Educational Interpreter Hearing Impaired Special Services

Position: Educational Interpreter for the Hearing Impaired (3) – Special Services

Description:

Summary

Performs classroom tasks to assist teaching staff with instruction individualization. Only applicants licensed by the Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Translators (ALBIT) will be considered.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides manual interpretation of instruction and classroom directions for students who are deaf.
• Interprets from spoken English to the IEP specified modality and vice versa.
• Provides, under supervision of a certified teacher, instruction in American Sign Language and written English to enable understanding of instructional concepts, language, and daily living activities.
• Provides one‑on‑one assistance and tutoring to students.
• Provides job coaching to students as required.
• Assists other students as needs and time permit.
• Provides formal and informal instruction to other staff in manual communication.
• Participates in planning and in‑service activities as appropriate.
• Helps supervise students during lunch periods, assemblies, field trips, and other activities.
• Maintains an ethical behavior and confidentiality of student information.
• Participates in professional development activities.
• Encourages communication and interaction between deaf/hard‑of‑hearing students and faculty, staff, students, and others.
• Prepares for demanding course material as necessary for successful interpreting and/or transliterating.

Non‑Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Requirements Education & Experience

One year certificate from college or technical school, or three to six months related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; at least an intermediate rating or better on the SCPI Rating Scale. Appropriate credentials must be provided.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions related to core academic subjects at the high school level.
• Ability to handle problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear while performing job duties.
• Frequently required to stand and walk.
• Occasionally required to sit, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Must routinely lift or move up to 10 pounds.
• Must occasionally lift, push, pull, or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Moderate noise level; occasional exposure to outside weather conditions for brief periods.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Decatur City School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, disability, sex, religion, national origin, or age in its programs, activities, or employment. The Title IX Coordinator can be reached by calling the Decatur City Board of Education at (256) 552‑3000.

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