FCPS translators

[Anonymous]

Does FCPS hire translators to assist families who do not speak English?

I am not asking about ESOL services in the classroom, but, for example, an advocate type position to do things like sit in IEPs and translate for parents.

*For languages other than Spanish, such as Korean, Mandarin, Urdu, etc.

[Anonymous]

Yes, absolutely. FCPS has interpreters for tons of languages. I am a special education teacher. Any IEP, phone call, etc..., I made to a family that doesn't speak English, I can find an interpreter for.

[Anonymous]

Yes. When I taught at schools that had high populations of immigrant families, we utilized these services often in IEP meetings. For some languages, there is only one interpreter in the county, so meetings were hard to schedule, but for others there were dozens.

[Anonymous]

Fcps has poured so much money and effort into offering interpreters for everything - including parent and community meetings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, absolutely. FCPS has interpreters for tons of languages. I am a special education teacher. Any IEP, phone call, etc..., I made to a family that doesn't speak English, I can find an interpreter for.

Thank you.

What job category would they be listed under?

I searched, but could not find any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, absolutely. FCPS has interpreters for tons of languages. I am a special education teacher. Any IEP, phone call, etc..., I made to a family that doesn't speak English, I can find an interpreter for.

Thank you.

What job category would they be listed under?

I searched, but could not find any.

It's probably a company that contracts with the school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, absolutely. FCPS has interpreters for tons of languages. I am a special education teacher. Any IEP, phone call, etc..., I made to a family that doesn't speak English, I can find an interpreter for.

Thank you.

What job category would they be listed under?

I searched, but could not find any.

It's probably a company that contracts with the school system.

FCPS does contract a company and often times other staff members such as IA are used to translate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, absolutely. FCPS has interpreters for tons of languages. I am a special education teacher. Any IEP, phone call, etc..., I made to a family that doesn't speak English, I can find an interpreter for.

Thank you.

What job category would they be listed under?

I searched, but could not find any.

It's probably a company that contracts with the school system.

Not in my school. Our translators come from an FCPS office and work directly for the county, and our parent liaison is hired directly by the principal.

[Anonymous]

I worked for the school health clinics (health department) and we called a California-based Language Line (that was the official name). It took a frustratingly long time to complete a simple call. You’d call in to the main number, give your passcode and name to the operator and request the language and outbound number to reach and then ask to stay on the phone.

Long hold to find an interpreter. Then I’d explain who I was and who we were calling and why then get a voicemail or worse, a recording that voicemail is full/not set up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, absolutely. FCPS has interpreters for tons of languages. I am a special education teacher. Any IEP, phone call, etc..., I made to a family that doesn't speak English, I can find an interpreter for.

Thank you.

What job category would they be listed under?

I searched, but could not find any.

It's probably a company that contracts with the school system.

Not in my school. Our translators come from an FCPS office and work directly for the county, and our parent liaison is hired directly by the principal.

I don’t know if our ES currently has a parent liaison, but the last one didn’t serve as a translator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, absolutely. FCPS has interpreters for tons of languages. I am a special education teacher. Any IEP, phone call, etc..., I made to a family that doesn't speak English, I can find an interpreter for.

Thank you.

What job category would they be listed under?

I searched, but could not find any.

It's probably a company that contracts with the school system.

Not in my school. Our translators come from an FCPS office and work directly for the county, and our parent liaison is hired directly by the principal.

Thank you.

Are you aware of which Gatehouse office handles this?

[Anonymous]

Not sure which office handles it, but it's federal law.
It is covered both by the Department of Justice and the Department of Education as a Civil Rights issue.

And the best (and expected) practice under the law is that schools use trained translators, not bilingual staff members.

[Anonymous]

The office is called Language Services and they are located un the Chief, Experience and Engagement Office at Gatehouse. They have both writing and oral (in person, not on the phone) translation / interpretation services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The office is called Language Services and they are located un the Chief, Experience and Engagement Office at Gatehouse. They have both writing and oral (in person, not on the phone) translation / interpretation services.

Thank you!!