Educational Interpreter

Summary

Provides interpreting and other support service for deaf and hearing-impaired students to facilitate communication among hearing-impaired students and their hearing peers, classroom teachers, and other personnel

Essential Duties

• Interacts in a professional manner with students, parents, and teachers
• Provides services to students, parents, and teachers for conferences according to District policies
• Maintains confidentiality of students and student records
• Works cooperatively with school administrators, teachers, support personnel, parents, and community agencies
• Enforces regulations concerning student conduct and discipline
• Provides required information for substitute interpreters
• Models appropriate use of language: oral, written, and signed
• Demonstrates accurate expressive and voice interpreting
• Adheres to RID Code of Ethics as it applies to the educational setting
• Provides tutoring and/or note-taking services for hearing-impaired students when necessary and when interpreting is not needed
• Complies with conditions as stated in contract
• Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator

Required Education

None required

Certification/Licensure

Must hold a current Georgia Quality Assurance Screening (G-QAS) rating of Level III or higher in both interpreting and transliterating, as approved and maintained by the Georgia Department of Labor/Vocational Rehabilitation Program (DOL/VRGDL/VRP)and/or documentation of advanced interpreting skills and qualifications through current national certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)and/or documentation of advanced interpreting skills and qualifications through current national certification from the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Levels III, IV, or Vand/or documentation of advanced interpreting skills and qualifications through a current Educational Interpreters Performance Assessment (EIPA) rating of Level 3.5 or higher; The EIPA rating cannot be more than 5 years old

Experience Qualifications

0-1 year(s) experience working as a sign language interpreter required

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Must be able to communicate information and ideas effectively to students and staff
• Interpersonal skills needed to work effectively with students, parents, administrators and staff
• Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing

Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

Physical Demands

• Routine physical activity associated with normal office environment