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Mid-Del Schools · 2 months ago

2025-26 Deaf Ed Interpreter

Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Mid-Del Schools is seeking a Deaf Education Interpreter responsible for facilitating communication for students with hearing impairments. The role includes providing interpreting services, tutoring, and participating in educational team meetings to support students in their learning environment.

Education

Responsibilities

Provide appropriate communication between the hearing impaired/deaf student(s) and hearing persons in the school (e/g/ teachers, administrators, staff members, peers). This may include sign language, finger-spelling, and/or voicing

Provide tutoring, assistance, extra explanation, and/or rephrasing for lessons as necessary for clarification of concepts

Become familiar in advance with lesson content, vocabulary, videos, and/or handouts in order to be prepared for communicating/signing appropriate material to the student(s)

Provide additional interpreting for special activities or extracurricular activities, with appropriate compensation

Aid other school personnel in understanding the educational needs, communication style, and distinct culture of the deaf

Maintain student confidentiality in accordance with the regulations of FERPA

Participate in educational team meetings, including the development and review of progress on the IEP

Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above

Adhere to the Code of Professional Conduct outlined by the National Association of Interpreters in Education and Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Any other duties as assigned by classroom teacher and building Principal

Qualification

American Sign LanguageEducational Interpreter CertificationQAST 3AboveEIPA 3.5EthicsCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationProblem SolvingConfidentiality

Required

The ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily

The ability to interpret/transliterate at a normal conversational rate where students with hearing impairments or parents are present utilizing American Sign Language

The interpreter must be registered with the Oklahoma State Department of Education educational interpreter registry

QAST 3 or above or EIPA 3.5 or above or National certification

Interpreter must meet 10 hours of CEU every year-5 hours of education related and 1 hour of Ethics