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Coordinator Interpreting Support Services'); '
2025-08-13 UA/ATP Juneau,AK
Description:
Position Type:
Other/ Coordinator AKSD Interpreter Services
Date Posted:
5/22/2025
Location:
AK STATE SCHOOL DEAF/HARD HEAR
Date Available:
07/01/2025
District:
Anchorage School District A bachelor's degree in education or a related field. A Sign Communication Proficiency Interview (SCPI) advanced rating within one year of employment. A minimum of two years of administrative and supervisory experience. Fluency in American Sign Language and both spoken and written English. A valid Alaska driver's license. A master's degree in education or a closely related field. Hold an interpreter certification such as RID, BEI, NAD, etc within one year of employment. Ability to produce well-written technical documents. Ability to work with contractors and contract administrators. Ability to evaluate educational interpreting skills. Ability to evaluate ASL Communication Proficiency using SCPI format. Coordinates the provision of educational interpreting services needed by students and staff to ensure that information is accessible to all participants in the classroom, at extracurricular activities, in meetings, and at training sites. Develops and oversees contracts and payments to provide interpreting services with private vendors. Assigns interpreting duties to ASD and contract interpreters. Addresses daily needs for substitute educational interpreters as needed. Acts as an interpreter for students and staff as needed. Assists in advertising, recruiting, and interviewing candidates for educational interpreter and teaching assistant vacancies and recommends hires. Provides ongoing training opportunities and skill development for educational interpreters statewide, including the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) and the Alaska Educational Interpreter Conference (AEIC). Oversees acquisitions for AKSD video and library resources. Coordinates provision of sign proficiency interviews and ratings for all new staff annually and for others on as needed basis. Assists the director with daily administrative tasks related to scheduling IEP meetings, staff training, service provision, community events, and other meetings. Liaises with Northern Colorado University, Greeley Educational Interpreter Certification Program for the provision of distance learning training for educational interpreters across Alaska. Facilitates communication with the regional Training and Assessment Systems for K-12 Educational Interpreters (TASK12) at Utah State University, enabling educational interpreters to support the Department of Education and Early Development by providing essental information on national assessment strategies for educational interpreters. Assists with other administrative tasks as needed. Holds confidential information related to students and personnel per state laws. Maintains positive, effective working relationships all stakeholders. Oversees expenses for all freelance or contract interpreters and other consultants, providing services to students needing interpretation as assigned. Participates as a member of interviewing teams, IEP teams, and other administrative committees as assigned. Assists in maintaining the STEP Center. Coordinates all program events. Works collaboratively with other departments to support the scheduling of interpreting services for staff and families, as needed.
Bargaining Unit: ACE
Work Year:198 days per year, 11 contract payments
OR 215 days per year, 12 contract payments
Work Day:8 hours per day
FTE: Full time, 1.0 FTE
Salary: ACE 11,step A to P ($ 63,270 - $ 91,250), DOE
Job Summary
The Interpreting Support Services Coordinator oversees all services related to communication access at the Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This role involves coordinating activities related to the ASL program, educational interpreting, sign communication proficiency evaluations for interpreting staff, educational interpreter performance assessments, and distance learning opportunities for educational interpreters statewide. This position reports directly to the senior director of Special Education Compliance. The position has a retirement association with the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).
Job Requirements
The following are required:A bachelor's degree in education or a related field. A Sign Communication Proficiency Interview (SCPI) advanced rating within one year of employment. A minimum of two years of administrative and supervisory experience. Fluency in American Sign Language and both spoken and written English. A valid Alaska driver's license.
The following are preferred:A master's degree in education or a closely related field. Hold an interpreter certification such as RID, BEI, NAD, etc within one year of employment. Ability to produce well-written technical documents. Ability to work with contractors and contract administrators. Ability to evaluate educational interpreting skills. Ability to evaluate ASL Communication Proficiency using SCPI format.
Essential Job FunctionsCoordinates the provision of educational interpreting services needed by students and staff to ensure that information is accessible to all participants in the classroom, at extracurricular activities, in meetings, and at training sites. Develops and oversees contracts and payments to provide interpreting services with private vendors. Assigns interpreting duties to ASD and contract interpreters. Addresses daily needs for substitute educational interpreters as needed. Acts as an interpreter for students and staff as needed. Assists in advertising, recruiting, and interviewing candidates for educational interpreter and teaching assistant vacancies and recommends hires. Provides ongoing training opportunities and skill development for educational interpreters statewide, including the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) and the Alaska Educational Interpreter Conference (AEIC). Oversees acquisitions for AKSD video and library resources. Coordinates provision of sign proficiency interviews and ratings for all new staff annually and for others on as needed basis. Assists the director with daily administrative tasks related to scheduling IEP meetings, staff training, service provision, community events, and other meetings. Liaises with Northern Colorado University, Greeley Educational Interpreter Certification Program for the provision of distance learning training for educational interpreters across Alaska. Facilitates communication with the regional Training and Assessment Systems for K-12 Educational Interpreters (TASK12) at Utah State University, enabling educational interpreters to support the Department of Education and Early Development by providing essental information on national assessment strategies for educational interpreters. Assists with other administrative tasks as needed. Holds confidential information related to students and personnel per state laws. Maintains positive, effective working relationships all stakeholders. Oversees expenses for all freelance or contract interpreters and other consultants, providing services to students needing interpretation as assigned. Participates as a member of interviewing teams, IEP teams, and other administrative committees as assigned. Assists in maintaining the STEP Center. Coordinates all program events. Works collaboratively with other departments to support the scheduling of interpreting services for staff and families, as needed.
Physical /Mental Demands
The physical demands of this job require frequent standing, walking, sitting, speaking and hearing. Specific visual abilities are also required. The employee is regularly required to reach with his/her hands and arms and occasionally lift items weighing less than 40 lbs. Additionally, the employee must be able to understand vague and implicit instructions, be able to readily recall facts and details, handle conflict and make effective decisions under pressure. The employee must have the ability to effectively manage the stress of working with students, parents, and other employees representing diverse cultures, personalities, and work styles in a dynamic work environment.
The Anchorage School District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all individuals with a qualified physical or mental disability.
Work Environment
Work is performed in a professional environment with a wide variety of individuals having differing functions, personalities and abilities, including working with diverse groups of people in a variety of different settings.
While performing the duties of this job the employee may be regularly exposed to a video display. The employee may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Additional Job Information
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job related duties as requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
Anchorage School District (ASD) employees must possess the ability to read and write in English. This also includes the ability to communicate in English with school staff, co-workers, and the public; as well as have the ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directions and understand and follow English instructions and written documents.
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check. For certificated positions, this is in addition to the background check conducted through the certification process with the Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development (DEED).
This position may be required to work in ASD facilities on the military installations (JBER). Please visit the government REAL ID website for additional information.
The Anchorage School District is an equal employment opportunity employer.
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Other/ Coordinator AKSD Interpreter Services
5/22/2025
AK STATE SCHOOL DEAF/HARD HEAR
07/01/2025
Anchorage School District
Bargaining Unit: ACE
Work Year:198 days per year, 11 contract payments
OR 215 days per year, 12 contract payments
Work Day:8 hours per day
FTE: Full time, 1.0 FTE
Salary: ACE 11,step A to P ($ 63,270 - $ 91,250), DOE
Job Summary
The Interpreting Support Services Coordinator oversees all services related to communication access at the Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This role involves coordinating activities related to the ASL program, educational interpreting, sign communication proficiency evaluations for interpreting staff, educational interpreter performance assessments, and distance learning opportunities for educational interpreters statewide. This position reports directly to the senior director of Special Education Compliance. The position has a retirement association with the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).
Job Requirements
The following are required:
The following are preferred:
Essential Job Functions
Physical /Mental Demands
The physical demands of this job require frequent standing, walking, sitting, speaking and hearing. Specific visual abilities are also required. The employee is regularly required to reach with his/her hands and arms and occasionally lift items weighing less than 40 lbs. Additionally, the employee must be able to understand vague and implicit instructions, be able to readily recall facts and details, handle conflict and make effective decisions under pressure. The employee must have the ability to effectively manage the stress of working with students, parents, and other employees representing diverse cultures, personalities, and work styles in a dynamic work environment.
The Anchorage School District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all individuals with a qualified physical or mental disability.
Work Environment
Work is performed in a professional environment with a wide variety of individuals having differing functions, personalities and abilities, including working with diverse groups of people in a variety of different settings.
While performing the duties of this job the employee may be regularly exposed to a video display. The employee may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Additional Job Information
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job related duties as requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
Anchorage School District (ASD) employees must possess the ability to read and write in English. This also includes the ability to communicate in English with school staff, co-workers, and the public; as well as have the ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directions and understand and follow English instructions and written documents.
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check. For certificated positions, this is in addition to the background check conducted through the certification process with the Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development (DEED).
This position may be required to work in ASD facilities on the military installations (JBER). Please visit the government REAL ID website for additional information.
The Anchorage School District is an equal employment opportunity employer.
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