Fernley Area Sign Language Interpreter

Fernley Area Sign Language Interpreter 03.06.26

• Position Type:
  Support Staff
• Date Posted: 3/6/2026
• Location:
  
  Fernley High
• Date Available:
  
  2026

• Level I – EIPA score 3.0 - Pay Grade 23 on the Classified Salary Schedule (9 month). Range $18.99-$26.28 hourly with Employee/Employer retirement, dependent upon previous experience. Range $16.05-$22.53 hourly with Employer-paid retirement, dependent upon previous experience.
• Level II – EIPA score 3.1-3.9 - Pay Grade 25 on the Classified Salary Schedule (9 month). Range $20.93-$30.62 hourly with Employee/Employer retirement, dependent upon previous experience. Range $17.68-$25.88 hourly with Employer-paid retirement, dependent upon previous experience.
• Level III – EIPA score 4.0-5.0 - Licensed Non-Degree Salary Schedule (9 month). Range $41,918-$54,615 annual salary with Employer-paid retirement, dependent upon previous experience.

The job of the Sign Language Interpreter is to assist deaf or hearing impaired students within the classroom environment by interpreting the spoken language using a manual sign system and vice-versa. The sign language interpreter is required to facilitate communication between hearing and deaf/hearing impaired individuals through the use of sign language, spoken English, finger spelling, and facial expressions. The signing aide uses the student's preferred form of manual sign system in the educational environment.

The educational environment includes the classroom, field trips, lecture halls, assemblies, films, counseling sessions, therapy sessions, tutoring sessions, club or school-related activities, extra and co-curricular activities, IEP meetings and any other urgent situation where communication is vital for the student.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with school staff with whom the Sign Language Interpreter interacts.
• Act as liaison between deaf/hearing impaired students, hearing students, teachers, support staff and administrators.
• Input and maintain accurate records regarding student needs and progress.
• Provide assistance to students who are deaf/hearing impaired on formal instruction within the classroom, classroom discussions and incidental conversations.
• Voice to the student when necessary regarding the audio learning that takes place within the school setting.
• Interpret audio learning devices.
• Interpret other sound forms of communication in the learning environment and translate audio stimuli into sign communication understandable to the deaf/hearing impaired.
• Translate orally presented work into student's preferred mode of manual sign system.
• Provide tutoring of presented academic instruction for classroom.
• Provide communication transfer through reverse-voicing of deaf/hearing impaired students' questions and responses.
• Accompany student to other locations within the school in order to facilitate communication needs.
• Monitor and assist with FM systems and hearing aids.
• Preview instructional materials for needed interventions.
• Assist the student in curriculum tasks as assigned by a certified teacher, carrying out instructional programs and lessons in various learning environments as designated in the instructional plan based on the IEP and under the direct supervision of the certified teacher.
• Establish a supportive relationship with the student without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
• Serve as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student's eligibility and IEP teams when conferring about the student whom the Sign Language Interpreter is assigned. Perform and participate in other related duties as assigned by the building administrator or designee.
• Appropriately handle stress and interact with others, including supervisors, coworkers, teachers and community.
• Maintain regular and consistent punctuality and attendance.
• Commute outside of attendance area to transport students to specialized programs.

Works under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher and is evaluated…