Interpreter - Sign Language - NonCertified Job Ojai area,California USA,Education / Teaching

Interpreter - Sign Language - Non Certified

Position Type: Paraprofessional/Support Staff/ Interpreter - Special Ed - Deaf Ed
Date Posted: 11/7/2025
Location: Special Education Office

Job Title: Interpreter – Sign Language (Non-Certified)
Wage/Hour Status: Non-Exempt/At-Will
Reports To: RDSPD Coordinator/Interpreter Services Specialist
Pay Grade/Days: 205/187
Dept./School: Assigned Campuses
Date Revised: October 2017

Primary Purpose

To interpret instruction and communication. To provide equal access between the Deaf and Hard of Hearing students/staff and hearing students/staff. To culturally mediate between Hearing and Deaf culture for the purpose of mutual understood communication.

Qualifications Preferred:

60 Credits or an Associate Degree in or related to ASL/English:
Interpreting (as required by DARS BEI)
Passed the TEP (Test of English Proficiency)
Bachelor’s Degree as required by RID
EIPA 3.5 or higher

Required:

High school diploma
Working toward Certification from the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitation Services (DARS BEI) Basic or above or the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), NIC or Educational Interpreting Performance Assessment (EIPA) Level 4.0 or above.
Must be certified within 3 years of hire date as acknowledged on the attached “Employee Agreement for Work as an Uncertified Sign Language Interpreter.”

Experience

Experience working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals

Preferred:

At least 1-2 years of working with children in grades PK-12
At least 1-2 years of working in an educational setting

Major Responsibilities and Duties

Render the message making sure the fidelity of the message is always accurate, always conveying the content and spirit of the speaker using language most readily understood by the student.

The Waco Regional Day School Program uses and supports the language of the Deaf Community, American Sign Language. However interpreters will need to be able to match the varying communication needs of students and staff.

Study or prepare for class appropriately by meeting with instructor, reading lecture outlines, skimming required readings in textbooks, previewing uncaptioned instructional videos, researching/studying specialized instructional vocabulary.

Relay any concerns or questions concerning interpreting and the student to the classroom teacher and/or Deaf Ed teacher or the Interpreter Services Specialist.

Accept special assignments and participate in extracurricular activities on a volunteer basis when needed, both during school hours and outside school hours with compensation form and in the amount as dictated by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Seek to continue development in American Sign Language skills as well as interpreting skills. Participate in professional development workshops whenever possible in order to maintain certification and improve job performance.

Maintain confidentiality and report necessary student information only to appropriate school district personnel (deaf education teachers, mainstream teachers, campus administrators, Waco Regional Day School Program for the Deaf administrators) as is required by the RID Code of Professional Conduct.

Assume responsibility of tutor after consultation with the Interpreter Services Specialist and classroom teacher. Based on the RID and EIPA Code of Professional Conduct, the Interpreter’s responsibility is to interpret instruction as well as any communication in the classroom. Tutoring cannot take place during classroom instruction. The student and teacher should be informed which role the interpreter is working in if performing both in a given school year during the appropriate time.

Assist in providing orientation to deafness for staff and students. Need proficient to expert knowledge of Deaf Culture.

Provide the best possible setting for the student who is deaf or hard of hearing through environmental controls such as appropriate dress, placement, distance and lighting, etc.

Attend meetings as needed with appropriate members of the educational team.

Assist teachers and serve as a resource for teaching sign language to students, staff, parents and other interested friends or family of students with who are deaf…


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