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Secondary ESOL Teacher- Paseo Academy of Fine Arts

1400 - Paseo Academy of Fine Arts

Kansas City, MO, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Kansas City Public Schools

Job Title:           Secondary ESOL Math Teacher

Job Title Code:  00870

Salary Grade:    Teacher Salary Schedule

Department:      Language Services & Cultural Equity (LSCE)

Reports To:        Director of LSCE & Building Administrator

FLSA Status:      Exempt

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.

What You'll Be Doing: (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

To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To: (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

In Order to #LevelUp in This Role, You'll Need: (Preferred Qualifications)

• 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.

Why Join Kansas City Public Schools?

Be a Changemaker. Collaborate with Passionate Colleagues. #LevelUp the Future

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Kansas City, MO Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-17

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Opportunity and Market

Kansas City offers a sizable urban school market in a city of 521,220 residents. SBO+ currently has 13 active Kansas City listings, including teaching, fine-arts and coaching positions. The concentration gives candidates several openings to compare without changing markets. [1]

Career Outlook

Education is a meaningful part of the local workforce: educational instruction and library occupations accounted for 5.0% of Kansas City metro employment in May 2024. That was below the 5.8% national share, so the market is substantial without being unusually education-heavy. [2]

Compensation

Educational instruction and library occupations averaged $27.04 an hour in the metro in May 2024. Kansas City Public Schools subsequently announced a 5% increase in certified base pay and a $50,558 starting teacher salary for 2026. Coaching and activity assignments may be paid as stipends on top of a teaching contract, so the specific posting's pay terms matter. [2] [5]

Housing and Cost of Living

Typical rents require real room in an educator's budget. The city's median gross rent was $1,238, while HUD's FY 2026 benchmark for a two-bedroom home was $1,358. That two-bedroom benchmark equals about 32.23% of KCPS's announced $50,558 starting teacher salary before taxes, utilities, insurance and retirement deductions. [1] [3] [5,3]

Commute

Kansas City workers reported a mean commute of 21.7 minutes in the 2020-2024 Census period. School assignments can be spread across the district, so the verified worksite shown with each listing is the better starting point for judging the daily trip. [1]

Community Snapshot

Kansas City is large enough to offer distinct neighborhoods and housing choices, but affordability is a live local issue. KCUR reported that about 69,000 low-income renters in the region were living in homes they could not afford. A planned regional fund aims to create or preserve 3,500 to 5,000 affordable homes, useful progress but far smaller than the reported need. [1] [4]

Local Economy

The metro's mean hourly wage across all occupations was $30.78 in May 2024, below the $32.66 national average. Education and library work averaged $27.04 locally, putting the field below the metro-wide mean as well. [2] [2]

Relocation Considerations

A two-bedroom HUD rent benchmark consumes slightly more than 32% of KCPS's announced starting teacher pay before payroll deductions. A one-income household at the starting rate should budget carefully for utilities, transportation and benefits; a lower-cost apartment or second household income materially changes the picture. [3] [5] [5,3]

What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

The headline salary and the assignment pay may be different things. KCPS lists a $50,558 starting teacher salary, while coaching and extracurricular jobs can be stipend-based additions governed by a collective bargaining agreement. Read the individual listing's verified-worksite and pay notes before comparing it with a classroom position. [5]

Methodology

This report compares current city, metro, housing and district benchmarks. The 32.23% housing figure divides annual HUD two-bedroom rent by KCPS's announced starting teacher salary; it is a gross-pay comparison, not a take-home budget.

Sources and freshness

  1. U.S. Census Bureau — effective 2025-07-01; retrieved 2026-08-18.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2024-05-01; retrieved 2026-08-18.
  3. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-01-01; retrieved 2026-08-18.
  4. KCUR — effective 2026-07-12; retrieved 2026-08-18.
  5. Kansas City Public Schools — effective 2026-06-16; retrieved 2026-08-18.