Sign Language Interpreter/Tutor - Certified

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

Sign Language Interpreter/Tutor - Certified

As a related service provider, facilitates communication between users and non users of sign language in the educational environment. This environment includes the classroom, field trips, assemblies, and any other sites that are used by the school system for educational purposes. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community and school clientele. Minimum Experience: A minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of sign language interpreting/transliterating preferred

Essential Physical Requirements

• Frequent standing, sitting, repetitive hand and arm movements
• Occasional bending, squatting, kneeling, stooping

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.

Certifications

Educational Interpreter-Sign Language (PSE/ASL) - CDE

Education

Associate's Degree: Education of the Deaf

Position Details

Position Type: Regular

Primary Location: Variable Location Employee - SPED

One Year Only (Yes Or No): No

Scheduled Hours Per Week: 37.5

Fte: 0.94

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year: 180 Work Days

(260 days indicates a year-round position. Time off [or Off-Track Days] are then granted based on the position. Any exceptions to the normal off-track time will be noted in the Additional Position Details section above, as scheduled work days.)

Salary

Minimum Hire Rate $29.28 USD Hourly

Maximum Hire Rate $39.37 USD Hourly

Full Salary Range $29.28 USD - $49.45 USD Hourly

All salary amounts listed above are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

Benefits

This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.

Time Off Plans

This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past: December 24, 2026