Temporary Test Center Assistant

Job Title: Temporary Test Center Assistant

Assignment: Temporary; 18 hours per week. Anticipated schedule: approximately 2.5 hours midday during lunch periods on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and a full day on Wednesdays. Anticipated assignment through March 19, 2027, with the possibility of extension based on District needs.

Location: Winnetka Campus
Supervisors: Testing Manager; Director of curriculum and Instruction
Starting Range: $24.48

Position Outcomes:

To support students taking make-up and other assessments in the Testing Center by administering tests, supervising the testing environment, and ensuring approved accommodations are provided. The assistant works with the Testing Office Assistant and Testing Manager to keep the center organized, secure, and accessible during extended hours of operation.

General Responsibilities:

This position supports the daily operation of the test make-up center by supervising students, administering assessments, providing approved accommodations, and assisting with the coordination of in-school testing. There is considerable contact with staff, students and parents. This individual works within established guidelines, exercising strict confidentiality, initiative and independent judgment in performing duties and in keeping informed of procedures.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent experience.
• Mathematical aptitude.
• Strong communication and organizational skills and attentive to detail.
• Physical ability to move around in the office and other areas of the building, lift and carry supplies and boxes (up to 25 pounds), and organize/distribute testing materials throughout the buildings.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Knowledge of current office practices and procedures, computers, and additional office equipment.
• Ability to keyboard rapidly and accurately and use various types of software applications including registration programs, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, data bases, and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of Special Education Accommodations as applied to testing.
• Ability to assemble and organize data and prepare reports from records.
• Ability to work independently.
• Exemplary interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate clearly and distinctly with staff, students and parents.

Position Expectations:

• Assists the Testing Manager in the Test Center by:
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• Supervising students who are taking examinations in the test make-up center, explaining and enforcing the rules of the test make-up center.
• Setting up and assisting with computerized listening exams.
• Distributing and ensuring collection of make-up examinations to students.
• Providing general support duties, including word processing, answering telephone inquiries, and opening and sorting mail.
• Distributing tests in teacher's mailboxes in the mailroom.
• Updating and maintaining confidential databases, reports, records and other information related to students' tests and scores.
• Communicating with teachers and adviser chairs regarding issues or concerns involving their students in the test make-up center

• Continues job performance enhancement by participating in professional growth activities.
• Projects a positive image of the district to parents, students, and staff, and exhibits a positive employee attitude.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

FLSA: Non-exempt