Interpreter-Contractual

About the role

Under general supervision, provides foreign language interpreting and translation services.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates effective communication between BCPS staff, students, parents, and the public by providing high-quality spoken language interpreting services.
• Supports multilingual families by ensuring accurate and culturally sensitive interpretation in various educational settings.
• Interpret spoken communication between parents, students, and school personnel from the target language into English and vice versa.
• Provide interpretation services for:
  • Infants and Toddlers Program
  • Child Find Program
  • Special education meetings and assessments
  • Parent-teacher conferences
  • School events and assemblies
  • Attendance and suspension hearings
• Perform sight translations of short written texts as needed.
• Act as a cultural broker, offering context and clarification to bridge cultural gaps between schools and multilingual families.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism in all interactions.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of a foreign language.
• Knowledge of the educational process and system.
• Skill in fluently speaking, reading, and writing a foreign language.
• Skill in translating written documents from a foreign language into English and from English to a foreign language.
• Ability to work effectively with BCPS families, students, teachers and program staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with the families of students, school staff, the public, and others.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

The work of this class will include travel to schools throughout the system.

Pay

$37.42 per hour (contractual)

Benefits

BCPS offers limited benefits for temporary employees that may include 403(b)/457 plans, paid sick and safe leave accruals, and access to credit union benefits. Visit the BCPS website for additional information about benefit plans for BCPS employees at https://www.bcps.org/hr/compliance/benefits_and_retirement.