Discipline:Educational Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter
Location:Monroe, Georgia
Hours Per Week:Full time - 40 hours per week
Caseload: 2 Grade School level school child
Start Date: August 1, 2024
Description:
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A school district located in Monroe, Georgia is looking to hire a Sign Language Interpreter. This position will work one-on-one with two grade school students in need of interpreting services. The district is looking to have the candidate work full hours, and can start in August.
Primary Responsibilities:
Responsible for effectively facilitating communication among Deaf and Hard of Hearing students and their hearing peers, mainstream classroom teachers, and other personnel in the school system through the use of American Sign Language and spoken English.
·Interpret for students utilizing the student’s preferred mode of communications.
·Provide interpreting during the school day in academic and non-academic settings.
·Confer with educators to plan for interpreting.
·Demonstrate and understand the educational process of interpreting by receiving training specific to job needs.
·To assist students who are deaf or hard of hearing and perform other related duties which benefit the students.
·Demonstrate professionalism in all interactions with individuals unfamiliar with the educational setting.
·Interpret auditory and signed information which includes environmental sounds, teacher instruction, student questions, and peer communication as described in Code of Ethics for Educational Interpreters.
·Attend student’s IEP Team meeting in order to provide information about the student’s communication abilities and needs.
·Serve as a member of the educational team to provide direct support to students with deaf blindness as indicated in the students’ Individualized Educational Plan
·Work effectively in close physical proximity to students who are primarily visual and tactile learners.
·Become proficient in the assigned student’s communication methods and strategies.
·Assist staff in teaching academics, daily living and social skills
·Accompany and support the student during community-based instruction.
·Create activities and experiences to complement instructional program and IEP goals.
Monroe, Georgia
Full Time