CLASSROOM ASSISTANT-INST-BILINGUAL / CREOLE

Essential Performance Responsibilities

• Provide academic assistance and support for individual and/or small groups of students in the home-language, as directed by and, under the supervision of the teacher.
• Confer, as needed, with teachers concerning programs and materials to meet student needs.
• Aid in evaluating student progress on a regular basis and providing feedback to students and parents in a mode of communication understandable to the parents.
• Assist with English Language Learners (ELL) folders/record keeping of placement of files, achievement data, etc.
• Aid in the administration of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) eligibility testing and/or appropriate assessments designed to measure and observe student progress.
• Translate for non-English speaking parents such as phone calls, notes, and letters between home and school.
• Act as interpreter/translator with meetings and ESOL Parent Advisory Council.
• Perform and promote all activities in compliance with the equal employment and non-discrimination policies of The School Board of Broward County, Florida.
• Participate in training programs offered to enhance the individual skills and proficiency related to job responsibilities.
• Review current developments, literature and technical sources of information related to job responsibilities.
• Ensure adherence to safety rules and procedures.
• Follow federal and state laws, as well as School Board policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor or designee.

  Minimum Qualifications & Experience

  • Standard high school diploma or satisfactory completion of an approved General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program.
  • Bilingual skills, including the ability to speak, read, and write English and the language representative of the targeted English Language Learners (ELL) population.
  • Sensitive to other cultures.
  • Computer skills as required for the position.

  Prior Experience

  • An earned associate’s degree from an accredited institution, OR
  • At least 60 semester hours of earned college credit from an accredited institution.
  • Prior experience working with children.

  Physical Requirements

  • Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of pressure occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and /or up to 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.

  Significant Contacts

  • Frequent interaction with assigned classroom teacher and classroom students.
  • Frequent interaction with other personnel within assigned school in performing daily work routine.
  • Periodic communication with parents under the direction of assigned classroom teacher or administrator.

  Terms of Employment

  • Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the District's approved compensation plan.
  • The length of the work year and hours of employment shall be those established by the School Board.
  • New hires will be hired at the minimum of the assigned salary range.