Paraeducator (Multilingual Office Aide) - Burncoat High School

JOB TITLE: Paraeducator (Multilingual Office Aide) REPORTS TO: School Principal or Designated Supervisor LOCATION: Worcester Public Schools, Worcester, Massachusetts POSITION PURPOSE: This position is accountable for providing assistance to students, parents, staff and faculty in the delivery of quality education and school-community relations by means of maturity and sound reasoning consistent with rules and regulations of the Worcester Public Schools. This position of direct supervisor is the school principal. Priorities would always be to the parents, students and staff in need of interpretation/translation. Other jobs needed would be at the discretion of the principal or designated supervisor. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (may be included along with other responsibilities): 1. Responsible for assisting parents in the enrollment process, ensuring that all proper forms are completed. 2. Responsible for assuring the completion of the Classroom Language Survey Form for every new enrollee in the school and for filing a completed Home Language Survey Form in the student's cumulative record. 3. Responsible for forwarding to caregiver the Parental Notification letter indicating placement in the Bilingual Program and for securing principal's signature on the Transitional Bilingual Education program card (salmon colored). 4. Responsible for affixing LAU stickers and securing the principal''s signature to the student''s cumulative record. 5. Responsible for ensuring that cumulative records of students transferring within the Worcester Public Schools are complete and contain the following: ESL Checklist, IDEA pre-test booklet and two Santillana Progress Charts (Elementary level only). Workbooks should be forwarded when applicable. 6. Responsible for serving as an interpreter, when needed. 7. Responsible for equal educational opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, gender, age, marital status, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability. 8. Committed to providing an educational and working environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. 9. Have the ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships in the workplace (staff, students, families, visitors). 10. Responsible performance of other job-related duties as assigned by school administrator or designated supervisor. QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 48 undergraduate college credits, or
• Meeting or exceeding the State-determined passing score of 464 on the Paraprofessional (ParaPro) Assessment or the WorkKeys Assessment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Non-violent crisis intervention trained.
• Previous experience in customer service, reception, and/or supporting students, families and the front office team.
• Translation Specialist Endorsement or Interpreter Certification. Ability to speak Albanian, Arabic, Nepali, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, or an African Language, and/or American Sign Language.

WORK YEAR: This is a school-year position including: 180 pupil days, 3 days of professional development, and 6 additional hours of staff meeting time (assigned by Principal or designated supervisor). WORK DAY: 6 hours, plus a 30-minute unpaid lunch SALARY: This position is represented by the Educational Association of Worcester Paraeducator Bargaining Unit and the salary is determined by the appropriate step and lane placement on the paraeducator salary schedule. Assignment to a secondary school will add the contractual 18-minute stipend which is 5% of the established salary. STIPEND:>/b> Contractual Bilingual Stipend of $1000, prorated and paid at the end of each school year.