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This position provides interpreting or transliterating services for students at Wake Technical Community College, either in the classrooms or in other college approved settings.
Responsibilities and Duties (*Essential Functions)
- Prepares appropriately for each instructional meeting by reviewing course materials and prepares technical vocabulary for classroom interpreting and development of professional skills
- Provides classroom and on-call interpreting/transliterating (i.e., Individualized Learning Center (ILC), teacher or advisor conferences, graduation ceremonies, and other school functions)
- Works as a team interpreter in classrooms or meetings as requested
- Substitutes for other interpreters on an as-needed basis
Promotes disability awareness and helps the school staff, faculty, and students develop positive attitudes toward disabilities
Follows a schedule provided by the Coordinator for each semester
Submits hours on an appropriate basis for payment monthly
Mentors, trains, and provides feedback to less experienced interpreters regarding the enhancement of Sign Language interpreting skills as needed
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Facilitates effective interactions between all Deaf and Hearing faculty, staff and students at Wake Technical Community College
Possesses the ability to interpret/transliterate both receptively and expressively, in all settings in the college.
Ability to arrive on-time for assignments and maintain commitments to student meetings
Follows the Code of Professional Conduct as written by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Comprehensive knowledge of American Sign Language and deaf culture
Ability to exhibit good interpersonal skills and work well with others
Demonstrated abilities and experiences working with a diverse population
Requirements:
Associate's degree and holds a full or provisional license from the NCITLB (North Carolina Interpreter and Transliterator License) or a BEI ( Board of Interpreting) Certification or National Interpreter/Transliterator Certification
Preferences:
Associate's degree in Sign Language Interpreting or ASL linguistics
Proficiency in other modes of communication for the Deaf, that includes but is not limited to Cued Speech, Signed English and Oral Interpreting
Two years of experience interpreting and or transliterating in a post-secondary setting
Essential Personnel:
TBD
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