JOB TITLE: INTERPRETER FOR DEAF/HARD OF HEARING PROGRAM
REPORTS TO: Certified staff member for Deaf/Hard of Hearing or NISEC Administrator
MAJOR FUNCTION: Facilitate communication among hearing impaired students and their hearing peers, the classroom registered staff members, and other personnel in the school system.
REQUIREMENTS: A. High school diploma
- Previous interpreting experience
- Pass NISEC interpreting screening
- Completion of an interpreter preparation program or equivalent
experience required
- Ability to interpret and transliterate (expressive and sign-to-spoken English) at a normal conversational rate, American Sign Language, and manually coded English required
- A minimum of an associate degree or equivalent preferred.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Contract for school year; follow school calendar and school hours where office is located. All other working terms and conditions of employment are established by the Board of Managers.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Perform all duties of the interpreter's functions as required by the NISEC, including:
- Provide expressive and voice interpreting (may include American Sign Language, Pidgin Sign English and Signing Exact English, a form of manually coded English, and/or oral interpreting) for students with hearing impairments in general education classes at a language level appropriate for the student
- Arrange the best possible interpreter location to interpret every class activity, including discussion, films, lectures, excursions, questions and answers
- Serve as a liaison between the student with a hearing impairment, classmates, instructors and the administrative staff by:
- Encouraging students to work directly with the classroom registered staff member;
- Refamiliarizing the classroom registered staff member with the role of the interpreter in the classroom, coordinating identification of note takers when appropriate, and encouraging good relationships among the students; and
- Promoting the integration of students into all class activities
- Keep a daily notebook/calendar which may include class assignments, a note of material
covered in class, materials and equipment needed for future classes, and specific new
vocabulary
- Participate in educational team meetings, including the development and review of progress on the IEP, providing insight on the success of communication strategies designed
- Provide interpreting for extracurricular activities and parent meetings when necessary and when appropriately scheduled during school time. The option of additional interpreting after school is available with compensation.
- Work cooperatively with other interpreters to assure the interpreters schedule with students and difficulty of classes is evenly distributed, and providing predetermined breaks for another interpreter
- Preview movies and/or taped materials to determine if it is closed captioned
- Assist the registered staff member(s) by providing tutoring for student(s) as deemed necessary
- Provide instructional tutoring support by obtaining and reviewing all textbooks and supplementary materials required for classwork, developing and reviewing vocabulary lists, using comprehensive note-taking strategies and supplementary study and review sessions
- Arrive at assigned place on time and stay entire time or until replaced
- Maintain a working knowledge of the Code of Ethics of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and a general knowledge of the educational process, deafness, and the growth and development of children and language
- Other duties as assigned
EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board of Managers policy on evaluation of confidential personnel.