ED PARA,BILIN, SPANISH,C

Essential Functions

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• 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, supporting comprehension and transition into an English-speaking environment.
• Communicates directly with parents and children to convey education and school-related information, ensuring full comprehension of all exchanges.
• Maintains and monitors activities and behavior of children during and in the absence of classroom teachers to ensure the physical and environmentally safe keeping of students, as well as adherence to appropriate conduct and disciplinary controls.
• Assists teachers in supervising learning activities, circulating within the classroom, and providing assistance and learning support to students.
• Provides one-on-one instruction to students in the target language, as applicable, to reinforce skills introduced by the teacher.
• Aids teachers in checking and objectively evaluating students' work; teaches students individually and in small groups reinforcing skills based upon instructional guidelines.
• Aids 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.
• Aids in the preparation of lesson plans and teachers' pre-planning sessions; provides input and assistance in the development of classroom activities and learning tools.
• Aids in diagnosing student learning and communication deficiencies; monitors students' progressive learning skills; documents, records of learning activities and diagnosis.
• Prepares or assists in the preparation of instructional materials; performs support tasks such as copying materials, laminating items, typing correspondence, and filing paperwork and documentation.
• Coordinates with media center staff for classroom learning resources; sets up equipment in classroom for teacher's instructional studies.
• Assists in preparing classroom bulletin boards, classroom decorations, displays of student activities, and other classroom objectives.
• Prepares instructional reports and completes required forms, schedules, and other data as required; maintains attendance records and assigns student seating; learns assigned bus route(s).
• Maintains 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.
• May be assigned 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.
• May be assigned to various labs, providing assistance to teachers and instruction/information to students; may translate 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.

Minimum Training And Experience

• Associate’s degree or higher; or at least sixty (60) semester hours from an accredited institution of higher education (official transcript required to validate education).
• Passing the paraprofessional certification exam can substitute for the educational requirement to meet the highly qualified status.
• All applicants for this position must be highly qualified prior to the start of their employment with Orange County Public Schools.
• Ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of school age children; previous vocational training or work experience in a licensed childcare environment preferred.
• Demonstrated written and oral linguistic skills in English and in a minimum of one (1) target language (Spanish, French, Creole, etc.).
• Additional HRS training preferred.