Sign Language Interpreter at Los Angeles Unified School District

About the Employer

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. The school district consists of Los Angeles and all or portions of several adjoining Southern California cities. LAUSD educates and empowers all students as future leaders.

Job Summary

Job Summary

LAUSD’s Division of Special Education – is currently seeking well-qualified candidates to fill Sign Language Interpreter positions throughout the District. Sign Language Interpreters facilitate communication between students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, hearing instructors, staff members, and peers within an educational environment. A Sign Language Interpreter works with the educational team to provide scaffolding and improve the student’s signing capacities using any of a variety of sign or verbal communication systems such as American Sign Language (ASL) in a highly proficient manner. S/he will work under the general supervision of a site administrator; and general or technical supervision will be received from a certificated specialist. No supervision is exercised. The ideal candidate is someone who has experience signing in a variety of environments, and is able to recite, discuss, and apply each of the principal components of the RID (registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) Code of Ethics within the framework of job duties. Additionally, the ideal candidate will be flexible and able to adapt quickly and easily to odd work hours, unfamiliar work sites, and challenging signing environments (e.g.: noisy machinist classrooms, phlebotomy classrooms, etc.). The ideal candidate will also be a self-starter and proactive in finding areas of improvement when the time allows.

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Requirements / Qualifications