Bilingual teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Bilingual teacher in details. A complete job description concludes Bilingual teacher key duties/responsibilities, Bilingual teacher job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Bilingual teacher duties:

1. Responsible for planning and implementing curriculum used by classroom teachers in Pre-K classes. Provides support and direction to teaching staff in creating appropriate lesson plans.
2. Provides instruction in preschool classroom in cooperation with other teaching staff.
3. Observes and assesses teachers in the classroom to ensure that the teaching methods and activities for children are appropriate. Provides feedback to classroom teachers.
4. Provides leadership in developing the Children’s Center as a model intergenerational site.
5. Responsible for maintaining an environment that appropriately addresses the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of the children.
6. Ensures appropriate child guidance and discipline.
7. Provides consultation, training, and resource information to staff.
8. Participates in planning and implementation of ongoing in-service training and orientation for staff and parents. Builds and ensures positive and on-going relationships with parents.
9. Coordinates the completion of required monthly reports and enrollment forms, CAP forms and CAP observation checklists.
10. Tracks and provides support to teaching staff for ongoing observation and documentation process by teaching staff of the Focused Portfolios.
11. Works effectively with diverse staff and service population.
12. Performs other duties as assigned.

II. List of Bilingual teacher qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in education or a related field is required.
2. State teaching certification required (middle school math or secondary math certification is preferred).
3. Demonstrated successful experience in education or an education-related field.
4. Ability to multi-task and independently problem-solve.
5. Strong personality and communication skills.
6. Strong technology skills with an emphasis on typing skills and the Microsoft Office software suite.
7. Fluent in both English and Spanish

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.