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Salary

Candidates that have taken the Para Assessment with a passing score, or have an Associate’s degree or 60 completed semester credits, may be eligible for a higher hourly rate in a certified position, evidence must be provided. Please upload a copy of your official transcripts or certificate showing a passing score on the assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provides bilingual communication support to teachers, staff and students through interpreting and translating data and information.
• Affords individual support to students for whom English is a second language in a manner to support comprehension and transition into an English speaking environment.
• Communicates directly with parents and children in conveying education and school related information to ensure full comprehension of all exchanges.
• Maintains activities and behavior of children during and in the absence of classroom teachers to ensure the physical and environmental safe keeping of students, as well as adherence to appropriate conduct and disciplinary controls.
• Affords assistance and learning support to students individually and in small groups reinforcing skills based upon instructional guidelines.
• Affords assistance in managing student behavior and maintaining classroom order; reinforces rules of the school and classroom; escorts students to time out and/or the principal's office.
• Affords assistance in the preparation of lesson plans and teachers' pre-planning sessions; provides input and assistance in the development of classroom activities and learning tools.
• Affords assistance in the diagnosing student learning and communication deficiencies; monitors students progressive learning skills; documents records of learning activities and diagnosis.
• Affords assistance in preparing instructional materials; performs support tasks such as copying materials, laminating items, typing correspondence, and filing paperwork and documentation.
• Affords assistance in coordinating with media center staff for classroom learning resources; sets up equipment in classroom for teacher's instructional studies.
• Affords assistance in preparing classroom bulletin boards, classroom decorations, displays of student activities, and other classroom objectives.
• Affords assistance in preparing instructional reports and completing required forms, schedules, and other data as required; maintains attendance records and assigns student seating; learns assigned bus route(s).
• Affords assistance in maintaining accurate and complete records of a variety of student information which may require the use of a computer terminal to enter student scores and other student data.
• Affords assistance in performing monitoring duties, i.e., hallways, lunchroom, restrooms, and bus duty; ensures appropriate student conduct during these periods; escorts students to designated activity areas, i.e., music room, computer room, art classes, assemblies, etc.
• Affords assistance in translating lesson plan and other information to students for better understanding and comprehension.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS.
• With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED;
• With demonstrated written and oral linguistic skills in English and in a minimum of one (1) target language (Spanish, French, Creole, etc.);
• With ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of school age children;
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Qualifications

• Additional HRS training preferred.

Performance Aptitudes

• Data Utilization;
• Human Interaction;
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization;
• Verbal Aptitude;
• Mathematical Aptitude;
• Functional Reasoning;
• Situational Reasoning.

ADA Compliance

• Physical Ability Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Most tasks require oral communications ability. Most tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.
• Environmental Factors Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.