Bilingual Assistant

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

The bilingual assistant assists the limited English speaking students in his/her building with comprehension of academic content, communicates with parents and staff, assists in enrollment process, provides written and oral translation of required information.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Candidates must have a minimum of an Associates degree; or sixty (60) semester hours of college credit; or successful completion of ParaPro assessment examination.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide instruction and assistance in any and all subject areas in which the student is encountering problems.

Serve as a link between the school and family.

Serve as an interpreter at any school function or session that requires this service.

Translate any materials that need to be in the student's home language.

Work towards building a positive self image in bilingual students.

Help students view their culture and themselves with pride.

Encourage the classroom teacher to be aware of and sensitive to cultural differences of students

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: None.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to find, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

DISCLAIMER:

The above job description is designed to denote the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job.

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