Educational Interpreter, Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Position Details

• Grade: G24 (Hourly Range/Step 1-8: $29.84 - $36.79)
• Minimum hourly rate: $29.84
• Standard hours per week: 40
• FTE: 1.0
• Months per year: 9
• Job code: 1201
• Position type:
  Replacement Permanent/Regular
• Location:
  
  Thornton, CO.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.

Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

Facilitate all communication, spoken and signed between Deaf/Hard of Hearing students and staff by using a manual mode of communication appropriate for the consumer. Tutor academic classes and lessons. Provide information to hearing staff and students to assist in better understanding the needs of Deaf/Hard of Hearing students.

• Interpret and / transliterate all academic instruction, films, assemblies, conferences, student meetings, individualized education plan meetings, field trips, extra‑curricular activities and support services in and out of the classroom for Deaf/Hard of Hearing students.
• Tutor Deaf/Hard of Hearing students (under the supervision of coordinating Teacher of the Deaf), both in and out of the classroom individually or in small groups by reinforcing concepts taught in the mainstream classes; assisting with missed assignments; modeling language; reinforcing vocabulary, study skills and life skills; assisting in learning variations of sign systems; developing of language concepts; changing CASE/PSE into written English;
  
  and teaching students the role of the interpreter, students' rights and responsibilities in how to use an interpreter.
• Communicate with the education team (e.g., mainstream teachers, teachers of the Deaf and support staff) to give and receive appropriate information, progress and problems that may impact a student's performance or learning, including mode of communication, tutoring strategies, educational goals, curriculum content, classroom goals and student educational rights and services.
• Assist with personal hearing equipment (e.g., helping a student put hearing aids in) and/or assist with district hearing equipment (e.g., DM systems); support instructors on monitoring behavior during class and extra‑curricular activities; follow through with behavior programs established for individual students; use various equipment, augmentative communication systems or adaptations, any OT/PT requirements set forth in student I.E.P. and any medical conditions that require staff monitoring.
• Interpret and/or transliterate confidential in‑school individual and group counseling/mental health sessions, disciplinary interactions, disciplinary hearings, and physical/occupational/speech therapy sessions between Deaf/Hard of Hearing student and staff.
• Interpret and/or transliterate for Deaf/Hard of Hearing students, or Deaf/Hard of Hearing staff at parent/teacher conferences, staff department meetings, district level meetings, in‑services, and other required training.
• Interpret and/or transliterate for Deaf/Hard of Hearing parents of students in the District at parent/teacher conferences, back‑to‑school nights, after school performances, individual meetings and staff meetings.
• Provide Deaf awareness education to hearing staff and students through staff in‑services, student groups and one‑on‑one communication. Promote positive public relations between the Deaf education program, the school and the community.
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned.

• Degree from an Interpreter Preparation Program (Associates or Bachelors as required by IPP).
• Proficient in use of Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE)/Pidgin Signed English (PSE), and/or American Sign Language (ASL).
• No experience required; one (1) year of experience preferred in educational interpreting.

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) 3.5 or above.
• Must keep up‑to‑date any licenses, registrations, certifications, and/or authorizations required in this section.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date). For more information, see our Benefits Overview.