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Job Description
Position Type:
Paraprofessionals/Cultural Immersion Program Paraprofessional
Date Posted:
10/9/2024
Location:
Lowell Elementary School
Closing Date:
10/16/2024
Cultural Immersion Program Paraprofessional (Ojibwe Language)
Lowell Elementary School
40 hours/week | Monday - Friday
Starting Wage: $20.05/hr, increases with experience + Benefits
Join the Duluth Public Schools team, where we work to inspire every student to achieve their potential and prepare students to lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Summary:
The Cultural Immersion Program Paraprofessionals will work within the classroom with the teacher to support the academic and linguistic achievement of native English-speaking and/or native Ojibwe -speaking students within a rigorous one-way or two-way dual language immersion instructional framework. He/she is also responsible for collaborating with school personnel, parents an d community agencies to provide quality instructional programs and to perform other duties directly related to support the academic and linguistic achievement of native English-speaking and/or native Ojibwe-speaking students.
Minimum Qualifications:- Requires a minimum of an Associate Degree, and at least one year of experience working in an early childhood or elementary classroom that facilitates a student-centered learning activities related to Ojibwe Language Immersion.
- ACTFL (American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages) Intermediate-high/advanced-low oral proficiency and literacy in the Ojibwe Language is preferred.
- Ojibwe language double-vowel writing system
- Cultural and historical aspects of Ojibwe people.
- Cultural and socioeconomic diversity and population issues.
- Early childhood education materials, including learning games for pre-school children.
- Organizing work load as to get maximum use of time and effectiveness.
- Multi task and priorities work task
- Written and verbal communication skills to make oral presentations.
- Researching resources of outside organizations for the benefit of students and parents.
- The usage of desktop computers and applications software.
- Organize workload that provides effective and efficient achievement.
- Make oral presentations that are clear and concise
- Use desktop computers and applications software.
Medical/Prescription Drug Plan with Health Reimbursement Arrangement- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of premium (FREE) + contributes $2,612.50 into HRA annually
- Family Coverage - District pays 75% of premium (25% employee contribution) + contributes $5,225.00 into HRA annually
- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of Basic premium (FREE)
- Family Coverage - District pays 25% of Premium
- District provides minimum of $50,000 of life insurance at no cost, employee may purchase supplemental life insurance
- District-provided at no cost to employee
- Employees may elect to contribute on a pre-tax basis to Health Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
- The District contributes 7.5% of your total salary in the Public Employees Retirement Association) pension plan.
- Employees may also elect to participate in Tax-Shelter Annuity options.
- Each bargaining unit contract defines time off provisions such as holidays, sick/personal leave, vacation, etc.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 218-336-8722 or email noncerthr@isd709.org -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Duluth Public Schools
Show moreDuluth, or Onigamiising in Ojibwe, is the seat of St. Louis County, the largest city in the northern two-thirds of Minnesota, and the fourth largest city in the state. It is located on the western tip of Lake Superior and its city limits encompass 67 square miles of land and nearly 50 square miles of water. It is part of the Twin Ports metropolitan statistical area which includes all of Wisconsin's Douglas County, and Minnesota's Carlton, Lake, and Saint Louis counties which boasts a population of 291,638, ranked as the 170th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
After years of building economic diversity, Duluth is growing into a robust regional economic, medical, aviation, higher education, outdoor recreation and arts center. Duluth has long been recognized as an innovative region that is supported by a wide variety of services and industries, including the largest, farthest inland freshwater port, the Port of Duluth-Superior.
The city also boasts a vibrant arts culture, home to art museums, theater, and numerous festivals throughout the year. It is the home of two colleges and a university whose local sports teams include nationally ranked and championship teams.
Duluth Public Schools offers an excellent, competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes medical, prescription drug, dental, life, and disability coverage. A pension plan, tax-sheltered annuities program, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health care savings plan and employee assistance program round out the district’s robust benefits program.
The district pays a significant portion of the premium for medical hospitalization, dental and prescription coverage for employees and dependents and offers Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) funding.
The district also has generous provisions for vacation, holidays, family and medical leave and other types of paid and unpaid leave. The district recently added Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth to our list of paid holidays.
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