Sign Language Interpreter II

Kern Community College District; Ridgecrest (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Kern Community College District is seeking a Sign Language Interpreter II at the Ridgecrest campus. You will interpret lectures, translate communications, and support deaf and hard-of-hearing students in a college setting.

This temporary substitute role requires ASL proficiency, interpreting credentials, and the ability to work with faculty and staff. Responsibilities include providing high-level interpretation, mentoring junior interpreters, and maintaining professional conduct while serving

Qualifications

• Graduation from an Interpreter Training Program (ITP) or equivalent or Associate of Arts Degree in ASL/Interpreting or related field.
• Three (3) academic years of paid experience interpreting for the Deaf and hard of hearing. utilizing both receptive and expressive interpreting.
• RID certifications (CT/CI) or NAD/ACCI Level 3 or higher; NIC certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and translate classroom lectures simultaneously between deaf and hard-of-hearing students and hearing faculty, staff, and students.
• Convey meaning and spirit using American Sign Language and correct English grammar.
• Mentor and collaborate with other sign language interpreters and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Coordinator.

Skills

American Sign Language

Interpreting

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Interpreter Training Program or ASL degree

Associate of Arts in ASL/Interpreting or related field

Job description

Sign Language Interpreter II

Kern Community College District

Salary: $30.31 Hourly

Job Type: Temporary -- Classified Substitute

Job Number: FY21-22-00700

Location: CC - Main Campus, Ridgecrest, CA

Department: Student Services

Basic Function

Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, provide sign language interpreting services to students who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have other communication disorders; may tutor students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Services may involve highly technical or specialized subject matter that require higher levels of skill and more advanced and fluent interpreting techniques.

Distinguishing Characteristics

The Interpreter II and III levels are distinguished from the Interpreter I by performing more complex assignments requiring a combination of higher levels of training, skills, certification, and experience. Assignments at the higher levels in the Interpreter series often involve high levels of interactive discussions requiring the interpreter to rapidly switch between spoken English and sign language or manual sign system and vice versa. These assignments may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Advanced level or highly complex classes requiring significant and rapid interaction using highly technical or specialized subject matter and vocabulary;
• Discussion situations in classrooms, conferences, and workshops involving advanced and/or complex topics requiring significant sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign translations; and,
• More complex interpreting situations such as conferences, workshops, seminars, theatrical, and/or other platform settings where multiple consumers, including students, faculty and staff are served simultaneously.

Representative Duties

Interpret and translate classroom lectures simultaneously and facilitate communication between deaf and hard-of-hearing students and hearing faculty, staff, and students as related to coursework.

Accurately convey the meaning and spirit of the hearing speaker using grammatically correct American Sign Language and verbally convey the meaning and spirit of the deaf or hard of hearing signer using correct English grammar.

Utilize resources to increase knowledge of American Sign Language, Professional interpreting techniques and procedures, Deaf Culture, specialized vocabulary, and the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Code of Professional Conduct.

Observe and team with other interpreters, and receive mentorship from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Coordinator and peers. Serve as a mentor for Sign Language Interpreter I's.

Respond to student difficulties and concerns with understanding and sensitivity.

Attend and participate in workshops and conferences to improve and maintain interpreting skill level, and keep abreast of interpreting trends by studying specialized ASL vocabulary and other materials.

May read text, handouts, and dictionaries, and prepare translation of difficult-to-interpret course content.

Work in collaboration with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Coordinator and other Sign Language Interpreters to collect existing technical signs, and to establish special signs and/or vocabulary for underrepresented scientific/technical terms or concepts.

May proctor exams as necessary.

May answer telephones; take and relay messages; provide information and assistance to students; refer students to appropriate personnel.

May operate a variety of office, audio visual and instructional equipment.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to: Graduation from an Interpreter Training Program (ITP) or equivalent or Associate of Art's Degree in American Sign Language, Interpreting, or a related field and three (3) academic years of paid experience interpreting for the Deaf and hard of hearing utilizing both receptive and expressive interpreting.

Certification Requirements

Incumbents must possess and maintain skills certification issued by the National Registry of Interpreters for the deaf (RID): Certification of Transliteration (CT) or Certificate of Interpretation (CI); and/or certification at Level 3 by the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) or American Consortium of Certified Interpreters (ACCI) certificate at Level 3 or higher, or National Interpreter Certification (NIC) certification. NAD certification at Level 4 is preferred.

Successful Completion Of An Interpreting Skills Evaluation Is Required.

Knowledge & Abilities

Knowledge Of

American Sign Language and interpreting Techniques.

Appropriate roles and individual responsibilities relating to interpreting for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons.

Deaf cultural values and general issues in the field of deafness.

Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy.

Resources available to Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators in order to improve knowledge and skills.

Effective oral communication.

Modern office practices and procedures.

Ability To

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Interpret messages spoken by hearing people into American Sign Language.

Interpret messages signed by deaf and hard of hearing people into English.

Interpret by translating higher-level technical academic material requiring specialized.

Sign Language vocabulary for high level technical academic materials utilizing highly proficient English and/or American Sign Language (ASL), used in classes such as science, history, and psychology, on District's skills performance evaluation examination.

Adhere to the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Code of Professional Conduct.

Assess individual situations to determine the needs of each deaf or hard-of-hearing student, such as language preferences or preferences in having comments voiced for him/her or voicing for himself/herself.

Attend and participate in various workshops in order to improve interpreting/transliterating skill.

Communicate effectively with faculty, staff, and students with disabilities.

Learn a variety of routine reception and clerical procedures.

Learn to use the variety of assistive devices/equipment used to assist students with disabilities.

Work successfully in an interpreting team in the classroom or other campus setting.

Important Instructions & Additional Information

Complete applications received by the "assured consideration date" above are guaranteed to be reviewed by Human Resources. If you apply after this date, there is no guarantee that your application will be reviewed. However, we still recommend that you apply because recruitments remain open until filled. The District and/or College reserves the right to extend time limits and/or repost or restart recruitments at any point.

For all positions, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, shall be considered a core system competency and job requirement. (5 CCR 53022)

Equivalency For Minimum Qualifications

Applicants for faculty and educational administrator positions in California Community Colleges are required to meet certain minimum qualifications as provided by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and detailed in the Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges handbook. If you do not meet these minimum qualifications, you may still be eligible by completing the KernCCD Application for Equivalence process. Please see our Faculty Equivalency Process website for more information.

International or Foreign Degrees

Applicants with international or foreign degrees from colleges or universities outside of the United States must have their coursework evaluated by a professional association that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, INC. (ACEI). A copy of the evaluation must be submitted with your online application.

Accommodations

Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection process should contact Human Resources to make the necessary arrangements. (For more information, see our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Equal Employment Opportunities website.)

Discrimination Free Work Environment

Discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation of any person, military and veteran status, or the perception that a person has one or more of these characteristics is illegal and violates Kern Community College District policy.

The Kern CCD Equal Employment Opportunity Plan guides the development, implementation, and monitoring of the District's efforts to foster equal employment opportunities and workplace diversity.

See our Discrimination-Free Work Environment webpage for more information.

Work Authorization

Kern Community College District does not provide sponsorship for authorization to work in the United States. Work authorization should be established at the time of application submission.

E-Verify

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