Registered Visual Language Interpreter

Qualicum School District serves approximately 4700 students across eight elementary schools, two secondary schools, an alternate school, and a distributed learning program.

Registered Visual Language Interpreter at Springwood Elementary School

Under the general supervision of the Principal, with a functional reporting role to the District Principal of Learning, the Registered Visual Language Interpreter will provide interpreting for deaf and hard of hearing students, classmates, and educational staff to support students in their school activities and Individual Education Plans. The RVLI will also act as an interpreter for School or District staff and allied professionals providing and receiving relevant student information.

The Principal, with a functional reporting role to the District Principal of Learning.

• Accurately interpret information from spoken English to American Sign Language as well as American Sign Language to spoken English delivering the intent, meaning and register of the speaker at a level commensurate with the grade level of the student as required.
• Facilitate communication between deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students and staff by providing interpreting services in and out of the classroom, adjusting to the signing, educational, and communication required. This may include scribing ASL to written English.
• Interpret in educational situations such as classroom instruction, student‑to‑student dialogue, counselling sessions, tutorials, assemblies, parent/student meetings, field trips and any other situations requiring communication.
• Under the direction of the classroom teacher and teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, provide language extensions and vocabulary reinforcement to support academic concepts.
• Prepare for interpreting in an educational setting by reviewing educational material, vocabulary, concepts, sentence structure and plan for a variety of situations (e.g. non‑close captioned videos, field trips, school assembly presentations).
• Participate in educational team meetings, including the development and review of progress on the Individual Education Plan, providing insight on the success of communication strategies.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information relating to students, parents and staff.

• Completion of a recognized 2‑year Interpreter Training Program (ITP).
• Fluency and ability to interpret American Sign Language/Signed English/Sign Assisted Speech, including ability to adjust to the signing, educational, and communication levels consistent with the grade level of the student as required; as evidenced through a screening committee comprising representatives of school district qualified(s), interpreting organizations and members of the deaf community; and an excellent command of the English language and ability to interpret same.
• More than 6 months experience providing interpreting services.
• Be a member in good standing of and abide by the Code of Ethics of the Canadian Association of Visual Language Interpreters (CASLI) and the Westcoast Association of Visual Language Interpreters (WAVLI).
• Have acquired or willingness to acquire an understanding of the learning and social needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing learners in a mainstream education setting.
• Physical ability to perform the duties and responsibilities of the job.
• Ability to work at the level of independence and with the degree of initiative appropriate to the position.
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed in order to accommodate after school meetings or events and extracurricular activities.
• Ability to work well with students and other adults.

The successful applicant(s) must successfully complete an Authorization for Criminal Records Search form pursuant to the Criminal Records Review Act.