FTE Educational Assistant; English Language Learner

.8125 FTE Educational Assistant (English Language Learner) at Sisters High School

SISTERS SD 6 SISTERS HIGH SCHOOL
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This job is also posted in SISTERS SD 6

Job : 5910843

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Sep 01, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type: Full Time

Job Categories: Instructional Support >
Paraprofessional / IA

Position Title
: .8125 FTE Educational Assistant (English Language Learner) at Sisters High School

Posting Date
:
Reposted September 1, 2026

Position Closes
:
Open Until Filled

Date Available
:
September 2026

The Sisters School District has an opening for a Limited Duration, .8125 FTE English Language Learners Educational Assistant at Sisters High School. This is a 6.5 hour per day position Monday
- Friday, from 8:15am - 3:15pm, for 182 contract days per school year, and prorated for the 2026
-2027 school year, based upon start date.

Position Summary
:
To assist the English language learner teacher in achieving teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

Essential duties of this position include the following. Employees in this position perform some or all of the following tasks. Other duties may be assigned.

• Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
• 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 the 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 PSU room, 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.
• Assists students in the library or media center.
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher.
• Checks and records student attendance.
• Collects and records collection of money.
• Depending upon the grade level, helps students with their clothing.
• Assists with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
• Depending upon the grade level, assists with wash-up and toilet routines.
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected if fully licensed teachers.
• Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned by teacher/supervisor.

• Holds a high school diploma and completed at least two full years of college or holds an AA degree or pass the Para Pro Praxis test.
• Conversational fluency in Spanish.
• Has a record of successful employment.
• Genuine interest in and ability to relate to students.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the general public.
• Good organizational skills.
• Good command of the English language.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and direction.
• At least one-year' experience as an Instructional Assistant.
• Such alternatives to above qualifications as the administrator may find appropriate and acceptable.

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