1278 Educational Interpreter (American Sign Language)

Qualifications:

• Licensed by the Iowa Department of Public Health
• Two-year (or more) interpreter training program and/or experience involving extensive contact with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community (Preferred)

Job Purpose: Interpret between spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL) or another signed or visual system.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Interpret as delineated by the student's IEP, using the district's communication policy as a guide, including lectures, announcements, discussions, assemblies, etc.
• Interpret for school-sponsored functions outside of the classroom during regularly scheduled school hours
• Serve as a multidisciplinary team member at IEP meetings.
• Assisting with classroom modifications when appropriate, as determined by the IEP, educational team, or in consultation with other direct service personnel;
• Maintain confidentiality;
• Seek professional development opportunities and attend district-sponsored professional development opportunities as appropriate;
• Serve as liaison to promote rapport between general education and deaf education classrooms, students, the school, and the deaf community
• Review text, lesson plans, etc. in preparation for the day;
• Provide sign language instruction in all instructional settings as requested
• Provide in-service training to new teachers regarding interpreter roles and responsibilities.
• Other duties as assigned