Job Description

Position: Full time Educational Interpreter (Sign Language Interpreter)
Location: Milwaukee, WI (1 building)
Salary: Starting at $35/hour
SIGN ON BONUS: $1000
The Educational Interpreter provides interpreting and support services to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students mainstreamed in the school district.
Job Responsibilities

• Provides expressive and voice interpreting for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students in mainstream classes (this may include American Sign Language, Manually Coded English, Pidgin Signed English, and/or Oral Interpreting).
• Under the supervision of the classroom teacher, provide tutoring services as necessary of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students when it does not interfere with the task of interpreting.
• Assist with the set-up of mote taking services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students when necessary.
• Participate in educational team activities. Activities may include team meetings. parent/teacher conferences, Multidisciplinary Team meetings, and/or informal staffing. Input from the interpreter may involve information regarding communication strategies and progress related to the childs use of the interpreter.
• Serve as a liaison to promote good public relations between the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students, hearing peers, staff, and faculty members.
• Lead or assist in providing in-services to hearing students, staff and parents as requested in regards to sign language.
• Provide interpreting for school functions outside of the classroom, extracurricular activities, and parent meetings when available (Interpreting services provided outside of normal school hours would be compensated accordingly).
• Maintain professional standards as delineated in the Code of Ethics of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate Degree
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Educational Interpreter License REQUIRED

Birch Agency offers excellent compensation and benefits including:

• Paid time off
• Medical, dental, long and short term disability
• 401K
• Continuing Education Reimbursement
• In addition, we can provide relocation and housing allowance to candidates from out of the area.

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Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Relocation package,

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