Full Time
Monday - Friday
Qualifications/Requirements
60 College Credit Hours (Official Transcripts required)
Paraprofessional Certificate (Attainable at the Regional Office of Education 309-672-6906)
EIPA Certificate
Job Description
POSITION TITLE: Teacher Aide - Interpreter
DEPARTMENT:
REPORTS TO: Hearing Impaired Teacher/Department Chairman
SUPERVISES: Does not apply
POSITION GOAL: Interpret for hearing impaired students that have mainstreamed into regular classes
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Interpret the spoken message to the hearing impaired student at his/her level of language comprehension via sign language and finger spelling or translate VERBATIM via signing and finger spelling.
2. Reverse interpret (voice) messages signed by the hearing impaired student.
3. Assist in communication between the regular classroom teacher and special education personnel.
4. Complete student monitoring sheets as requested.
5. Attend meetings and participate in in-service education programs for full time employees.
6. Participate in workshops for the hearing impaired students and/or school personnel regarding the role of the interpreter as needed.
7. Participate in parent conferences and staffings as requested.
8. Understand and follow program guidelines for educational interpreters.
9. Perform such other duties and assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Hearing Impaired Department Chairman and/or Hearing Impaired Teacher.
KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL SKILLS:
EXPERIENCE:
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:
1. Contract language
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
1. Contract language
ADA:
The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
School Calendar
EVALUATION:
Primary evaluator will be the Principal