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Job Type:
Part-time
Minimum USD hourly rate: 29.17
Maximum USD hourly rate: 29.17

Industry: Part-Time / Hourly

Company: Loudoun County Public Schools

Position Overview

The Proficiency Assessment Specialist conducts and evaluates student performance to determine language ability on the Credit Through Testing State approved exam or Nationally normed assessments. The purpose of these language assessments is to determine the students’ proficiency level for course placement, awarding high school credit, as appropriate, or meeting the criteria for the Virginia Seal of Biliteracy.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Conducts detailed language assessments of students who have a home or heritage language other than English.
  • Prepares and writes reports including results of assessments, interpretations of scores, recommendations for improvement, as needed.
  • Consults and collaborates with other proficiency assessment assessors regarding students’ performance and language use.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree, or higher, from a university or college
  • Native or superior proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in the language assessed
  • Experience assessing student language performance or proficiency preferred
  • Proficiency in one of the following languages is preferred: American Sign Language, Amharic, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Japanese, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish and Vietnamese

Physical Requirements

The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this position:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking. expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Hours as needed

Salary: Banded Rates, Band 10

Salary: $29.17/hourly

Reports To: Supervisor, World Languages and Cultures

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