Washington County School District
Job Description
Job Title: Bilingual Assessment Technician
Department: Special Education
Reports To: Special Education Coordinator or Designee
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Salary Schedule: SC lane 08 (potential for SC lane 09)
Prepared By: Director of Special Education
Prepared Date:
Approved By: Human Resources Director
Approved Date: August 22, 2006 (revised 6/2/14)
SUMMARY
The Bilingual Assessment Technician will function under the direction of the School Psychologist Coordinator I and Director of Special Education. The Bilingual Assessment Technician will work through the principal and assigned special education case manager in various schools of the District, offering their services to teachers, students, and parents.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Regular attendance and timeliness is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position.
Conducts individual academic assessments and observations relevant to a student's learning or behavioral problems, under the direction and supervision of the School Psychologist or designated special education personnel.
Scores
and completes reports related to each of these assessments and observations.
Works with the school psychologist to complete written reports for assessments and observations.
Ensures that copies of each written report are included in the student’s confidential special education file and that information is made available to each student’s case manager. A list of tests/procedures the Bilingual Assessment Technician is qualified to administer will be maintained by the Special Education Director.
Assists in the development of procedures and practices to ensure that appropriate child find activities take place within English as a second language (ESL) populations in WCSD.
Assists in the implementation and coordination of special education and Medicaid child find activities with ESL populations in WCSD.
Assists in the development of procedures and practices to implement and coordinate outreach and child find for Medicaid programs within WCSD.
Works closely with ESL families and special education staff to coordinate, schedule and complete the referral, assessment and eligibility processes required by District, State and Federal rules and regulations for Special Education.
Assists in the evaluation and
identification of students with disabilities as mandated by Federal, State and
District regulations and guidelines.
In particular, assists in the evaluation and identification of students
with disabilities who have a language other than English as their primary
language.
Maintains and updates student testing information and scores; updates college and university information as assigned.
Creates and maintains work logs, databases, spreadsheet files, and other data collection procedures.
Updates computer data files with a wide variety of student information as assigned.
SUPERVISORY
RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must demonstrate an acceptable level of maturity, good judgment, and emotional stability.
EDUCATION and/or
EXPERIENCE
Associate’s Degree or equivalent, including:
(1) Course work or comparable training in administration of
specific assessment instruments and observation techniques.
(2) Competency in the administration, scoring and written reports
for specific assessment instruments and observation techniques.
(3) Competency/fluency in
a language other than English.
CERTIFICATES,
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
District will determine a competency certification process
to be implemented. Certificate(s) can be obtained within district after
completing a competency based evaluation from designated district personnel. District may choose to outsource training and
competency certification to an outside reputable and approved agency (USOE,
etc.).
A list of tests/procedures the SPED Bilingual Assessment
Technician is qualified to administer will be maintained by the Special Education Director.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to effectively present
information to case manager or School Psychologist or designated special
education personnel. Competency/fluency in a language other than
English preferred.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to calculate scores on standards
assessments and complete tables and computerized scoring.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to communicate
thinking and explain standardized assessment
procedures and findings.
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 talk or hear. The employee
frequently is required to sit. The employee is
occasionally required to stand and walk.
The employee must frequently lift and/or
move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by
this job include close vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
The noise level in the environment
is moderate.