Sign Language Interpreter

Job Title: Educational Interpreter Exceptional Children Services

This position is for the 2024-2025 school year. It is a full-time position with benefits.

The educational interpreter will perform interpreting in the educational setting and/or school-related activities for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Daily directions will be provided by the general education teacher and/or the teacher of the deaf. The employee will direct any concerns regarding job function or student performance to the appropriate staff members. The employee will report to the teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, the principal, the Program Specialist, and/or the Director of Special Programs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Acts as a support for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher to enhance the success of the Hearing Impaired Program.
• Facilitates communication between the student and his peers and the student and adults in the school environment.
• Studies the content of the lessons prior to class to ensure accurate representation of the lesson. Tutors students who are deaf or hard of hearing under the direction of the teacher.
• Provides feedback to teachers upon request.
• Serves as liaison to promote positive and cooperative relationships within the school environment.
• May teach beginning sign language to students and/or staff.

Minimum Training and Experience:

• Educational Interpreter I - Requires an associate's degree in Educational Interpreting or a related field from an accredited program and a passing score of 3.3 or higher on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment.
• Educational Interpreter II - Requires an associate's degree in Educational Interpreting or a related field from an accredited program and a passing score of 3.5 or higher on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment and a minimum of three years of experience in the educational setting.
• Educational Interpreter III - Requires an associate's degree in Educational Interpreting or a related field from an accredited program and a passing score of 4.0 or higher on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment or hold a national certification and a minimum of five years of experience in the educational setting.

Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions:

• Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of automated office machines including computers, typewriters, calculators, printers, copiers, etc. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for periods of time.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
• Interpersonal Communications: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments, and/or directions from supervisors.
• Language Ability: Requires the ability to read correspondence and reports. Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
• Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in oral, written, diagrammatic, or schedule form.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Competence in the communication modality used by the student who is deaf or hard of hearing.
• Competence in English grammar, including syntax, spelling, and punctuation.
• Working knowledge of typical language development.
• Strong interpersonal skills relating to students and adults.
• Working knowledge of subjects being interpreted.
• Understanding of deafness and its impact on language development.
• Skill in expressive interpreting at a rate commensurate with conversational speech and class lectures.
• Adequate reverse interpreting skills while maintaining the integrity of the message.
• Ability to support and work as a member of the educational team.

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