TEACHER ASSISTANT-BILINGUAL (PORTUGESE)

About the role

To provide bilingual instructional assistance in the classroom by assisting in a variety of activities including the preparation of instructional materials, presenting classroom instruction, performing various clerical duties, and assisting and supervising the actions of students to enrich the delivery of education to students.

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.
• Absorb and maintain ELL folders/records of placement of files, achievement data, etc.
• Absorb and administer 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.
• Assist and serve as a member of the school’s ELL committee.
• Assist with meetings and ESOL Parent Advisory Councils as interpreter/translator.
• Under the supervision of a certified personnel/administrator and on a limited basis perform other non-instructional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Standard high school diploma or satisfactory completion of an approved General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program.
• Successful completion of the Teacher Assisting Curriculum at the designated technical college in the Broward County School District and achieve a passing score on the ParaPro Test, or other officially sanctioned standard tests, to demonstrate the ability to assist in instructing reading/language arts, writing, and mathematics; or reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.
• Ability to speak, read and write English and the language representative of the targeted English Language Learners (ELLs) population(s).
• Sensitive to other cultures.
• Ability to work with students.
• Computer skills.

Qualifications & Experience

• Standard high school diploma or satisfactory completion of an approved General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program.
• AND Successful completion of the Teacher Assisting Curriculum at the designated technical college in the Broward County School District and achieve a passing score on the ParaPro Test, or other officially sanctioned standard tests, to demonstrate the ability to assist in instructing reading/language arts, writing, and mathematics; or reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.
• Minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated experience, within the last five (5) years, in working with children preferred.
• Six (6) semester hours in the area of human growth and development.

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: Works with assigned classroom teacher and classroom students to enhance the instructional process by providing assistance, care and supervision to students.
• Frequent: Interacts with other personnel within assigned school in performing daily work routine.
• Periodic: Communicates 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.
• Length of the work year and hours of employment shall be those established by the School Board.

Link To Job Description

To review the complete job description for this position, access the following website: https://www.browardschools.com/Page/36072 and search by Job Code. The Job Code for this position is: OO-011