Sign Language Interpreter II at Special Education

About the role

Provide complex sign language interpretation between teachers, hearing students and other members of the school environment and students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in a classroom or related environment; assist teachers by providing direct instruction to deaf and hard-of-hearing students under the supervision of a teacher at a level required for access to the curriculum for students grades preschool to high school seniors.

Responsibilities

• Interpret in sign language to assist students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in communicating with teachers, counselors, administrators, psychologists, hearing students and others as needed.
• Aid students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in regular classrooms according to established procedures and report progress to appropriate staff.
• Tutor and provide instruction as needed to individual or small groups of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing; reinforce instruction as directed by the teacher.
• Interpret for students during extra-curricular and co-curricular activities or any other school-related activities, including getting on and off the bus, assemblies, field trips, and use of cafeteria and playground as assigned.
• Cover auditory environment stimuli to deaf students including bells, drills/alarms, coughing and other sounds to contribute to understanding and navigating their environment and engaging with it appropriately.
• Facilitate students’ on-going acquisition of sign-language skills.
• Consult with classroom teachers to identify students in need of special assistance, identify unusual problems and report to teachers as appropriate.
• Work with teachers to develop ways of increasing interaction between students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and all peers.
• Sign and interpret for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing to assist in achieving their IEP goals; report student progress to assigned teachers.
• Participate in IEP meetings, parent conferences and in-service training programs as assigned.
• Provide staff and student training on the use of an interpreter.
• Absorb and convey the different “registers” of the speaker, e.g., degree of formality, range of emotion, directiveness, and discourse markers which indicate the comment as an “aside” to the main conversation.
• Teach students the skills of using sign language interpretation.
• Modify and prepare instructional materials for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
• Encourage student independence and participation in activities, including use of communication.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with adults and children.
• Perform routine clerical duties such as filing, duplicating and maintaining records.
• Understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Speak, read and write clearly and distinctly.
• Work cooperatively with others.
• Operate instructional equipment, computers and assistive technology related to deafness.
• Learn the functions, procedures and limitations of assigned duties.

Requirements

• Demonstrated proficiency in complex sign language interpretation and increasingly responsible experience working with deaf and hard-of-hearing children in an organized setting.
• Satisfactory completion of the California High School Proficiency Examination (Basic Skills Assessment Test).
• Interpreter certification from a statewide or nationally recognized organization or certifying body, e.g., Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or ACCI/NAD Level 4.
• Valid California Drivers License.

Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to: high school diploma or equivalent plus demonstrated proficiency in complex sign language interpretation and increasingly responsible experience working with deaf and hard-of-hearing children in an organized setting.

Skills

Fluency in American Sign Language, Signed English and Pidgin Signed English.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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