Company Information
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Company Name: Capital Region BOCES
Website: https://www.capitalregionboces.org/employment

Job Information
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Job Title: Educational Interpreter
Job Type: Permanent
Start Date: 09/02/2024
Job Description:
The work involves facilitating the translation of verbal communication for
deaf/hard-of-hearing students.   An incumbent is responsible for interpreting
presentations, instructions, and assignments in a variety of settings, both
sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign.  Direct supervision is received from the
assigned school district or BOCES supervisor.  Does related work as required.
Responsibilities include
1.	Receives verbal communication and interprets for students who are
deaf/hard-of-hearing.
2.	Receives sign language communication from students who are
deaf/hard-of-hearing.
3.	Provides fluent American Sign Language interpretation for seminars,
classes, examinations, meetings, conferences, etc.
4.	Thorough knowledge of American Sign Language.
5.	Thorough knowledge of the English language.
6.	Good knowledge of the communication problems confronting the
deaf/hard-of-hearing population within mainstream environments.
7.	Skill in sign language.
8.	Skill in receptive, expressive, and reverse interpreting.
9.	Ability to facilitate the successful completion of the communication
process for students who are deaf/hard-of-hearing.
10.	Ability to understand verbal communication and express this communication
to the deaf/hard-of-hearing using motor communication skills.
11.	Ability to understand and express both verbal and manual language.
12.	Ability to define abstract ideas into understandable manual language.
13.	Ability to maintain confidentiality.
14.	Patience, endurance, professionalism and sound judgment.
15.	Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.



Requirements:
A.	Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one
accredited by New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a
Bachelor’s degree in an Interpreter Education Program or closely related
field; OR,
B.	Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one
accredited by New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an
Associate’s degree in an Interpreter Education Program or closely related
field and two (2) years of experience interpreting for the
deaf/hard-of-hearing; OR,
C.	Possession of a high school diploma or GED and four (4) years of
experience interpreting for the deaf/hard-of-hearing plus completion of at
least one (1) college-level course in American Sign Language.



Links to External Job Postings:
Title: Educational Interpreter
URL: https://capitalregionboces.recruitfront.com/JobPosting?JID=47260


Resume Information
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Applicants should submit the following:: Resume, Application Form
Majors Desired:: Interpreting
Degree levels accepted:: Associate, Bachelor

Application Information
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Apply online at:: https://capitalregionboces.recruitfront.com/JobPosting?JID=47260