0.8 Drop-Out Prevention Assistant

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Required Qualifications:

High School Diploma or equivalent. Desire to work with children When enrollment dictates, ESOL aide must possess required bilingual skills. Effective January 8, 2006, existing jobholders assigned to schools qualifying as "Schoolwide Projects," as defined by Federal Title I legislation, must have attained an Associate's Degree from a regionally accredited institution; or, must have completed two years of coursework (60 credit hours minimum) in a regionally accredited institution; or, must have passed a written exam in math, reading and writing administered by the school district. Effective March 22, 2002, new hires assigned to "Schoolwide Projects," as defined by Federal Title I legislation, must possess an Associate's Degree from a regionally accredited institution; or, must have completed two years of coursework (60 credit hours minimum) in a regionally accredited institution; or, must pass a written exam in math, reading and writing administered by the school district. Upon receipt of an ESOL student must successfully complete a one-time eighteen (18) hour requirement for ESOL training that must be finished within one year of the receipt of the ESOL student. (Consent Decree, U.S. District Court, Miami Division, Case No. 90-193 I. A.6.) Effective the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, existing jobholders and new hires in all Differentiated Accountability Program schools must possess an Associate's Degree from a regionally accredited institution, or must have completed two years of coursework (60 credit hours minimum) in a regionally accredited institution, or must pass a written exam in math, reading and writing administered by the school district. (FL DOE Differentiated Accountability Program codified by FL Legislature and signed by the Governor on June 10, 2009 ).

BACKGROUND SCREENING

All prospective employees must submit to a Level 2 background check pursuant to Florida State Statute 435.04 and be found eligible by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. The background check will include, but is not limited to, fingerprinting for statewide criminal history records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, national criminal history records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies, and a search of the sexual predator and sexual offender registries of any state in which the prospective employee resided during the immediate preceding 5 years. If you would like more information about the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse, please visit https://info.flclearinghouse.com/ .