Bilingual Educational Support Services Paraprofessional
Bilingual Educational Support Services Paraprofessional
This is a part-time position with an expected 25-30 hours per week.
The role of the Educational Support Services (ESS) paraprofessional is to work with classroom teachers and the ESS Student Support Team to support the academic and social-emotional needs of students. This role reports to the Educational Support services Director and the Student Support Team.
Qualifications
- The ability to teach and care well for students who need academic and/or social-emotional support
- The ability to collaborate well with the ESS director, the Student Support Team, classroom teachers, and other faculty
- The ability to work independently and seek solutions to issues as they arise
- Teaching certification preferred
- Teaching experience preferred
- Bilingual/Spanish speaking preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in education or related field preferred
Duties
- Collaborate with classroom teachers to support student needs
- Carry out instructional plans as directed by the classroom teacher in collaboration with the Student Support Team
- Push into classrooms or pull out individuals or small groups of students to reteach, tutor, and provide other academic support as directed by classroom teachers
- Modify lessons as needed to support students’ academic needs
- Monitor and document student progress as directed by classroom teacher and/or Student Support Team
- Communicate student observations and accomplishments with classroom teacher
- Communicate encouragement with students about their progress
- Participate with classroom teacher as needed in communicating with parents about student progress
- Participate in grade level and Student Support Team meetings when scheduled
- Participate in staff professional development as appropriate