JobID: 1923

Position Type:
Support Staff/Sign Language Interpreter

Date Posted:
5/27/2026

Location:
Boeckman Middle School, Farmington MN

Date Available:
08/24/2026

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917
POSITION OPENING

Date Posted: July 17, 2025

Position Title: Sign Language Interpreter, Special Education

Assignment Location: Boekman Middle School in Farmington, MN serving students in the District's Deaf & Hard of Hearing Resource Program (D/HH)

Hours per Day: 7.25 hours; start and end times vary based on float location

Schedule: 8:30 AM to 3:45 PM

Anticipated Start Date: August 24, 2025

Starting At: Salary dependent on degree, certification, and experience as indicated in the Interpreters Contract

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Under the supervision of the program's assistant director/principal, a sign language interpreter provides students who are deaf and hard of hearing with sign language interpreting services in elementary and/or secondary settings in school districts' locations within Dakota County. As part of a team environment, Interpreters work to establish and maintain effective communication with students, teachers, and other staff by maintaining confidentiality within the team and supporting communication between team members. One may provide in-service training to teachers, students and other consumers, and use one's general knowledge of classroom subject matters, materials, and media, standard district rules, regulations and policies, child and language development, and knowledge of assistive listening devices and Deaf and hard of hearing cultures to provide the optimal access to interpreted messages. The sign language interpreter role is performed following District policy and State/Federal Laws.

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DISTRICT PROFILE:

Intermediate School District 917 provides special education, career & technical education (CTE), and/or alternative learning for nine member districts in the south metro. Our programs are located in more than 20 sites throughout the south metro, including Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) where our district office is located. We focus on being purposeful, personalized partners within our community as we model an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff. The culture of ISD 917 is built on the core values of collaboration, empathy, innovation, stewardship, communication, integrity, personalization, equity, and diversity. Our programs are designed to provide high quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students. We serve students from birth through age 21 in a variety of special education programs located in multiple sites. Our CTE programs are all located at DCTC, and our alternative learning program (Dakota County Area Learning School (DCALS) has two locations, one co-located in DCTC in Rosemount and one in West St. Paul. At ISD 917, we belong to each other, and no one is invisible.

Mission (= Our Core Purpose)
In partnership with member districts, Intermediate School District 917 provides high quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students.

Vision (= What We Intend to Create)
Intermediate School District 917 models an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff.

Core Values (= Drivers of Our Words and Actions)

Strategic Directions (= Focus of Our Improvement Efforts)

District Motto
Purposeful. Personalized. Partners.

Application Procedure: Can be completed at https://www.applitrack.com/isd917/onlineapp/

District 917's Website: http://www.isd917.org/