Does anyone out there know anything about "oral transliterators"?

Question

i was offered a job as an oral transliterator next year. the mother of the little girl told me to find out everything about the job cuz she doesnt know too much about it. can i work straight for the board of ed or do i have to go thru an agency? do i need any special courses or certification? i dont know anything about the job!

Answer 1

You say you were already offered a job-so who hired you-the board of ed or agency?

Itr depends on the individual school district.  Some will hire their own-some will contract with an agency.

An oral transliterator provides communication access to a person who is deaf or hard of hearing and who uses speechreading and speaking as a means of communicating. The oral transliterator, positioned in front of the deaf person, inaudibly repeats the spoken message for the deaf person, making it as speechreadable as possible.This is called Expressive Oral Transliterating. An oral transliterator also can audibly voice the spoken message of a deaf person for the hearing audience.This is called Voicing or Voice-Over

The transliterator should be trained and certified as an Oral Transliterator by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), this country's premier certifying body. For more information about RID and the certification process, go to RID's Web site at www.rid.org.

If such a person cannot be found in your area, look for a trained Oral Transliterator with state approval or Quality Assurance Approval from the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (www.agbell.org). Some states also may have state-based screening programs similar to those used for sign language interpreters.

The Mainstream Center at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts, offers an annual summer workshop in the fundamentals of oral transliterating. In addition to beginners, many sign language interpreters attend this training to gain the skills necessary for effective oral transliterating. If you would like more information about the Mainstream Center's oral transliterating workshop, visit: www.clarkeschool.org.