Primary Language Tutor - Mandarin at Palo Alto Unified School District
Job Summary
Job Summary
Education, Experience & Training: BA/BS Degree preferred A.A. degree or equivalent (any combination of training and experience equivalent to two years of college level work). Satisfactory work history Successful experience demonstrating tact, courtesy, positive attitude and maintaining cooperative relationships with those contacted during the course of work Fluent in Mandarin EXPERIENCE: The Palo Alto Unified School District English Learner Program is currently looking for adult tutors to support High School aged students in languages other than English. Potential candidates must care about and enjoy children. The Palo Alto Unified School District English Learner program seeks fluent speakers and writers of Mandarin. RESPONSIBILITIES: Tutors will support beginning English Learners by helping them understand classroom teacher instruction and the core content. Tutors will be utilized to explain information and translate for the child, and the teacher in the classroom and at parent meetings. Tutors are often used to translate written English into the child’s primary language to support parents that prefer to read in languages other than English. Tutors are important resources in the English Learner Program because they provide a means of communication between beginning English speaking students, teachers and parents. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, turn, talk and hear, and taste and smell. The employee frequently is required to use hands to write, keyboard, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The emp