | MA+ Scale $61,000–$100,000

Starting salary for first year teachers begins at $56,171; those with a conferred advanced degree begin at $61,909. Salary is commensurate with experience. Staff members receive up to a 2% yearly raise. Compensation package is derived from the regional KIPP Nashville Public Schools pay scale. This position is exempt.

Benefits

• Robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, supplemental insurance, and life insurance policy options (effective the first of the month following the first day of work)
• Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan (TCRS): eligible employees contribute 5% and KIPP matches up to 6%
• 401k eligibility with KIPP contributing 5%
• Vacation package for salaried employees includes 29 paid days throughout the 10-month work schedule (including holidays, fall break, spring break, Thanksgiving break, winter break, and summer break)
• 6 PTO days allotted annually, plus an additional 2 days after every 2 consecutive years of employment
• Payment for unused PTO days at the end of the fiscal year
• Adoption/Parental Caregiver Leave: up to 10 weeks parental leave for the primary caregiver and 2 weeks for the secondary caregiver, paid at 100%
• Laptop computer with internet and/or email access provided
• Master Teacher Program eligibility after two consecutive years of employment: $5,000 stipend and $2,000 towards professional development

Schedule

10-month work schedule.