Sign Language Interpreter (S.E.E.)

Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children • Full-time • Shoreline, WA, US • $33 - $44 / hour • 8m ago

Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children is seeking Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) Interpreters/Paraeducators for our preschool – eighth grade classrooms. We have both substitute and full-time positions available. Our S.E.E. Interpreters/Paraeducators use Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) in our classrooms. If you don’t know S.E.E. but use another form of signing and/or are willing to learn S.E.E., we like to meet you!

Located in Shoreline (north Seattle), our school community is a fantastic place to work for those seeking a caring, mutually-supportive workplace that is dedicated to best practices in Deaf Education. Our day school serves children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH), preschool through 8th grade and live within a 2-hour radius of our campus. Students are taught by a Teacher of the Deaf (TOD) and students may be mainstreamed in their neighborhood school from Kindergarten and up as directed by their IEP. Students are supported in becoming self-confident, articulate, academically competitive learners and community members who demonstrate that hearing loss is a difference, not a disability. Students wear amplification, are provided with DM/FM systems, and use simultaneous speech and S.E.E. to develop age-appropriate English and literacy. Class sizes are small, typically with 5 – 8 students in a homeroom grouping, served by a TOD and an interpreter/paraeducator.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support TOD in all classroom activities including but not limited to: interpreting classroom instruction; carry out classroom routines and transitions, as well as individualized, instructional goals; manage and check of assistive listening devices; facilitate speech, English, and social interactions with peers during class time, recess, and lunchtime; help with student behavior an organizational management; assist with record-keeping and data collection of requested skill and behaviors; prepare materials; interpret; transport students to and from mainstreaming opportunities as needed; and attend staff and other educational meetings.

REQUIREMENTS:

Openness and desire to learn and be trained on tasks and responsibilities that may be new to you
Associates Degree or higher education and at least one year of experience in an educational setting or equivalent
Documentation of EIPA scores of at least 3.5, or ESSE score of at last 4.0 or equivalent testing Interpreter Training Program; and/or S.E.E. proficiency or willingness to enroll in intermediate level S.E.E. classes offered at the school and participate in the EIPA training program provided by the school
Knowledge and demonstrated adherence to interpreter code of ethics and confidentiality requirements (FERPA and NWSDHH policy)
Ability to work well with colleagues, other professionals, and parents
A passion for working with children
Strong communication skills
Excellent time management and commitment to punctuality
Flexibility in service of addressing student needs and job requirements
Ability to stay organized and multi-task while attending to detail
Familiarity with current personal amplification, assistive listening devices, and ROGER personal and Soundfield systems, or willingness to learn
Driver’s license and willingness to drive children to and from mainstreaming assignments
Background check (including fingerprinting)
Ability to lift 35 pounds