About Spring Lake Park Schools
Welcome to Spring Lake Park Schools! We are a vibrant school community serving about 6,200 students from the suburbs of Blaine, Fridley and Spring Lake Park, in the northern Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Our district purpose -- "High expectations, high achievement for all. No excuses" - provides our focus to meet the unique and varied needs of each student.
Spring Lake Park Schools is recognized for our commitment to personalized learning, creating a culture of innovation and creativity through human-centered design thinking. We are working to create a system - a culture with a methodology and set of processes - where teachers and staff have the freedom, flexibility and invitation to design new ways of learning centered around deepening student engagement to continuously improve student success.
Description: Bilingual Office Paraprofessional
Job Summary: This is a 7.0 hour per day (7.5 hour work day) position at Woodcrest Spanish Immersion Elementary in Spring Lake Park Schools. The position requires a person with strong collaborative and communication skills that is technologically savvy, self-directed, a team player, culturally aware, and responsible. The successful candidate will greet families and guests, answer phones and direct phone calls, assist with attendance, perform typical clerical duties in a school setting and provide student support throughout the building when needed.
Qualifications: Candidate must be able to handle confidential information, perform tasks proficiently while handling frequent interruptions, multi-task, and possess good communication skills. Candidate must have excellent customer service skills. Personal skills must include a professional, friendly, positive, and cooperative work style and the ability to work with many types of people in various circumstances. Previous clerical experience (office management, secretarial, or book keeping) in an education setting preferred, as well as above average word processing/keyboarding and other clerical skills. Extensive background in computer applications including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and Infinite Campus.
Bilingual candidates preferred (Spanish/English).
Position Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Pay per paraprofessional contract
Selection Procedure: Applications will be reviewed as received and qualified candidates will be interviewed until the position is filled. Please contact Jaime Nymann, Principal, with questions at jnyman@district16.org.
Equity is a priority for Spring Lake Park Schools and is essential to our goal of putting children first to ensure college and career readiness. A diverse workforce fuels innovation and allows us to better understand, communicate with, and educate our students. Spring Lake Park Schools will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of sex, race, religion, color, creed, national origin, marital status, age, sexual preference, disability, or status with regard to public assistance.
Spring Lake Park Schools
Sep 22, 2024