What are the responsibilities and job description for the Educational Sign Language Interpreter – Deaf Education position at Cherokee County School District - GA?
Job Description Code: 4K.015
Division/Department: School Leadership and Operations
Pay Grade: Hearing Impaired Interpreters Classified Salary Schedule
Pay Type: Salaried; Non-Exempt
Retirement: TRS
Contract Work Year: 180 Days/40 Hour Work Week
Reports To: Principal
Evaluation Instrument: PEI
Minimum Qualifications
Valid credentials in compliance with Georgia Board of Education rule(s). American Sign Language certification preferred.
GOAL
Provide a hearing program that will allow students who are deaf/hard of hearing to achieve at their maximum potential.
Representative Duties & Responsibilities
Essential Duties
Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed – even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Chief Human Resources Officer.) It should also be noted the order of duties/ responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.
Minimum Requirements
In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.
Fringe Benefits
FICA is paid by the employee and matched by the School District. Temporary workers do not qualify for employee benefits.
Adopted: April 20, 2000
Revised: March 2005, July 2007, July 2008, April 2011, May 2011, May 2016, February 2017, July 2023, July 2024, July 2025
Division/Department: School Leadership and Operations
Pay Grade: Hearing Impaired Interpreters Classified Salary Schedule
Pay Type: Salaried; Non-Exempt
Retirement: TRS
Contract Work Year: 180 Days/40 Hour Work Week
Reports To: Principal
Evaluation Instrument: PEI
Minimum Qualifications
Valid credentials in compliance with Georgia Board of Education rule(s). American Sign Language certification preferred.
GOAL
Provide a hearing program that will allow students who are deaf/hard of hearing to achieve at their maximum potential.
Representative Duties & Responsibilities
- Interpret teachers, classmates and other school personnel’s language and discussion to select deaf/hard of hearing students.
- Translate deaf/hard of hearing students’ language to teachers, classmates and other school personnel.
- Accompany and assist deaf/hard of hearing students as necessary on field trips, co-curricular activities held during the school day, assemblies, etc.
- Substitute when necessary in deaf/hard of hearing instructor’s absence.
- Participate, as requested, in staff development activities, committee meetings etc.
- Possess and maintain valid and appropriate license, certificate and/ or credential as required for this position.
- Follow work scheduling and attendance requirements in a regular, predictable and punctual manner.
- Participate in training programs to increase skills and proficiency related to assignment.
- Review current developments, literature, and technical source information related to job responsibilities.
- Ensure adherence to safety procedures.
- Follow federal and state laws, as well as Board policies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Essential Duties
Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed – even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Chief Human Resources Officer.) It should also be noted the order of duties/ responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.
Minimum Requirements
In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.
Fringe Benefits
FICA is paid by the employee and matched by the School District. Temporary workers do not qualify for employee benefits.
Adopted: April 20, 2000
Revised: March 2005, July 2007, July 2008, April 2011, May 2011, May 2016, February 2017, July 2023, July 2024, July 2025