Position: English Learner Assistant

Summary: The English Learner Assistant will support the certified teacher in providing English language instruction to individuals or small groups of students in a classroom or other learning environment.

Reports to: Building Principals

Coordinates with: English Learner Department

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Note: These duties and responsibilities are judged to be "essential functions" in terms of the Americans With Disabilities Act or ADA. 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. The statements below are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person in this position. They are not constructed as an exhaustive list of all duties that may be performed by such a person.

Duties:

• Prepare instructional materials including modifying assignments to include scaffolds and other supports
• Support the certified teacher in delivering instruction to students
• Routinely assess and collect student data
• Providing support to classroom teachers to assure accommodations are made that follow ELD Plans
• Support students during times when ELL teachers cannot provide classroom support due to teaching general education classes
• Provide practice with EL goals as directed by teacher for differentiation
• Assist with translation when needed
• Assist in maintaining positive environment for Els
• Clerical tasks including copying, filing to meet EL coordinator needs that fall on EL department
• Traveling to multiple schools

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience learning a new language (preferred)
• Strong ability to understand, speak, read, and write with a variety of different people
• Practice cultural awareness/sensitivity
• Meets ESSA standards for highly trained and qualified, which includes a minimum of an associate degree or equivalent experiences

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.

Grand Ledge Public Schools District shall provide equal opportunity and shall not discriminate in matters of employment or enrollment on the basis of age, religion, race, traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, national origin, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, height, weight or marital status in its programs, services or activities.