Job Description

Job Title: Educational Interpreter

Reports to: Lead Interpreter

Department: Education

Compensation: $30 - $35/hour, depending on experience

Company Overview:

Shrub Oak International School () is a therapeutic day and residential school for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions. Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment. We offer a variety of programs to meet the needs of students across the spectrum, and our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.

Essential Functions:

The Educational Interpreter is a 12-month calendar year hourly position and is supervised and monitored by the Lead Educational Interpreter. The Educational Interpreter provides support for D/HH students based on their ITEP goals and/or diploma requirements in collaboration with the classroom teachers and other clinical team members. In addition, the Educational Interpreter will have a strong partnership with classroom faculty and clinical staff to support an individualized, evidence-based educational program considering each student's interests, strengths, and needs. The Educational Interpreter will provide communication access to D/HH students through the use of ASL and signed English.

• Provide communication access through use of sign language (ASL), signed English, spoken English, cultural mediation, and knowledge of visual accessibility at the school.
• Participate in training opportunities, workshops, and professional development for educational interpreters regarding educational settings, IEP involvement, new/specialized vocabulary, AAC use, deafblind and DeafDisabled specialties, and music interpretation at the guidance of the Lead Educational Interpreter.
• Advocate for additional services/accommodations/accessibility for D/HH, deafblind, and DeafDisabled students as needed.
• Periodically attend collaboration meetings regarding accessibility, accommodations, and curriculum with consulting teacher of the deaf, clinical staff, transitions team, and electives teachers.
• Provide communication accessibility and interpreting services within academic settings, parent meetings, ITEP meetings, and institutional events for and between D/HH, deafblind, DeafDisabled, and hearing students, staff, and parents.
• Prepare for interpreting content by utilizing preparation time and materials provided including communicating/collaborating with colleagues and researching outside sources.
• Communicate and document student progress with transdisciplinary team; participates in relevant transdisciplinary meetings regarding student progress.
• Set up and adapt materials, equipment, and assistive devices for use by student(s) as directed including school emergency protocols.
• Participate in ITEP meetings and district CSE meetings as a member of the educational team.
• Prioritize work assignments appropriately; interpreting educational classroom content should be prioritized above all other interpreting situations/needs.
• Maintain confidentiality of student information; information is shared only on a relevant need-to-know basis with educational team.
• Serve as a sign language model for D/HH, deafblind, and DeafDisabled students who they work with; present content and intent of speaker at a language level most readily understood by the individual.
• May participate in/interpret for crisis intervention and behavioral techniques as needed.
• Use RID Code of Professional Conduct and EIPA Guidelines for Professional Conduct to guide professional and ethical decision-making.
• Provide tutoring services to D/HH, deafblind, DeafDisabled, and students such as preliminary exposure to content-specific vocabulary, reviewing essential concepts, and/or providing additional opportunities for guided practice.
• Support social development by informally teaching conversational signs to teachers, staff, and peers.
• Support the general safety, productiveness, and operations of the school within the boundaries of compensated working hours as long as said expectations do not interfere with the need for educational interpreting services.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Requirements:

Experience & Education:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 1 year interpreting experience with deaf/HoH population, preferably in a K-12 educational setting
• Certificate of completion or equivalent from an accredited interpreter training program (ITP) is strongly preferred, though relevant experience with D/HH, deafblind, and DeafDisabled students may be considered.
• Preferably completed a supervised internship or practicum in an educational setting
• Successful completion of the written portion of the RID (National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) certification exam OR successful completion of the EIPA (Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment) with a score of 3.5 or higher is preferred

Skills & Abilities:

• Fluency in ASL
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; ability to accurately complete documentation and other administrative tasks
• Familiarity with video conference platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 and related applications
• Ability to manage challenging physical and verbal behaviors
• Skilled in crisis management/de-escalation involving children and adolescents with autism, MH conditions, and other co-occurring diagnoses
• Ability to get TCIS trained and remain current on all assigned trainings

Benefits:

Available for full-time employees. An overview of our benefits:

• Insurance coverage: Health, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 401(k) w/ company match
• Tuition/Professional development assistance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Employee discounts

Physical Requirements/Demands:

A workday regularly includes multiple or conflicting demands, deadlines and time pressures; work regularly requires sustained concentration. Standing for sustained periods of time, bending, stretching, walking up and down stairs (building has 6 floors), around a hilly campus as needed, may also require walking between floors or between buildings at a moment’s notice.

Work Environment:

We are a boarding school located on a 127-acre campus. The work environment will include both indoor and outdoor spaces, mostly inside the classroom or educational environment. May include work within the residential setting. The building has 6 floors accessible by staircases and elevators.

EEO Statement:

Shrub Oak is an equal employment opportunity employer. Shrub Oak International School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to apply for a job or to perform the essentials functions of their job. Please advise us if you require a reasonable accommodation.

Please note:

SOIS maintains a smoke-free environment to ensure the health and safety of our students, employees, and community. Smoking or vaping of any kind is strictly prohibited indoors, outdoors, and during off-campus activities, with enforcement measures in place including smoke/vape detectors. Non-compliance will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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