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<blockquote data-quote="Californiablonde" data-source="post: 599557" data-attributes="member: 2196"><p>I can take Spanish calls as long as they are calling in their kid sick or for court and doctor's appointments. I can ask for the name and phone number in spanish and I understand them when they speak to me. I cannot call up and explain to a parent in spanish that their kid is truant and they need to make an appointment with the school. That is a huge part of my job so there's no way I could do it. Another teacher and I took a spanish class a few years ago but it was an intermediate class and was too hard for the both of us. We fell way behind and ended up dropping out. I would consider taking a beginner's class sometime in the near future. Still I would need to be taking classes for several years before I would be considered fluent. My supervisor told me that part of her testing was to translate an entire IEP from English to Spanish. IEP's are incredibly lengthy and contain medical diagnoses, etc and she said it was hard. She's been speaking Spanish her entire life and she told me that was the hardest part of the test. So I need to be pretty fluent to qualify for a bilingual job. There are plenty of other positions in the district that do not require spanish speaking. Two of them in particular I am interested in. At my school we have two admin assistants and they are not bilingual. They are also eleven month positions which is what I'm looking for plus it's a higher salary. Both of these ladies are in their early sixties. I am hoping and praying one of them retires soon because when they do I am going after their positions!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Californiablonde, post: 599557, member: 2196"] I can take Spanish calls as long as they are calling in their kid sick or for court and doctor's appointments. I can ask for the name and phone number in spanish and I understand them when they speak to me. I cannot call up and explain to a parent in spanish that their kid is truant and they need to make an appointment with the school. That is a huge part of my job so there's no way I could do it. Another teacher and I took a spanish class a few years ago but it was an intermediate class and was too hard for the both of us. We fell way behind and ended up dropping out. I would consider taking a beginner's class sometime in the near future. Still I would need to be taking classes for several years before I would be considered fluent. My supervisor told me that part of her testing was to translate an entire IEP from English to Spanish. IEP's are incredibly lengthy and contain medical diagnoses, etc and she said it was hard. She's been speaking Spanish her entire life and she told me that was the hardest part of the test. So I need to be pretty fluent to qualify for a bilingual job. There are plenty of other positions in the district that do not require spanish speaking. Two of them in particular I am interested in. At my school we have two admin assistants and they are not bilingual. They are also eleven month positions which is what I'm looking for plus it's a higher salary. Both of these ladies are in their early sixties. I am hoping and praying one of them retires soon because when they do I am going after their positions! [/QUOTE]
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