Sign Language Interpreter & Substitute Sign Language Interpreter; SY

Job Title

Sign Language Interpreter

$28.25 Hourly

Full Time

Columbus, Ohio

Schools

This job posting is for a noncompetitive position. The hiring department will conduct a preliminary review of your application to determine who to interview. It is the responsibility of all applicants to provide a complete list of relevant work experience (previous and current) on the application. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of listed work experience. Official transcripts or degree are required to receive educational credit.

Please attach before submitting application. Applications cannot be updated after submission. Under general supervision, facilitates communication between hearing and deaf or hard of hearing individuals in an educational setting; performs related duties as required.

• Interprets for the deaf and hard of hearing in the classroom at both the secondary and elementary levels and in off‑site locations such as career centers;
• Reinforces classroom information for deaf and hard of hearing students in a variety of academic subjects;
• Interprets for students and staff at worksites and on field trips to allow access to educational content;
• Interprets for the deaf and hard of hearing at extracurricular activities, organized sports, school meetings, and assemblies;
• Interprets at disciplinary conferences between administrators and deaf and hard of hearing students, parents, or staff;
• Interprets at parent/teacher conferences and Individual Education Plan meetings in which one of the participants is deaf or hard of hearing;
• Promotes language advocacy for the deaf and hard of hearing to ensure that their interpreting needs are met;
• Serves as an advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing in situations where a staff member may be unaware of the school system’s responsibility regarding deaf and hard of hearing students;
• Interprets video tapes, television transmissions, and films for deaf and hard of hearing students;
• Reviews and becomes familiar with the subject matter that is covered in the class that the deaf and hard of hearing student attends; learns specialized signs based on curriculum content;
• Mentors practicum students from Sign Language Interpreter training programs;
• Drives personal motor vehicle between work assignments during the school day;
• May accompany professional staff members on visits to homes of students when a parent or staff member is deaf or hard of hearing;
• May interpret for deaf and hard of hearing participants in after school activities outside of the traditional school day.

Possession of a certificate of completion from an Ohio Department of Higher Education approved school licensure program for interpreters for the hearing impaired.

Possession of an Associate License of Interpreter for the Hearing Impaired from the Ohio Department of Education. Substitution(s): A Temporary Interpreter for the Hearing Impaired License may be substituted for the required Associate license while completing coursework at an approved school licensure program.

Possession of a valid driver’s license.

Thorough knowledge of American Sign Language; thorough knowledge of Pidgin Signed English; thorough knowledge of Signed English; considerable knowledge of deaf culture; general knowledge of English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation; skill in expressive, receptive, and reverse interpreting; skill in reflecting the register (level) of the consumers being served; ability to interpret in a variety of settings and situations; ability to interpret at various sign levels based on the communication level of the deaf or hard of hearing person;

ability to discern specific student language abilities; ability to deal effectively and advocate with school officials, teachers, parents, working associates, and the general public, both hearing and deaf or hard of hearing; ability to utilize the language most readily understood by the consumers who are being served; ability to convey messages with the thought and spirit intended by the sender.