Certified Sign Language Interpreter & Tutor

Douglas County School District; Castle Rock (CO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

HSA/FSA

Life and disability insurance

EAP

Job summary

Douglas County School District is seeking a Certified Sign Language Interpreter/Tutor to support DHH students in classrooms, field trips, and school activities. You will interpret between spoken English and sign language to provide access to auditory environmental information across multiple sites.

The role requires an Associate’s Degree in Education of the Deaf and an Educational Interpreter-Sign Language certification.

Qualifications

• Minimum experience: A minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of sign language interpreting/transliterating preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintain appropriate records related to services provided.
• Serve as a liaison between DHH students using sign language and other DHH students, peers, parents, and all school personnel to promote positive rapport among the DHH department, various community and school clientele.
• Assist in development and delivery of deaf awareness orientation in schools related to sign language.
• Respect confidentiality and adhere to students’ Individual Education Plan (IEP),adjusting learning activities accordingly.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Provide sound-based environmental information to DHH students using sign language. Interpret/Transliterate from spoken English to sign language and from sign language (with or without voice) to spoken English in the educational environment in order to provide access to auditory environmental information.
• Collaborate with DHH and classroom teachers in order to provide optimum educational and general services to DHH students using sign language.
• Procure sufficient knowledge for successful sign language interpreting/transliterating.
• May provide tutoring services for DHH students using sign language under the direction of a certified teacher in order to assist with content clarification and process to optimize the educational experience.
• Participate in appropriate staffing and professional development activities.

Skills

Sign language interpretation

Education

Associate's Degree: Education of the Deaf

Job description

Douglas County School District is seeking a Certified Sign Language Interpreter/Tutor to support DHH students in classrooms, field trips, and school activities. You will interpret between spoken English and sign language to provide access to auditory environmental information across multiple sites.

The role requires an Associate’s Degree in Education of the Deaf and an Educational Interpreter-Sign Language certification.