T26/27 - World Language Teacher - ASL.090 (Yorktown)
Arlington Public Schools
Location
Arlington, Virginia
Quick overview
The primary responsibility is to teach American Sign Language (ASL) as a foreign language to high school students, which includes developing and implementing the ASL curriculum. The role requires effective teamwork, flexibility, dependability, organization, and excellent interpersonal skills.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have or be eligible for Virginia licensure and hold specific certifications related to American Sign Language teaching or interpreting from recognized associations like ASLTA, RID, or NAD, along with a minimum of three semester hours in foreign language teaching methods. Experience teaching high school students and developing ASL curriculum is also required.
Job description
This position is a 1.0 FTE located at Yorktown High School for SY27.
Qualifications
- Must have or be eligible for Virginia licensure.
- Hold a current, valid qualified or professional certification by the American Sign Language Teachers Association; or
- Hold a current, valid Virginia Quality Assurance Screening Level III Interpreting Certification or higher issued by the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; or
- Hold a current, valid Registry of Interpreters for Deaf certification at least one of the following: Certification of Interpretation (CI), Certification of Deaf Interpretation (CDI), Reverse Skills Certification (RSC), or Comprehensive Skills Certification (CSC); or
- Hold a current, valid National Association for the Deaf Level IV Certification or higher, and
- Earned a minimum of three semester hours of methods of teaching foreign languages at the elementary and secondary levels from a regionally accredited college or university.
- Dual endorsement in English as a Second Language and/or Special Education, or in any other content area, is preferred but not required.
- Experience
- Experience teaching high school students.
- Experience teaching American Sign Language to students.
- Understanding of methodology of teaching foreign language at the secondary level.
- Experience developing and implementing ASL curriculum.
Responsibilities
- Ability to work effectively as a team member with colleagues.
- Flexible, dependable and highly organized.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to teach ASL as a foreign language.
- Salary
- Salary based on the 2026-27 salary schedule.
Arlington Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer It is the policy of the Arlington School Board, as stated in Policy G-2.30, Employee Relations – Equal Employment Opportunity - that “Employment opportunities shall not be restricted, abridged or otherwise adversely affected on the basis of race, national origin, creed, color, religion, gender, age, economic status, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, and/or disability.”
