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Educational Sign Language Interpreter

Responsible for providing communication access through sign language in a wide range of instructional and extra-curricular activities within an educational program. Works cooperatively with school personnel to provide coordinated interpreting services to students. An Educational Sign Language Interpreter is a qualified interpreter who is able to provide communication access to students, teachers, and staff in settings requiring sign language, both receptively and expressively in a pre-K through 12 public school setting.

Essential Job Duties:

• Interpret for students utilizing the student's preferred mode of communications
• Provide interpreting during the school day in academic and non-academic settings with staff, peers, and other hearing impaired and deaf students
• Confer with educators to plan for interpreting services
• Demonstrate self-improvement in signing ability, interpreting skills, communications with school personnel, and understanding the educational process by attending staff meetings
• To assist students and perform other related duties as indicated by teachers and administrators
• To provide an appropriate role model for students
• To maintain positive work habits, to perform duties efficiently and productively and to maintain and upgrade skills
• To fulfill duties as described in IEP
• To provide interpreting in other capacities to include communication with deaf parents, committee meetings, PTA, conferences, and other situations as needed
• To act as liaison between educators
• To assist teachers and bus drivers in monitoring student's activities
• To perform basic clerical assistance
• Attends meeting/training as requested by supervisor
• To participate in other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the principal or building supervisor

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education development (GED)
• Criminal background check
• State-approved competency test
• WVDE Paraprofessional Certificate: Educational Sign Language Interpreter I or II
• Registration with the West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Effective, accurate, and impartial interpretation both receptively and expressively
• Knowledge of deafness and Deaf culture
• Knowledge of hearing loss and other conditions and their effect on early development of language
• Knowledge of speech, motor, adaptive skills, and social-emotional development of the student who is deaf or hard of hearing