ESL Aide

Job Title: ESL Aide - Translation Aide

Job Location: TBD

Salary Level: Classified wage schedule.

Shift: Varies

Benefit Package: According to district classified employee policies.

Duration of Contract: 186 day contract

Reports to: Supervising Teacher

Summary

Provide instructional support with translation to students so they can benefit from their educational program.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Qualifications Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position will be the following:

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general educational documents, technical procedures, and governmental regulations. Ability to edit reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Mathematic 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.

Technology Skills

Operation of computer keyboard and telephone equipment is essential. Knowledge of basic computer operations of database management, spreadsheet, and word processing are fundamentals to many of the job functions of this position.

Reasoning Skills

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

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; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include those close and distance vision.

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. The noise level in the work environment is usually low.