ELA Learning Specialist Lead Teacher - Greater Boston (2025-2026)

Kipp Inc; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate ELA Learning Specialist Lead Teacher for the Greater Boston area. This role focuses on providing inclusive education to students from underserved communities, fostering a safe and engaging learning environment. The ideal candidate will collaborate with colleagues to create rigorous lesson plans, support diverse learners, and manage IEP processes. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive leadership team, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in students' lives while growing in your teaching career. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to educational equity and student success.

Benefits

Signing Bonus

Retention Bonus

Professional Development Support

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-time teaching experience required.
• Passion for subject area and commitment to professional learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead classroom activities and ensure student engagement.
• Manage IEP paperwork and communicate with families about progress.
• Create a positive learning environment and set ambitious growth goals.

Skills

Teaching Experience

Classroom Management

Special Education Knowledge

Communication Skills

Data Interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

ELA Learning Specialist Lead Teacher - Greater Boston (2025-2026)

• Full-time
• Start Date: Next year opening
• Department: Teacher

Our Mission

Together with our families and communities, we create joyful and identity-affirming schools where students achieve excellent and equitable academic outcomes. We believe doing this ensures that our students are prepared to pursue any path they choose — college, career, and beyond — so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our program is based on:

• A focus on high-quality instruction supported by rigorous professional development to ensure that our students develop the academic skills necessary to pursue the life they choose.
• A high regard for character development to ensure that our students and staff celebrate and develop their character and identity strengths.
• An emphasis on family engagement, because we believe that our students are most likely to be able to maximize their potential when we work in partnership with our students and their families.
• A focus on college readiness for all students so that all students can make choices about their post-secondary education and future.

What We Do

We seek to provide a world-class education for students from educationally underserved communities in Lynn and Boston. Our student demographics mirror those of neighborhood schools in terms of race, socioeconomic status, Multilingual Learners (MLL), and students who receive special education services.

Our promise to families is that their children will enter college and the professional world able to thrive academically due to their literacy, numeracy, and core knowledge in science and social studies. We also promise that our students will develop the zest for learning and grit necessary to persevere as they climb the mountain to and through college and career. Our graduates will be prepared to return to their community as teachers, leaders, and architects of continued growth in Lynn and Boston.

KIPP Academy Boston Charter School

KIPP Academy Boston Charter School is looking for talented, committed, and culturally competent Special Education Inclusion Lead Teachers who are passionate about ensuring that all of our students are growing and achieving. By providing students with a variety of supports, Special Education Inclusion Lead Teachers typically work with students through inclusive teaching and small group pull outs. Most Special Education Inclusion Lead Teachers co-teach and/or co-plan in Math and ELA (English Language Arts) classes. In doing so, the Special Education Inclusion Lead Teacher collaborates with the homeroom/Lead Teacher in co-planning and co-instructing lessons and units, and co-assessing to provide the guidance and support of accommodations, modifications, and resources so that all students have access to the content and curriculum in a way that provides rigor, success, and achievement. In addition, the Special Education Inclusion Lead Teacher will write and manage IEP paperwork and meetings, communicate with students and families about student progress, and advocate for students as needed.

This multifaceted role is ideal for flexible and creative teachers who are passionate about serving our highest-need students and are excited by the challenge of digging into content, anticipating misconceptions, and implementing best practices that will lead all students to content mastery. Prior experience with Special Education laws and paperwork is a bonus, but not required as Special Education Teachers will receive training and assistance from our regional Special Education team. Special Education Teachers are empowered to use their expertise to do whatever it takes to help our students succeed.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Classroom Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead or co-lead in a classroom (or classrooms), with responsibilities that may include: leading a class independently, co-teaching, short- or long-term coverage, or stepping into a lead classroom role later in the year based on the school's needs.
• Ensure that all children feel affirmed, valued, and challenged every day.
• Create and foster a positive and safe learning environment.
• Support in the co-creation and internalization of rigorous and engaging units and daily lesson plans with the homeroom/Lead Teacher.
• Set specific, ambitious growth goals for students on caseload and leverage all necessary resources, including student advocacy when needed, to ensure they meet them.
• Ongoing progress monitoring of student progress towards IEP goals.
• Use special education best practices to execute engaging instruction at a level rigorous to all students including but not limited to accommodations, modifications, monitoring of extra time, small group instruction/pull out, etc.
• Infuse core values into lessons and every school practice, implementing school-wide student culture systems and positive classroom management strategies.
• Regularly analyze student work from caseload compared to other students to support in student-specific modifications and accommodations.
• Support in maintaining accurate student grades/records and strong lines of communication with students and families regularly regarding students’ growth and progress.
• Provide feedback and support to homeroom/Lead Teacher around curriculum and instructional best practices to support students on caseload.
• Build strong working relationship with homeroom/Lead Teacher to effectively collaborate on curriculum, instruction and classroom management in support of students.

School and Professional Responsibilities

• Obtain required MTEL and SEI endorsements with financial support from KIPP MA within the first year of employment in addition to free study support.
• Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training over the summer and during the academic year.
• Take ownership for the development of your craft and seek feedback from your coach.
• Perform necessary support duties including (but not limited to) coverage, bus, lunch, and dismissal duties.
• Develop strong relationships with families through participating in school events and consistent phone calls home.
• Be willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to accountability, change, and improvement.
• Collaborate with grade level and content teams to update and advocate for students on caseload.
• Write, lead, and manage IEP and 504 paperwork and meetings with students, families, and teachers.
• Dependable attendance according to our school calendar.

General Requirements and Responsibilities

• Embody KIPP MA’s Code of Conduct by acting with integrity, leading with humanity, centering self-awareness and critical consciousness, taking personal responsibility, and engaging productively.
• Participate and engage in regional professional development and community events as required.
• Demonstrated ability to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make reasonable judgments and decisions in a timely manner in accordance with the needs of the school.
• Self-awareness, flexibility and emotional intelligence to navigate a setting with students who express diverse needs.
• The consistent use of interpersonal and self-management skills to effectively support behavioral and emotional needs of students to ensure a safe and inclusive environment, as well as build relationships and manage conflict with students, staff, and caregivers.
• Effective communication skills to perform assigned duties and to meaningfully exchange information with students, staff, families and others in person, through written communication, in front of groups, and on virtual platforms.
• Physical mobility to move self in various positions in order to execute duties effectively.
• Physical strength sufficient to periodically lift and/or carry 20 pounds of materials or supplies and to physically restrain a student to keep from harming themself and/or others in an emergency situation.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to perform repetitive hand/wrist/arm motions and to operate a computer and office equipment.

KIPP MA teachers are supported in their demanding work by experienced and dedicated leadership and staff who have themselves proven successful in the teaching role. Our leaders maintain consistent school-wide systems and procedures - academic, behavioral, cultural, logistical - designed to permit teachers to do their best work.

In addition to the responsibilities listed above, there will occasionally be other duties as assigned that staff will engage in to help promote a positive and safe learning environment and culture.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep alignment with KIPP MA’s mission and values, including the unwavering belief in the high potential of all students.
• Demonstrated ability to drive student growth and achievement and to create a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment.
• Passion for subject/content area and demonstrated commitment to professional learning.
• 2+ years of full-time teaching experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Pass Criminal Background Check.

What We Offer
The minimum base salary for this exempt position is $63,000 to $102,500 (per 1.0 FTE/45 hours per week), depending upon years of relevant experience after your Bachelor's degree and any advanced degrees (+$3,000 for 1st advanced degree and +$1,500 for 2nd advanced degree). The role includes a $1,000 signing bonus—and an annual $2,000 retention bonus in subsequent years, as well as other bonuses, when eligible.

KIPP MA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in building a vibrant and welcoming school community that advances our mission of ensuring that all KIPP students graduate with the skills and confidence to lead fulfilling lives. This includes a commitment to attracting and developing individuals who understand the experiences of the students and communities we serve. We hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.