Educational Interpreter (National) 2024-2025
Educational Interpreter (National) 2024 - 2025
The Pulaski County Public School Board, Virginia is now accepting applications for Jobs for an Educational Interpreter (National) starting the 2024 - 2025 school year. These positions are located at Pulaski County High School & Pulaski County Middle School.  Applications must be completed online by visiting the Pulaski County Public Schools website at www.pcva.us and following the employment links. You may upload a letter of interest, resume, college transcripts, your license(s)/certification(s) and letters of reference to your online application.
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Job Summary
Position is responsible for use of American Sign Language/Cued Speech to provide services to students with deafness/hearing impairment in a variety of settings including                    (but not limited to) academic classes, meetings, assemblies, telephone calls, or related activities. The employee takes voiced English information and interprets it into American Sign Language. Employee’s performance is evaluated collaboratively by the assigned teacher(s), designated Supervisor and Principal(s).
Essential Duties
1. Acts as the facilitator of communication between the student with deafness/hearing impairment, school staff, fellow students, and others as appropriate.
2. Interprets/transliterates the teacher’s/speaker’s message, conveying the content and spirit of the speaker.
3. Interprets/transliterates all classroom discussions, conversations, and school assemblies.
4. Respects confidentiality in all areas of interpreting/transliterating assignments.
5. Learn signs and/or cues for special vocabulary prior to need.
6. Conferences with students to discuss new signs and/or cues for special class related vocabulary.
7. Fosters independence in students by directing the student to the teacher when the student has questions, and by encouraging the student to get class notes and assignments without the         interpreter’s assistance.
8. Avoids advising, counseling, or interjecting personal opinions into the interpreted instruction or within the educational assignment.
9. Strives to maintain high professional standards in compliance with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or National Cued Speech Association.
10. Strives to further their knowledge and skills through participation in workshops, professional meetings, interaction with professional colleagues, and a reading of current literature in           the field.
11. Maintains prompt and regular attendance at work.
12. Models non discriminatory practices in all activities. (These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude        them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)
Other Duties :
Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal,Teacher of Hard of Hearing, or other appropriate administrator.
Job Specifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The work involves physical effort encountered in normal, everyday activities including sitting, walking, standing, bending, reaching, or carrying light items (no more than 10 pounds). Work is subject to tight and changing schedules, may require serving the needs of several students simultaneously and requires own transportation to travel between schools.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Evaluation
Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Pulaski County School Board is an equal opportunity employer, committed to nondiscrimination in recruitment, selection, hiring, pay, promotion, retention or other personnel actions affecting employees or candidates for employment. Therefore, discrimination in employment against any person on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, status as a veteran, genetic information or disability is prohibited. Personnel decisions are based on merit and the ability to perform essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation .
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)
I. a. Personnel providing educational interpreting services for children using sign language shall have a Virginia Quality Assurance Screening (VQAS) National, any Registry of                      Interpreters for the Deaf Certificate (excluding Certificate of Deaf Interpretation), or any other state of national certification recognized by the Virginia Department for the Deaf                  and Hard of Hearing as equivalent to or exceeding the VQAS national.
b. Personnel providing educational interpreting services for children using cued speech or cued language shall have a Virginia Quality Assurance Screening National for cued speech or          hold a Transliteration Skills Certificate from the Testing, Evaluation and Certification Unit. (TEC Unit).
c. Personnel providing educational interpreting services for children requiring oral interpreting shall meet minimum requirements for competency on the Virginia Quality Assurance               Screening’s written assessment of the Code of Ethics.
II. Personnel who provide interpreting services for children who use sign language or cued speech or cued language and who do not hold the required qualifications shall have a Virginia        Quality Assurance Screening Level I, or its equivalent, as determined by the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, upon hiring date in any local educational agency in      Virginia. Personnel shall achieve the qualification requirements by the third anniversary of their hiring date. Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working                   relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.
Salary: 10 month Teacher scale 24-25 TBD Salary