USD 323 is accepting applications for a ESL Classroom Aide Rock Creek Middle School For the 2024/25 School Year

 

TITLE:                       ESL Classroom Aide

 

QUALIFICATIONS:   High school diploma or Such alternatives to the above qualification as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable; Certificate, license, or other legal credentials preferred.

 

REPORTS TO:            Teacher/Principal

 

JOB GOAL:               To assist ESL students with understanding the lessons taught by the teacher and help place into context of the learners’ native language, written and spoken.

 

                                  To assist the teacher, achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

                                 To provide a well-organized, smoothly functioning class environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials.

 

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher. 
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities. 
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes. 
• Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher. 
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction. 
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher. 
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips. 
• Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up to date.
• Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling. 
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.