About this role
TITLE: SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETER QUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma
• Meets the educational requirements as mandated in the No Child Left Behind Legislation
• Completion of an interpreter preparation program or equivalent experience required
• Ability to interpret/transliterate via sign language/spoken English (voice for deaf student/s) at a normal conversational rate
• Demonstrates ability to work with people and to implement plans according to directions
• Willingness to be flexible to learn and perform new tasks
REPORTS TO: Principal JOB GOAL: To facilitate communication among deaf or hard of hearing students and their hearing peers, the teacher's directions/instructions and all other spoken communication within the educational environment. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provides expressive and voice interpreting (may include American Sign Language, manually coded English, and/or oral interpreting) for deaf or hard of hearing students within the educational environment.
• Provides tutoring and/or notetaking services for deaf or hard of hearing students when necessary and when interpreting is not needed.
• Participates in educational team meetings, including the development and review of progress on the Individualized Education Program IEP, providing insight on the success of communication strategies.
• Provides interpreting for extracurricular activities and parent meetings when necessary.
• Assists in providing pertinent information in connection to deafness to hearing students, teachers and other staff members.
• Works with small groups or individuals to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists individual students.
• Maintains confidentiality concerning students and students' records and data.
• Participates in professional development.
• Performs other duties as directed.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 183 days. Salary to be determined by the salary schedule established by the Board.