Security​/Translator

Revere Public School District Augustine

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Revere Public Schools seeks an individual with strong public engagement and bilingual language skills to serve as a Security/Translator.

The Security/Translator plays a critical role in maintaining a safe, welcoming, and secure building and is responsible for facilitating respectful communication in a diverse multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual environment.

Successful candidates will work under the purview of the Superintendent of Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Pupil & Personnel Services, and will report primarily to the Principal and Assistant Principal(s) of the A.C. Whelan Elementary School.

• Greet visitors and facilitate appropriate connections to school staff, ensuring proper identification and sign in prior to admission to secured areas.
• Enforce school policies with all visitors and members of the school community.
• Monitor common areas including hallways and stairwells during class sessions and transitions, and oversee cafeteria, recess and other activities to insure orderly conduct, resolution of problems, emergencies, etc.
• Provide interpreting and translation services for the main office, at meetings and in conferences, including conversations among school staff, caregivers and others.
• Translate written correspondence for families whose primary language is not English
• Assist in the main office answering phones, generating and translating monthly calendar, tracking attendance and other office duties.
• Assist with other tasks as assigned by the principal to facilitate the daily operation of the building.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of Google Suite, MS Word and Excel.
• Ability to enforce rules and regulations.
• Strong work ethic and reliable attendance.
• Knowledge of school, district, and state discipline policies and laws.
• Knowledge of school, district, and state student privacy policies and laws.
• Ability to effectively de-escalate contentious situations.
• Fluency in English and a second language with the ability to interpret the spoken and translate the written languages.
• Spanish language skills preferred.

Compensation:
This is full time, 8 working hours per day Monday through Friday for the 43 weeks of the school year (185.5 days.) Position includes health, dental and paid leave benefits.

Position Type:
Full-time

Salary: upto $34,132 Per Year

• Student Services >
  Translator
• Support Staff >
  Safety/Security

Revere Public Schools is located adjacent to and just North of Boston, MA on the Atlantic Ocean. The district is comprised of eleven schools; six elementary, 3 middle, one high school, and one alternative middle and high school. We serve over 7,000 students of which 62% receive free/reduced lunch, and 42% return from school to homes where English is not the primary spoken language.

As urban educators, the district is proud of its accomplishments; testing in many areas in MCAS above State Average. In addition, the district has been recognized as a 2003 Vanguard District by Mass Insight Education, a 2006 finalist by the National Center for Urban School Transformation by San Diego State University, 2006 academic out performer by Standards and Poor, and most recently, Revere High School was one of thirty five MA schools to be named a Compass School by the MA DOE, and one of our elementary schools, the A.C. Whelan School was nominated by the Massachusetts Department of Education to the US Department of Education for recognition as a Blue Ribbon School.

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Revere Public Schools (RPS) reaffirms its commitment to the principles of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity for all. The School Committee subscribes to the principle of the dignity of all people and of their labors. Any individual who is responsible for hiring and/or personnel supervision must understand that applicants are employed, assigned, and promoted without regard to their race*, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, active military/veteran status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy, or pregnancy-related condition, homelessness, ancestry, ethnic background, national origin, or any other category protected by state or federal law.

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