English as a Second Language (ESL) Aide Job Description
Date Updated: November 2024 FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Reports To: Principal and ELD Supervisor Employee Group: Support Staff
Days Per Year: 180 Hours Per Day: 4 to 7
Salary Range: H8
Job Summary:
Provide assistance to the English as a Second Language (ESL) student with listening, speaking,
reading, writing, and comprehension exercises and activities which will be directed by the ESL
Teacher.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist teachers with creating new student files, providing informal testing and assessments,
and gathering and preparing instructional materials.
- Assist with daily student work for all six levels of English proficiency.
- Provide support to the ESL student and the classroom teacher and reinforce class content
information to the ESL student by tutoring the EL in content areas using ESL strategies as
directed by the ESL or classroom teacher.
- Attend faculty meetings, ESL in-service or conferences, and workshops as requested by the
Principal.
- Reinforce classroom teacher instructions.
- Assist in the areas of testing as permitted to do so as a highly-qualified ESL aide including
the Woodcock-Muñoz test, the WIDA Access test, the PSSA tests, Keystone tests, and final
exams. (Online certifications required for testing)
- Perform other clerical, tutorial, supportive duties as assigned by the Principal, ELD
Department Supervisor, and/or ESL Teacher.
Qualifications:
- Some experience in public education necessary
- High school diploma or equivalent necessary
- Associate's degree preferred
- Proficiency in English in the areas of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and
comprehension skills required
- Respectful and effective communication skills with students and staff
- Knowledgeable in the area of technology and technology tools and programs
- Submission of pre-employment medical examination (Section 148 of the PA School Code)
- Submission of the following clearances:
o PA State Criminal History Record (Act 34 & Act 114)
o PA Dept. of Public Welfare Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151 & Act 114)
o Federal (FBI) Background Check (Act 24)
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and
acceptable
Physical Demands:
- Ability to reach above and below the waist
- Ability to use fingers to pick, feel and grasp objects
- Ability to use both hands for repetitive motion
- Some stooping, kneeling, bending and twisting of the body required
- Ability to bend, twist, kneel, stoop, climb, and crawl
- Ability to lift and/or carry supplies and/or papers weighing no more than 20 lbs.
- Ability to sit, walk, stand or move throughout the building, often for extended periods of
the workday
Sensory Abilities:
- Visual acuity
- Auditory acuity
Work Environment:
- Typical office environment
- Typical classroom environment
- Typical technology environment specific to classroom programs
- Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
Temperament:
- Must possess excellent interpersonal relationship and customer service skills
- Must be cooperative, congenial, and service-oriented
- Must be able to work in an environment with frequent interruptions
- Must be culturally aware and culturally sensitive to diverse populations and traditions
Cognitive Ability:
- Ability to follow written and verbal directives
- Ability to read and write
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to organize and prioritize tasks
- Ability to handle multiple tasks
- Ability to exercise good judgment
Specific Skills:
- Must possess computer technology skills, familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to operate various school/office equipment
- Must appropriately handle confidential information
All job functions are to be executed through the lens of high quality, customer service.
Customers are defined as both internal and external clients. Examples demonstrative of high
quality customer service may include, but are not limited to, the following:
o Prompt responsiveness to inquiries
o Professional and courteous verbal and nonverbal communication
o Proactive problem solving
(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability or
disabilities to perform the primary duties and responsibilities of the job.)
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