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Educational Interpreter

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$50,960.00 - $106,267.20 Annually

Location

Council Bluffs - 51503 - Pottawattamie County, IA

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

25-03442

Agency

282 Iowa Department of Education

Opening Date

06/30/2025

Closing Date

8/10/2025 11:59 PM Central

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Primary Function:Provides interpreting services to elementary through high school level students. Works with other staff members to ensure students’ successful integration into the traditional public-school program. Provides interpreting services for staff meetings and other events as needed.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Provides interpreting services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students as needed. Accompanies students to class and interprets lectures, lessons, and any other information presented to students during class time in a sign language system familiar to the student [American Sign Language, Signing Exact English (SEE), Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE), etc.]. Sign-to-voice interpreters. Facilitates communication between the classroom teacher and the student to address needs, concerns, problems, etc. as they arise.

+ Prepares students’ class time by reviewing books, materials, and other instructional information.

+ Under supervision of the teacher, supervisor, and/or counselor, prepares and maintains documentation and records relating to students’ progress and developing techniques and strategies to assist students who are experiencing difficulty in the classroom

+ Participate in a variety of inter-departmental and intradepartmental meetings for the purpose of exchanging information about students’ progress and developing techniques and strategies to assist students who are having trouble in the classroom.

+ Participates, as a member of the educational team, in team meetings, in development of the students’ Individualized Education Plans, and in student evaluations.

+ Attends a variety of workshops, seminars, and presentations for continued educational and professional growth.

+ Interprets for staff members and for staff in-service meetings as requested.

+ Performs other related duties as requested.

Position Requirements: An associate degree or a Bachelor of Science degree from an interpreter training program is preferred. EIPA 4.0 or better preferred. C-Print or CART training is a plus. Ability to meet the designated level of sign language proficiency within the time frame established by the School’s Sign Policy and must possess or can obtain a license from the Board of Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators. Ability to work well with students, teachers, and other providers of educational services.

Applicants must have satisfactory criminal history, adult and child abuse registry, and sexual offender’s registry background checks before hire.

Information on Iowa licensing requirements may be found from the Iowa Board of Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators athttp://idph.iowa.gov/Licensure/Iowa-Board-of-Sign-Language-Interpreters-and-Transliterators.

Work Schedule:Full time school year position. 187 contracted workdays/school year. Full benefits.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate’s degree from an interpreter training program.

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State of Iowa

Agency

282 Iowa Department of Education

Address

Grimes State Office Building

400 E 14th St

Des Moines, Iowa, 50319

Website

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