TEACHER ASSISTANT-BILINGUAL / PORTUGUESE

About the role

The Teacher Assistant, Bilingual provides 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. This position also assists with the effective implementation of a specific grant if necessary.

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 the teacher with 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 ELL folders/record keeping of placement of files, achievement data, etc.
• Aid with the administration of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) eligibility testing and/or appropriate assessments designed to measure and observe student progress.
• Provide translation for non-English speaking parents such as phone calls, notes, and letters between home and school.
• Aid and serve as a member of the school's ELL committee.
• Aid 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 equivalent.
• 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.
• At least 2 years of demonstrated experience, within the last 5 years, in working with children preferred.
• Six (6) semester hours in the area of human growth and development.

Skills

• 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.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$16.89 per hour

Schedule

Not specified.