Interpreter Deaf and Hearing-impaired Students

Interpreter for Deaf and Hearing‑impaired Students
Job

• Position Type:
  Support Staff/ Paraprofessional - Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Date Posted: 5/29/2025
• Location:
  
  Turner Woods Elementary School
• Date Available:
  
  07/23/2025

Interpreter

School Administrator

190

P-12

July 23, 2025

Provides interpreting and other support service for deaf and hearing‑impaired students to facilitate communication among hearing‑impaired students and their hearing peers, classroom teachers, and other personnel.

• Interacts in a professional manner with students, parents, and teachers
• Provides services to students, parents, and teachers for conferences according to District policies
• Maintains confidentiality of students and student records
• Works cooperatively with school administrators, teachers, support personnel, parents, and community agencies
• Enforces regulations concerning student conduct and discipline
• Provides required information for substitute interpreters
• Models appropriate use of language: oral, written, and signed
• Demonstrates accurate expressive and voice interpreting
• Adheres to RID Code of Ethics as it applies to the educational setting
• Provides tutoring and/or note‑taking services for hearing‑impaired students when necessary and when interpreting is not needed
• Complies with conditions as stated in contract
• Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator

Must hold a current Georgia Quality Assurance Screening (G-QAS) rating of Level III or higher in both interpreting and transliterating, as approved and maintained by the Georgia Department of Labor/Vocational Rehabilitation Program (DOL/VRGDL/VRP) and/or documentation of advanced interpreting skills and qualifications through current national certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and/or documentation of advanced interpreting skills and qualifications through current national certification from the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Levels III, IV, or V and/or documentation of advanced interpreting skills and qualifications through a current Educational Interpreters Performance Assessment (EIPA) rating of Level 3.5 or higher;
The EIPA rating cannot be more than 5 years old.

0-1 year(s) experience working as a sign language interpreter required.