About this Interpreter for the Hearing Impaired 2026-2027 role at Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Position Type:
Paraprofessional Job FamiliesDate Posted:
2026-05-01Location:Administration or As AssignedINTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for
performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Responsibilities
- Interprets/transliterates for deaf and hard of hearing students in mainstream/inclusion/self-contained academic, special subject or vocational classes
- Interprets all activities in the classroom including but not limited to lectures, conversations, videos and special projects
- Functions as an educational team member related to communication of deaf and hard of hearing children
- Provides on-going educational support to deaf and hard of hearing students
- Provides as needed services for school functions outside the classroom, during regularly scheduled school hours
- Interprets for meetings, conferences and workshops as requested by Special Education Manager
- Maintains license through professional development activities as mandated by teacher education and licensure standards
- Perform other duties as required/assigned
Qualifications
- Ohio Department of Education 5 Year Professional Associate, Endorsement Code 282200 Interpreter for the Hearing Impaired, required.
- Knowledge of various philosophies for educating deaf and hard of hearing children
- Ability to use a variety of communication modes used with deaf and hard of hearing children
- Ability to work at various locations with children of various ages and abilities
- Basic understanding of IEP processes and teams
Education
To Apply
EEO Statement
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District’s Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District’s Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District’s Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070
