REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Associates degree may be accepted
• High school diploma or GED, prefer additional education in Business Administration
• 1-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Fluently bilingual in spoken and written Spanish and English

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent proofreading, writing, and grammar, spelling, and word processing skills
• Highly motivated and open-minded; a self-starter who will assume initiative and responsibility for projects while being open to change and/or the suggestion of others
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work assignments and flexible enough to cope with unexpected changes
• General knowledge of computer usage and ability to use a variety of technology and software programs, including standard school software, accounting software, internet software, e-mail, spreadsheets and word processing software.
• Ability to appropriately communicate with students, teachers, parents and members of the community.
• Experienced in and able to function successfully in cross-cultural settings
• Self-motivated and able to prioritize and organize responsibilities
• Ability to keep accurate records
• Able to perform job duties without supervision
• Be able to establish rapport with staff, children, parents and families and possess tact; courtesy; and good judgment
  HOURS: Extended school year; 209 days per year; 40 hours per week, 8 hours (7:30am to 4:00pm)
  SALARY: $21.70-$22.30, rate is dependent upon education and/or experience. (Schedule #22-3)
  BENEFITS: Eligibility is based upon hours worked and can be reviewed during your interview. Benefit information can be found online at https://www.goshenschools.org/hr/benefits
  APPLICATION PROCESS: In order to be considered, all applicants must have completed their on-line application at https://goshenschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

List of Duties

• To ensure the social, emotional and academic success of language minority students.
• When the inability to speak and understand the English language excludes any group of children from effective participation in the educational program offered by the school district, the district will take affirmative steps to address the deficiency in order to open its instructional programs to all students.
• Be a part of the administrative team.
• Establish culturally appropriate relationships with parents/families as a basis for all other services and interaction provided by school staff.
• Facilitate access of language minority families to school services such as the school counselor, the school nurse, the principal, or the teacher as appropriate.
• Communicate with language minority parents as requested by school personnel.
• Facilitate the communication of the language minority parents with school personnel by interpreting for them when they visit the school or have a conference with school personnel. (Refer formal written translation requests to the central administration office translator.)
• Assist principals, counselors and teachers by interpreting for limited English proficient students who have discipline issues.
• Welcomes and greets the public: students, parents, school personnel and other patrons.
• Processes all telephone, written and electronic communications. Directs calls/communications to appropriate personnel.
• Serves as a source of information and a communication link and between administrators, staff, parents, at the request of administration.
• Maintains correspondence, student records, reports, confidential files and other documents.
• Assists administration in creating and coordinating advertising, marketing, and promotional activities related to school matters.
• Keeps student files up to date (electronic and cumulative records).
• Responsible for assigned state and federal reporting related to school operations.
• Entering student data, and scheduling students appropriate locations.
• Being one of the first faces that set the tone for student and parent experiences

Title III Duties:

• Empower parents to become active participants in their child’s education.
• To integrate language minority parents into the school community.
• Educate parents how they can support the education of their child(ren) at all levels by hosting educational events throughout the year for LM parents in conjunction with the Central Office English Learning department in order to create an educational partnership with Language Minority parents.
• Assist the principals in promoting the attendance and participation of language minority parents at school events.
• Keep accurate logs of family visits, phone calls and time spent with families.
• Attend EL staff meetings and/or Parent Liaison meetings.
• Participate in staff development activities for Goshen Schools or outside providers e.g. academic, programmatic, curricular, assessment, standards, etc. for the purpose of improving service delivery skills and communicating school initiatives accurately to parents.
• Assist school counselor to support families with access to community services/supports.