ABSTRACT:
Since 2005, the presence of Brazilian Sign Language Translators and Interpreters has become compulsory in school spaces where deaf students are enrolled. However, until now, this post has not been created by the State of São Paulo and this job position has been fulfilled by the so called Interlocutor Teacher (IT). This paper describes a documentary research, whose objective was to analyze the Resolutions of the State Department for Education of São Paulo regarding the education and hiring of this professional. The results allow us to affirm that the state legal provisions demonstrate a lack of knowledge about the complexity involved in the activity of ITs, and, as a consequence, it remains silent to the linguistic, cultural and educational specificities of the deaf students, excluding them from access to education.
KEYWORDS:
Interlocutor Teacher; Resolutions of the State Department for Education; State of São Paulo; Education of the deaf; Special Education