Instructional Paraeducator

Instructional Para educator

Yu Ming Charter School seeks dynamic, innovative, and experienced educators to join our team, committed to nurturing lifelong learners who are bilingual, bicultural and able to create change in their own lives and in our community. We seek teachers that are excited by the possibility of transforming the traditional model of education to be learner-centered through personalized and project based learning that cultivates both the cognitive and social emotional skills our students need to thrive in school and beyond.

Yu Ming teachers are leaders that thrive on exploration, collaboration, and seek to continuously learn and grow as individuals and team members.

Yu Ming Charter School is a non-profit, tuition-free network of public schools located in Oakland and San Leandro and open to all residents of California. As a leader in Mandarin Immersion education, our mission is to nurture our inclusive and diverse community to become empowered, engaged, and outstanding global citizens. We currently serve 1060 students across three campuses, and continue to grow our enrollment each year.

Our intentionally diverse student body comes from many racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds representing 70 zip codes across the Bay Area and 29 home languages. Founded in 2011, Yu Ming is the first Mandarin immersion public charter school in the state.

We believe every child, regardless of their background or zip code, deserves a free, high-quality education that prepares them today to succeed tomorrow. Ranked the #7 Elementary School and the #2 Elementary Charter School in California by U.S. News, Yu Ming is a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 2020 and 2023 California Distinguished School. Yu Ming's future-forward model prepares young people to succeed and thrive in an interconnected and multicultural world through personalized and rigorous learning experiences, active student agency, whole child and community focus, and multilingual education.

As a result, our students far outperform their peers in the district, county, and state, regardless of socio-economic status, race, language background, and learning differences. We are closing the opportunity gap for our historically underserved students every day.

• Assists teachers on an in-depth basis with small groups and/or individual students on special subjects and activities to execute individual lesson plans and strategies for maximizing learning experiences for students with special needs and students who need Tier 2 intervention. Assists with scoring and recording achievement and diagnostic tests given by teachers and specialists.
• Assists in identifying student proficiency and placement.
• Prepares and may develop age-grade appropriate instructional aids and exercises to support the curriculum being taught.
• May assist special program administrators and/or teaching staff with preparation and presentation of in-service/teacher training sessions.
• Assist in organizing and participating in meetings to share information about the program to which assigned.
• Confers with teachers and specialists to develop and evaluate individual and group educational goals and objectives.
• Assist with implementation of special programs.
• Assists with administering assessment instruments (spelling tests, etc.), helps to score objective tests and written papers, and keeps appropriate records for teachers, including those on computerized student information and grading systems.
• Assists in reclassifying students according to proficiency.
• Monitors classroom activities when a teacher is absent from the classroom for a limited time.
• Accompanies students going from one location to another.
• Observes, monitors, and directs behavior of students within approved procedures.
• Develops and uses incentives as positive behavior reinforcement.
• Exercises constant supervision of children.
• Assesses the need for, and uses appropriate behavior management procedures in accordance with grade level and student's ability to understand.
• Reports student academic and behavior progress and performance to teachers.
• Documents student progress by correcting assignments, administering and scoring criterion referenced tests, recording and charting test scores and curriculum based measurements in reading.
• Confers, as needed, with teachers, resource staff, and other school personnel concerning programs and materials to meet student needs. Alerts teacher to any special problems or information concerning students in assigned program.
• Assists special program administrative staff with the preparation and presentation of in service training sessions.
• Assist in organizing meetings, participate in meetings to share information about the program to which assigned.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of files and records for classroom or assigned program.
• May provide clerical and technical assistance to teachers such as researching and ordering books and school supplies, maintaining a workroom inventory.
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