ED PARA,BILIN, SPANISH,NC,NON-TITLE I

About the Role

Under direct supervision, this position provides staff support in an educational environment with emphasis on bilingual communication support to teachers, staff, and students. Employees interpret and translate classroom assignments, parent and student communications, and other school activities to support comprehension and transition for students for whom English is a secondary language. The role generally works with children individually to provide basic instruction in reading, writing, math, spelling, art, or other education-related activities and assists teachers with all other facets of school activities.

Responsibilities

• Provides bilingual communication support to teachers, staff, and students through interpreting and translating data and information.
• Assists students individually for whom English is a second language to support comprehension and transition into an English-speaking environment.
• Directly communicates with parents and children to convey education and school-related information, ensuring full comprehension of all exchanges.
• Monitors activities and behavior of children during and in the absence of classroom teachers to ensure physical and environmental safety, as well as adherence to appropriate conduct and disciplinary controls.
• Assists teachers in the supervision of 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 to reinforce skills introduced by the teacher.
• Assists teachers in checking and objectively evaluating students' work; teaches students individually and in small groups, reinforcing skills based on instructional guidelines.
• Assists 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.
• Assists in the preparation of lesson plans and teachers' pre-planning sessions; provides input and assistance in the development of classroom activities and learning tools.
• Assists 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 the 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 data.
• May be assigned monitoring duties (e.g., hallways, lunchroom, restrooms, and bus duty); ensures appropriate student conduct during these periods; escorts students to designated activity areas (e.g., music room, computer room, art classes, assemblies).
• May be assigned to various labs providing assistance to teachers and instruction/information to students; may translate lesson plans and other information to students for better understanding and comprehension.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology used by the district; attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies meets job requirements.
• Responsible for timely and accurate information maintained as part of job responsibilities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated written and oral linguistic skills in English and in a minimum of one (1) target language (e.g., Spanish, French, Creole).
• 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 may be considered.
• Additional HRS training preferred.

Qualifications

Data Utilization

Requires the ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure, and/or sort data and/or information. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures, or routines.

Human Interaction

Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization

Requires the ability to operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of standard office equipment.

Verbal Aptitude

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and advisory data and information in both English and the designated target language.

Mathematical Aptitude

Depending on the school grade classroom of assignment, may require the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; may require ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning

Requires ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Involves routine work according to clearly prescribed standard practices, with some latitude for independent judgment.

Situational Reasoning

Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties, often characterized by frequent change.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

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 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, oral communications ability, and 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.

Pay

Candidates who 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 (e.g., official transcripts or certificate showing a passing score on the assessment) must be provided.