Teacher Assistant Bilingual
Chicago Public SchoolsChicago, Illinois, United States
Posted August 21, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a district on the rise, serving over 325,000 students in 500+ schools and employing over 45,000 people, most of them teachers.
Job Description
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a district on the rise, serving over 325,000 students in 500+ schools and employing over 45,000 people, most of them teachers. The Office of Multilingual-Multicultural Education (OMME) exists to guide CPS in providing a high-quality education for all language learners that is attentive to a culturally and linguistically diverse community of students, families, and educators.
Requirements
- Use bilingual skills and assist in the supervision of students during lunchroom and playground activities
- Provide security functions within the school, such as monitoring corridors and reviewing student identification cards
- Assist students in understanding and completing classroom assignments
- Assist teachers in preparing bulletin boards and displaying students work in classrooms
- Operate photocopying and duplicating machines to reproduce educational materials
- Assist in maintaining the orderly arrangement of classrooms
- Greet and direct visitors to appropriate areas of the school
- Consult with teachers regarding concerns of individual student
- Operate audio-visual equipment, such as video cassette recorders, movie projectors, film strip projectors, tape recorders, and phonographs
- Tutor students under the supervision of the classroom teacher
- Assist in collecting and grading students' homework assignments and examination materials under the supervision of the classroom teacher
- Assist in supervising the loading and unloading of students on school busses
- Assist in the receipt, processing, and issuance of new books under the supervision of the classroom teacher
- Collect daily classroom absentee reports and contact parents and guardians to verify causes of student absences
- Assist elementary school teachers with wraps and toilet recesses as necessary
- Assist in the supervision of the school procedure to sell public transportation passes to students
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance