School Sign Language Interpreter (SLI/ASL)- Full Time- Richmond, IL

To partner with the community
To provide an effective educational experience
To prepare every student to find success in our complex society
 

 Essential Performance Responsibilities:

• Facilitating communication between deaf students and hearing faculty/staff using the process of interpretation/transliterating.
• Interprets the spoken word by way of sign language for hearing impaired students assigned to regular classrooms;
• Assists the regular classroom teacher and the hearing impaired teacher to achieve the instructional goals of hearing impaired students;
• Assists the hearing impaired teacher in performing specific duties as assigned;
• Works with individual or small groups of hearing impaired students to reinforce materials introduced by the regular and/or classroom teacher;
• Participates in in-service training programs as assigned;
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Principal and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.

                Note:    The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities.  It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Employment Details:

• Next School Year 2024-2025
• 1:1
• 37.5 hours
• Student will be in general education 4th grade
• Consultative minutes with a high schooler
• 8:30-4:00pm

Minimum Requirements: This approval allows the holder to serve students with hearing loss.

ONE of the following:

• Have completed 60 semester hours of college credit from one or more regionally accredited institutions of higher education
• Hold an associate degree issued by a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• Have achieved a passing score on the ACT WorkKeys (a 4 or higher on both Workplace Documents and Math Assessments) or ParaPro test (offered by Educational Testing Service [ETS]) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent?
• Have achieved a passing score on the written examination administered by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Have passed the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters Test of English Proficiency and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Have achieved Level 2 or higher on the Interpreter Skills Assessment Screening and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent

Plus ONE of the following:

• Attained a rating of Level 3.5 or above on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA)
• Maintained a valid certification from the RID
• Maintained a valid Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) Basic Certification or higher issued by a state that is a licensed user of the BEI system.

Please fill out the form below or send a resume and availability times to speak over the phone to Simone Begley at Simone.Begley@ProcareTherapy.com or call/text me directly at 770-325-0319