Hiring Pool - ASL English Interpreting Lab

This is an open pool posting and applicants will be contacted only if a suitable position becomes available. Pool may be used to fill vacancies for the Fall 2025 - Summer 2026.

This pool expires 05/31/2026. Applicants wishing to remain in this pool past 05/31/2026, must reapply at that time.

Position Summary:

 
The ASL English Interpretation Lab Mentor provides mentorship to UNC students enrolled in ASL English Interpretation (ASLEI) major courses with the INTR prefix to facilitate individual and/or small group interactions to supplement or remediate interpretation skills taught in courses.   

This is a semester-long, part-time assignment that has the potential for renewal each semester, including fall, spring, and summer semesters.

Job Duties:

The ASL English Interpretation Lab Mentor must be a certified interpreter, with the skills to accurately model ASL English interpretation, assess a student’s interpretation skills, identify the student’s interpretation strengths and weaknesses, and design and implement a successful mentorship plan with appropriate learning interventions. In addition, the ASL English Interpretation Lab Mentor needs outstanding soft skills to meet a variety of students where they are emotionally and academically at their level of skill development coursework at UNC.

The ASL English Interpretation Lab Mentor will work independently and therefore will need to exercise critical thinking and judgment in all their interactions. As a member of the Department, the ASL English Interpretation Lab Mentor will need to be familiar with federal laws (e.g., FERPA) and UNC policies (e.g., technology users’ policy), as well as some of the external regulatory bodies that influence the ASLIS philosophy and course design (e.g., Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, National Association of Interpreters in Education, Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education).

Finally, the ASL English Interpretation Lab Mentor will work with technology in the lab and at a distance and needs to be familiar with these media.

Minimum Qualifications:

• National Interpreter Certification (NIC/CDI or equivalent, BEI Advanced or Higher, EIPA 4.0 or higher).
• Exemplary people skills
• Competence with technologies, in the lab and delivered to distance students

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience mentoring working interpreters
• Experience mentoring/tutoring students who are learning to become interpreters

Contact Information:
Barbara Garrett          Barbara.garrett@unco.edu    970-351-1117
Sherry Schriver           sherry.schriver@unco.edu      970-351-1060

Benefits:

Benefits available include health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance, as well as a selection of several defined contribution retirement plans for all full-time positions. Employees at UNC receive sick leave, and other leave options may be available based on position. Full-time employees are eligible to receive tuition waiver benefits, as well as dependents and spouses of UNC Employees  who are employed at 0.5 FTE or above are eligible for undergraduate dependent tuition grants of up to 50%. These tuition grants will cover in-state tuition charges. Further requirements may exist. Other benefits may be available based on position.

About UNC
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Background Check
Satisfactory completion of a background check, educational check, and authorization to work in the United States is required after a conditional offer of employment has been made. The successful candidate must submit original transcripts within one (1) month of hire.

This position is contingent on funding from the Colorado State Legislature, approval by the Board of Trustees, and subject to the policies and regulations of the University of Northern Colorado.

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