Educational Interpreter

Join our Pulaski team as an Educational Interpreter and make a meaningful impact by bridging communication for deaf and hard-of-hearing students! You'll play a vital role in ensuring equal access to education by interpreting classroom instruction, school activities, and social interactions. If you're passionate about inclusion and certified in Educational Interpreting, we want to hear from you!

The interpreter provides interpreting and/or transliterating services for deaf and hearing students in the educational environment. This environment includes classrooms, field trips, assemblies, counseling sessions, club meetings, extracurricular activities, IEP meetings, and other educational settings. The interpreter facilitates communication through use of sign language, spoken English, cultural mediation, and knowledge about visual accessibility. Completion of an interpreter preparation program or equivalent experience. Ability to interpret/translate (expressive and voice) at a normal conversational rate. Ability to provide oral interpreting/transliterating (expressive and voice). Ability to carry out, under supervision of professional staff, programs established for student(s). Demonstrated ability to: work collaboratively carry out emergency/crisis response procedures perform all computer technology tasks associated with the position maintain confidentiality communicate positively/effectively with students, parents, staff, patrons Commitment to the Pulaski Board of Education Educational Philosophy Demonstrated skills in positive human relations and cultural competence. Demonstrated skills in problem solving and conflict management. Essential Job Functions: Communication: • provide interpreting and/or transliterating services for deaf consumers and hearing students in the educational environment • facilitate communication through use of sign language, spoken English, cultural mediation, and knowledge about accessibility • interpret within: o social and academic settings o direct and overheard conversations o class instruction, lectures, and tests o assemblies, field trips, etc. Confidentiality: • keep all assignment-related information strictly confidential • if requested, give information to the IEP team about the student’s skills regarding use of interpreting services Must be able to: arrive at work promptly and attend regularly follow directions and work well with others work under the stress of deadlines concentrate and perform tasks accurately react to change productively perform other tasks as assigned

Qualifications: Educational Interpreter (License #O020).