ABSTRACT:
The interpreters in Chilean Sign Language (ILSCh) constitute a resource for inclusion, eliminating the barriers of deaf students who use the visual-gestural modality to communicate. Chile has regulations that favor the participation of the ILSCh in different áreas, and this study focused on interpreters in the school context, considering that there is a lack of knowledge of the processes, implementation, results, achievements and employment situation. The questions of the study were: What is the current state of the ILSCh, its formative trajectories, its role and the challenges of its work? The general objective was to describe the figure of the ILSCh and the challenges it faces in its work performance in the school context, located in the Metropolitan and Valparaíso regions, Chile. The approach was qualitative, interpretative, phenomenographic, descriptive and transactional design, the sample intentional by criteria of 24 school level interpreters. The information collection techniques were: identification form, interview and focus group. The transcripts were analyzed with the Atlas TI software. The results show the diversity in the training, focused on the vocabulary of the language, with minimal lines of the educational context, lack of knowlegde of the role, requests for tasks outside their functions and work situations without regulation and diversity of leadership.
KEYWORDS:
Educational inclusion; Sign language; Interpreter for the deaf; Non-teaching functions