Educational Sign Language Interpreter

Job Summary

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 effect of the speaker and/or signer.

Requirements / Qualifications

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Associate’s degree in a sign language interpreter training program, deaf studies or a related area. One year of experience providing sign-to-English (expressive skills) and English-to-sign (receptive skills) interpreting in one or more sign systems/languages. Additional related experience in an academic or similar environment may be substituted for some higher education based on two years of experience for one year of college.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES:
Candidates must be certified by the national RID, or equivalent; in lieu of RID certification or equivalent, an educational interpreter must have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the EIPA, the ESSE-I/R, or the NAD/ACCI assessment. If providing Cued Language transliteration, a transliterator shall possess TEC Unit certification or have achieved a score of 4.0 or above on the EIPA – Cued Speech.

Valid California driver’s license.

Comments and Other Information

Please refer to the job opportunity announcement on our website, www.hartdistrict.org (Job Opportunities/Classified), for complete information.