Interpreters make it possible for SLA to provide over 10,000 hours of service each month. Thank you to SLA’s talented and professional interpreters who enable us to meet the needs of the Deaf community effectively and efficiently.

SLA has a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity. We value the strengths that a diverse staff brings to our endeavors.

We believe that the SLA Way embodies respect amongst colleagues, recognition and acceptance of differences, and cooperation to provide the best for our consumers.

• Sign Language Associates is able to offer temporary housing and interpreting work in the Washington, DC; Richmond,VA; and Tampa,FL areas to interpreters affected by Katrina.We have a few staff members who can offer a room; SLA will provide the employment.This offer is available immediately. Please call Jana Owen Beckford, Vice President of Professional Staff, at 1-800-752-0071 to talk about options and ways we can be of support.
  
• Full Time Staff Positions: SLA is proud of the quality service we provide to the Deaf community and believe that the way to do that is to ensure interpreters have our full support. We are looking for interpreters who want to work for a company that believes in having fun and working hard.
• Freelance work: Part Time interpreters enjoy regular paychecks, direct deposit and even the opportunity to participate in our retirement program.
• Working Vacation: If you’d like to visit Washington, DC, Denver, Tampa or Richmond areas and pick up some interpreting work while you’re here, we’ll make it easy!
• Mentorship Program: Our nationally recognized Mentorship program is perfect for interpreters who want a guided development experience. More than 130 interpreters have participated in the SLA Mentorship program and many attribute that experience as helping them become certified.

If you're interested in working with us, we'll need a videotaped sample of your work. SLA’s “videotape guidelines” will lead you through the videotaping process and will include the following considerations:

• Choosing Language Sources
• Warm Up
• Language Target
• Logistics

Please note, all videotaped submissions will become the property of SLA and will not be returned.