Educational Sign Language Interpreter

Salary:
Range 300 Under the direction of the Director of Special Education, facilitates communication between deaf or hard-of-hearing students, or students with a cochlear implant, and teachers, staff members, and peers within an educational environment, using any of a variety of manual and verbal communication systems in a highly proficient manner reflecting the affect of the speaker and/or signer.

Under the direction of the Director of Special Education, facilitates communication between deaf or hard-of-hearing students, or students with a cochlear implant, and teachers, staff members, and peers within an educational environment, using any of a variety of manual and verbal communication systems in a highly proficient manner reflecting the affect of the speaker and/or signer.

Salary:
Range 300

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Under the direction of the Director of Special Education, facilitates communication between deaf or hard-of-hearing students, or students with a cochlear implant, and teachers, staff members, and peers within an educational environment, using any of a variety of manual and verbal communication systems in a highly proficient manner reflecting the affect of the speaker and/or signer.

Under the direction of the Director of Special Education, facilitates communication between deaf or hard-of-hearing students, or students with a cochlear implant, and teachers, staff members, and peers within an educational environment, using any of a variety of manual and verbal communication systems in a highly proficient manner reflecting the affect of the speaker and/or signer.

The Educational Sign Language Interpreter provides communication through the use of sign-to-English and English-to-sign skills. Advancement to Educational Sign Language Interpreter requires coursework and certification, and competency using manual sign systems such as American Sign Language, Conceptually Accurate Signed English, Signed Exact English, Manually Coded English, and Pidgin Signed English in a highly proficient manner for simultaneous translation.

• Interprets for deaf or hard-of-hearing students in a variety of educational settings, including, but not limited to, classroom lectures and activities, group discussions, assemblies, and counseling sessions, using various sign language systems and voice interpretation at a normal conversational rate.
• Interprets a wide range of curriculum, including scientific and advanced placement topics, lectures, educational information and all directives presented by the teacher. Confers with students, teachers and staff to develop new signs for technical subject matter.
• Attends and provides interpretation services for various events and activities such as classroom activities, meetings, conferences, phone calls, workshops, award ceremonies, counseling functions, field trips, assemblies, sports events, student clubs, staff presentations, back to school night and graduation ceremonies.
• Reviews and evaluates lesson plans and instructional materials in preparation for classroom activities and interpretation services.
• Communicates and confers with staff, parents and various outside agencies to exchange information and resolve issues or concerns, as needed.
• Participates in meetings and in-service training programs as assigned.
• Provides voice interpretation for deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals as needed.
• Confers, as needed, with teachers concerning student needs. Alerts teacher, resource staff or case manager to any special problems or information concerning students' may assist appropriate staff to develop individual and group educational goals and objectives.
• Participates in meetings and in-service…