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Proficiency Assessment Specialist

Loudoun County Public Schools (Virginia)

World Languages and Cultures Office, Virginia

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Proficiency Assessment Specialist

Loudoun County Public Schools (Virginia)

World Languages and Cultures Office, Virginia
 
Salary: Information not available
 

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

 

 

 

 

 

About Loudoun County Public Schools (Virginia)

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) fulfills its mission of “Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world" through deeper learning experiences, demonstrating instructional leadership across the Commonwealth and nation as a member of the Virginia is for Lovers Network 4.0 and by being recognized by the Virginia Department of Education as a School Division of Innovation.

Loudoun's 98 public schools offer more than 82,000 students an educational program that ranks among the best in Virginia and the nation.  As the fastest growing county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Loudoun continues its proud tradition of quality public education, maintaining an outstanding record of student achievement despite the pressures of surging enrollment.

Loudoun County Public Schools is the third largest school division in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 41st in the nation.

LCPS centers equity as one of its foundational core values. For our community, equity means being committed to providing a safe, supportive, inclusive, affirming, and respectful environment for each student and staff member that fosters success, growth, and academic rigor. The cultivation of this environment requires us to reject and condemn the use of hate speech, racial slurs, antisemitism, and any action or behavior that discriminates based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, orientation, gender expression, socio-economic status, religion, ability, or other cultural identities or expression. Such noninclusive speech, behavior, and actions do not reflect who we are as a learning community.

We embrace and value the unique identities, backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and needs of each student and employee. Celebrating our diversity is important and helps define us as a school division.

Demonstrating the courage to address inequities and remove barriers represents an integral part of our collective effort towards excellence in education. Equity is the vehicle that leads to greater access, opportunity, and equality so that each student is empowered to make meaningful contributions to the world.

With rapid growth and expansion comes various jobs vacancies! We hope you will consider LCPS as you begin your career!