Home and School Liaison – Russian

Position Type:

Teacher Assistant/Bilingual Teacher Assistant

Date Posted:

3/4/2025

Location:

Metea Valley High School

Date Available:

Immediately

Closing Date:

Until Filled

Description: Perform duties to assist students and staff with primary language support (Russian) in the classroom, with families and the community.

Job Summary:

1. Translate written documents as needed.
2. Serve as the interpreter for parent/teacher conferences, telephone calls and with building directed communications and as needed.
3. Ability to read, write and speak fluently in both English and Russian.
4. Assist in the orientation of parents and students to school and community life.
5. Provide home visits as needed to explain school programs and reinforce the positive school environment with parents.
6. Observe student behavior on home visits to identify any issues that might influence student school behavior and achievement.
7. Assist with the implementation of behavioral intervention and/or support plans for students.
8. Monitor lunchroom and playground supervision, bus duty and detention as needed.
9. Provide clerical assistance in Russian to building staff as needed.
10. Assist with family Literacy activities and students with job-related and/or community-based activities.
11. Provide support for students with in-class primary language support.
12. Use personal computer and general office equipment. Demonstrate proficiency using the technology and computer-based programs provided by the District. Use these programs to effectively manage and organize files, communication, records and databases. 
13. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: To be considered for a position as a teacher assistant, applicants MUST have an NCLB paraprofessional license, substitute license or teaching license.

For those without the above, applicants must meet at least one of the four requirements:

1. 60 semester hours of college-level credit; 

2. Completed paraprofessional training program approved by ISBE or ICCB; 

3. Passed ETS ParaPro assessment (460 or higher); or 4. Passed WorkKeys assessments (Applied Mathematics

4, Reading for Information-4, Writing/Business Writing-3, and Acceptable on Instructional Support Inventory). For more information on this approval, please see the following website: http://www.isbe.net/licensure/html/paraprofessional.htm. If you have questions about the approval, please contact the DuPage Regional Office of Education at 630-407-5800.

Candidates must be fluent in written and spoken English and Russian. Candidates that are flexible and have an ability to work with families is preferred.

Rate of Pay: $16.48/hour

Benefits: Benefits as described in IPCA contract can be found here: IPCA Contract 2022-26

Working Conditions: High School

Selection Procedure: Qualified candidates will be contacted by the appropriate building administrator.

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