Bilingual Assistant - Spanish # 21 - Pittman School (3.5 hours)

About the Employer

Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) began providing services to students in 1852 and is located in the heart of California’s Central Valley near the banks of the San Joaquin River. SUSD is the 17th largest school district in California, whereby 38,000 PK-12th grade students come to us to experience an academic journey that leads to high school graduation and success in college, careers, and as actively-engaged community members. The District also serves a number of adults through our Stockton School For Adults. SUSD is made up of thirty-seven Head Start classes, fifty-three state preschool classes, three First 5 preschool classes, forty-one K-8 schools, four comprehensive high schools, three small high schools, an alternative high school, a special education school, a school for adults, and five dependent charter schools. Our district mission is to graduate every single youth college, career, and community ready. Stockton Unified School District is dedicated to providing high-quality first instruction, rigorous curriculum, and supporting academic achievement and social-emotional development supported by Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). The District's work is guided by three focal goals:

• Every child by the end of third grade will read and comprehend at the proficient level.
• Every child will have access to high quality, rigorous first instruction.
• Every child, by the end of 12th grade, will graduate and be college, career, and community ready.

Job Summary

SUSD is proud to offer a comprehensive benefit package:

• FREE health benefits through Kaiser for Employee and Family
• Paid Vacation days
• Sick Leave Days
• Floating Holidays

Job Description / Essential Elements

DEFINITION: "Bilingual Assistant" means an assistant fluent in both English and the primary language of the pupil or pupils of limited English proficiency in an English Learner program.

• Assistant shall be familiar with the cultural heritage of pupils of limited English proficiency in the bilingual classes to which he or she is assigned.
• Reinforce learning concepts using the student’s primary language at the teacher’s or specialist’s direction.
• Aid in the supervision of the students’ activities.
• Aid in the preparation of instructional materials and study aids to be used by students in classrooms or individual study situations; perform photo-copying and duplication duties as necessary.
• Aid in the implementation of instructional activities such as assisting limited English speaking students in the development of English language, and reinforce concepts taught by teacher using the students’ primary language as directed by the certificated instructor.
• Aid students in understanding instructional assignments under teachers’ directions.
• Report any unusual student behavior, including suspected child abuse to the instructor.
• Translate for assigned teachers, students and parents on the phone, in the parent conferences and at other times as required.
• Aid teachers in monitoring individual progress of students and discuss problems and improvements.
• Operate instructional equipment.
• May assist in administering of tests and examinations.
• Aid teachers in explaining and clarifying work assignments to students, including translating into another language as necessary.
• Aid the teacher with supervision of students' classroom.
• Refer discipline problems to instructor as necessary.
• Aid the teacher with supervision of children in the library.
• May accompany class on field trips.
• May assist in the supervision of class on field trips.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of:
• Correct English usage including vocabulary, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Subject matter to which assigned.
• General classroom procedures and rules of conduct.
• Effective communication skills in both languages.
• Ability to:
• Follow teacher’s direction when working with a group and/or individual students.
• Learn the basic principles and techniques used in improving reading, language, and mathematical skills.
• Aid teachers with translating instructions and other oral communications for parents, students and teachers.
• Aid teachers with monitoring student progress and identifying problem areas and areas of relative learning process.
• Recognize and understand the needs of students.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with teachers, students and others contacted in the course of work.
• Understand the needs of children relative to their cultural background in the specific area of expertise.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Aid the teacher with the preparation and maintenance of accurate up-to-date records, files, and other documentation and perform a variety of other general clerical tasks.
• Physical capability sufficient to perform job task.
• Education and Experience:
• Any combination of education, training and experience equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.
• No Child Left Behind requirements consisting of 48 college semester units or more from an accredited college or university or County Certificate showing compliance of NCLB.
• Stockton Unified School District Bi-Literate Certificate in the language of need.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Education, Training and Experience
• Minimum 48 semester units or higher OR proof of certification through a local assessment which meets the requirements of “No Child Left Behind”
• A completed application must be submitted by 4pm on the closing date and include a: 1. Resume 2. Letter of Interest 3. Proof of NCLB compliance 4. Bilingual Proficiency Certificate.
• To sign up for the SUSD Bilingual Proficiency Exam copy the following link and paste it in your web browser: https://bit.ly/SUSDBilingualExamAppt
• No Child Left Behind Federal Requirement: High School Graduation or GED, 48 semester college units or more OR NCLB Certificate from District County Office
• Proof of compliance must be submitted with application.
• Certification (Bilingual Proficiency Certification)
• Copy of Transcript (48 or more Semester Units) OR NCLB Compliance (2 part paraprofessional certification) OR Paraprofessional Testing (2 part paraprofessional testing)
• Letter of Introduction (Letter of Interest/Introductions)
• Resume (Current Resume)

Comments and Other Information

District Bilingual Proficiency Exam English-Spanish
Applicants are requested not to make contact with members of the Board of Education, the administrative staff or potential panel members. Candidates not following these guidelines are subject to disqualification from the interview process.
Stockton Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), and bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, sexual orientation; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.