Deaf Ed Interpreter

Position Summary

The Deaf Education Interpreter is responsible for the implementation of district policies and procedures in compliance with IDEA. The educational interpreter provides interpreting and other support services to students with a hearing impairment who are receiving all or part of their education in classrooms with children who hear. The interpreter’s primary function is to facilitate communication among students with hearing impairments, their hearing peers, the classroom teacher, and other personnel in the school system.

Other duties that may be performed when not required to provide interpreting include tutoring, note taking, test reading, and participating in meetings with the transdisciplinary team. The day-to-day activities, and consequently the responsibilities vary across educational levels and environments.

Salary

Schedule:

HHII, HHIII

Department:
Special Services

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Safety Sensitive:
Yes

• The ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The ability to interpret/transliterate at a normal conversational rate where students with hearing impairments or parents are present utilizing American Sign Language.
• The interpreter must be registered with the Oklahoma State Department of Education educational interpreter registry.
• QAST 3 or above or EIPA 3.5 or above or National certification.
• Interpreter must meet 10 hours of CEU every year—5 hours of education related and 1 hour of Ethics.

• Provide appropriate communication between the hearing impaired/deaf student(s) and hearing persons in the school (e.g., teachers, administrators, staff members, peers). This may include sign language, finger-spelling, and/or voicing.
• Provide tutoring, assistance, extra explanation, and/or rephrasing for lessons as necessary for clarification of concepts.
• Become familiar in advance with lesson content, vocabulary, videos, and/or handouts in order to be prepared for communicating/signing appropriate material to the student(s).
• Provide additional interpreting for special activities or extracurricular activities, with appropriate compensation.
• Aid other school personnel in understanding the educational needs, communication style, and distinct culture of the deaf.
• Maintain student confidentiality in accordance with the regulations of FERPA.
• Participate in educational team meetings, including the development and review of progress on the IEP.
• Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.
• Adhere to the Code of Professional Conduct outlined by the National Association of Interpreters in Education and Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
• Any other duties as assigned by classroom teacher and building Principal.

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.

The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, works in high, precarious places and in outer weather conditions, near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration. Noise level varies from somewhat loud to extremely loud. To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires closing of school and/or office buildings.

Employees’ eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools; expectations and guidelines will be distributed by the supervisor based on role and responsibilities.

Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.

Job descriptions are not intended to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those…