Senior Sign Language Interpreter

Chesterfield County Public Schools; United States; On-site; USD 53,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Job summary

Chesterfield County Public Schools seeks a Senior Sign Language Interpreter to coordinate daily interpreter schedules, track service requests, and provide interpreting and transliterating services as needed. You will support the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist and mentor interns.

Excellent communication, scheduling, and documentation skills are required, along with relevant certifications and a commitment to professional standards. This is a full-time on-site role within the division.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English and American Sign Language (ASL).
• Ability to coordinate schedules and coverages and keep accurate records.
• RID/VA qualifications or equivalent per department requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily and long-term interpreter schedules and coverage.
• Communicate assignments and changes to interpreters and staff.
• Maintain current records of service requests, absences, and costs.
• Provide interpreting/transliteration services as needed in meetings and PD.
• Mentor interpreters and support professional development needs.

Skills

ASL

Interpreting

Scheduling

Record-keeping

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

Why Join Us

Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply – we would like for you to consider joining us.

General Description

The Senior Sign Language Interpreter works with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist to coordinate the day-to-day scheduling, assignment, and coverage of Sign Language Interpreters to meet the needs of students, staff, parents, and community members. This position maintains accurate records of interpreting requests, assignments, schedule changes, absences, substitutions, and related services data, and provides interpreting and transliterating services as needed to meet division needs. Under the direction of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist, the Senior Sign Language Interpreter assists with the development, coordination, and delivery of professional development for Sign Language Interpreters, and supports communication and resource distribution within the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Department.

Essential Job Functions

Assists the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist in coordinating and monitoring daily and long-term interpreter schedules, assignments, and coverage based on student, staff, and division needs, including adjustments for absences, schedule changes, meetings, special events, and other service needs

Receives and tracks requests for sign language interpreting services and communicates assignments, schedule changes, and coverage information to interpreters and appropriate school and department personnel

Maintains accurate and current records of interpreter schedules, assignments, service requests, absences, substitutions, coverage changes, and other information necessary for departmental operations, planning, and reporting

Provides interpreting and/or transliterating services, including voice-to-sign and sign-to-voice communication, as needed to support students, staff, meetings, conferences, professional development, and other division activities

Assists in monitoring interpreting services within educational settings to promote consistent application of professional standards and interpreting best practices

Serves as a resource to sign language interpreters and other Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS) personnel regarding procedures and logistics associated with requesting, scheduling, and providing sign language interpreting services

Serves as a mentor and professional resource to sign language interpreting interns

Assists the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist with identifying professional development needs and developing, coordinating, and delivering professional learning to support sign language interpreter skill development, professional competencies, and maintenance of required credentials

Follows division, department, and school policies and procedures; maintains confidentiality; and adheres to the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Code of Professional Conduct

Performs other related duties as assigned

Budgetary Responsibility

This position has no budgetary responsibilities.

Report Preparation

Maintains and assists with the preparation of records and periodic reports regarding interpreter scheduling, assignments, service requests, coverage, absenteeism, and costs for services.

Equipment Operation

Utilizes a personal computer, communication technology, and general office equipment.

Contacts

This position has regular contact with Sign Language Interpreters, students, school-based and Central Office personnel, parents, and community members regarding interpreter scheduling, coverage, and communication access. The Senior Sign Language Interpreter also develops and maintains professional relationships with external organizations to support interpreter recruitment, internships, professional development, and other program needs.

Work Direction/Supervision

Under the direction of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist, this position coordinates the day-to-day scheduling, assignments, and coverage of staff Sign Language Interpreters, and provides operational work direction related to interpreter assignments, schedule changes, and coverage needs. This position does not have any direct reports.

Decision Making

The employee functions independently in coordinating routine interpreter schedules, assignments, and coverage within established departmental procedures and priorities, and consults with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist regarding significant coverage concerns, competing priorities, or situations requiring administrative direction. The employee also functions independently regarding interpretation and transliteration within professional standards.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, printed materials and/or controls; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision and the ability to adjust focus. Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer terminal; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear, understand speech and speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly at normal levels indoors and on the telephone. Physical agility to drive, bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead. Frequent travel to school sites throughout the division is required.

Work Environment

The employee regularly works in school and office settings throughout the school division. Interpreting assignments may occur in classrooms, gyms, cafeterias, auditoriums, recreational areas, meetings, professional development activities, and other settings. The noise level will vary accordingly.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Demonstrated knowledge of Deaf culture, deafness, interpretation and transliteration practices, applicable state and federal requirements, and the RID Code of Professional Conduct

Fluency in English and American Sign Language and/or the sign mode specified by an Individualized Education Program (IEP), with the ability to accurately interpret between spoken and signed language

Demonstrated ability to coordinate and prioritize schedules and coverage; to respond effectively to changing service needs; to maintain accurate records; and to use electronic scheduling and record‑keeping systems

Demonstrated ability to work independently within established procedures, to communicate effectively, and to maintain positive working relationships with others

Demonstrated skill in recognizing when consultation with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist is needed

Demonstrated sensitivity to, and respect for, a diverse population

Additional Job Requirements

High School Diploma, or equivalent

Valid Virginia Driver’s License

One or more of the following: Virginia Quality Assurance Screening Level III (or above) certification

Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment score of 3.5 (or above), with a passing score on the Written Test

Another state qualification or national certification, excluding Certificate of Deaf Interpretation (CDI), that the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) recognizes as equivalent to or exceeding Virginia Quality Assurance Screening Level III

Preferred: One or more of the following: Virginia Quality Assurance Screening Level IV certification

National RID Certifications: Certificate of Interpretation (CI), Certificate of Transliteration (CT), CI/CT, National Interpreter Certification (NIC), or Educational Certificate: K-12 (Ed: K-12) National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Level III, IV, or V certification Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation State Police Criminal History Investigation Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation Tuberculosis Screening/Test

Compensation

Compensation $52,631.71 - $89,453.24 Hours Per Day 8 Days Per Year

Benefits

• Benefits Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees.
• Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

EEO Statement

Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws.

Company Culture & Mission

As one of the largest and most innovative school divisions in the nation, Chesterfield County Public Schools is committed to creating a better tomorrow through authentic and captivating learning experiences. With work guided by the values of equity, integrity, teamwork and ingenuity, we believe that a better tomorrow is created one student at a time. Through our strategic plan, Imagine Tomorrow, our focus is to create an infinite learner mindset while encouraging students and staff to exemplify personal responsibility and supportive relationships. We think our schools are pretty amazing, but we aren’t the only ones. Our award-winning school division – which includes six National Blue Ribbon Schools, seven National Title I Distinguished Schools and six Middle Schools to Watch – is often cited as the reason people choose to live and work here. Educators from outside of our school division routinely visit our nationally-recognized schools to learn more about what we are doing, how we are doing it and why we are doing it.

You have a choice to make, and we would like for you to choose Chesterfield.