4.1 Qualifications ● Provide valid licenses in the State of Mississippi that allow you to provide the contracted services. Provider must be located in the State of Mississippi or be located within 100 miles of the District. If the provider does not meet the criteria above, provider must submit (2) two school district references within those listed confines that have a prior working experience with the provider. ● Provide a list of school district references. ● Pass background check and child abuse registry checks. ● Provide certificate of general and professional liability insurances. ● Provide assurance of worker’s compensation insurance if applicable. ● Provide assurance to indemnify and hold harmless the District from and against any claim, loss, expense, or damage to any person or property arising out of approved agreement to provide contracted services to the District. ● Available to provide listed services for the 2025-2026 school year. ● Provide resume of the provider. 4.2 Focus of ASL Interrupting Services ● Attend classes, guidance sessions, tutoring sessions, and other school activities with deaf and hard-of-hearing student to interpret educational information and classroom discussions. ● Answer general questions regarding the nature and problems associated with deafness and hearing. ● Attend meetings with school personnel and parents who are deaf or hard of hearing to interpret educational information; 4.3 Professional Development and Administrative Support ● Provide teacher orientation and training on the characteristics of the disability of the student and their school-based plans according to the related service goals on the IEP. ● Assist teachers in the implementation of each student’s IEP as it relates to success in the classroom involving educational school-based goals. ● Assist teachers in the monitoring and data collection as it relates to each student’s schoolbased goals as stated on their IEP according to Results Driven Accountability and educational benefit. ● Meet regularly with Special Education Director to conduct on-going evaluation of service provided under the provision of contract.