Special Education | 6.5hr Deaf & Hard of Hearing Interpreter @ Snider High School

About the role

Provide voice to sign and sign to voice interpreting and other support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students; provide translating tutorial and instructional support services to meet the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Qualifications

• Any combination equivalent to: graduation from high school.
• Incumbents must be able to interpret using Signing Exact English (SEE)/ American Sign Language (ASL) method (receptive and expressive).
• Possess an Educational Interpreting Performance Assessment (EIPA). EIPA must be a minimum score of 3.5 and/or incumbent may hold a certification issued by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Inc.
• Prior experience working with students with special needs preferred.
• Candidate must be flexible to meet the changing needs of Deaf/Hard of Hearing students.
• Relate well with students, staff, and parents.
• Indiana Department of Education requires participation in training to earn a minimum of 36 Professional Growth Points (PGP) every 2 years.
• Alternative Functional Programs require passing level 1 of the FWCS Sign Language Assessment.

Essential Functions

• Interpret and transliterate for deaf and hard-of-hearing students to reinforce and follow-up instructional concepts in various subject areas utilizing sign language.
• Interpret from spoken language into sign language and from sign language into spoken language; must follow the Indiana State Board of Education Educational Interpreter Code of Ethics.
• Provide interpretation services to facilitate communications among students, faculty, staff, parents, and others; utilize appropriate register of the language and intent of the speaker; interpret, explain, and assure student understanding of instructional directions.
• Perform a variety of clerical duties in support of classroom activities such as preparing typing, duplicating, and filing instructional materials.
• Provide behavioral supports for students in the classroom and other school facilities according to approved procedures; monitor students outdoor activities as required; monitor and report progress regarding student behavior.
• Confer with students, teachers, and administrators concerning instructional functions, interpretation services, educational progress, and related issues, needs, and activities; participate in the IEP process as assigned.
• Participate in yearly Sign Language Assessment conducted by FWCS Department of Special Education to Advancement on the pay scale; attend and participate in various meetings, conferences, trainings, and in-services as assigned.
• Perform related duties as assigned by the Administrator to meet the particular needs of the building/unit.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent exposure to outside weather conditions.
• Frequent exposure to bending at the waist, kneeling, or crouching.
• Frequent exposure to pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying students weighing 50 pounds or more in wheelchairs as assigned.
• Frequent exposure to frequent sitting or standing.
• Frequent exposure to frequent speaking and hearing.
• Frequent exposure to frequent dexterity of hands and fingers.
• Frequent exposure to frequent close vision and ability to adjust focus.