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Educational Interpreter Summer Institute August 10 - 13, 2009

Location: University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL

Housing: Participants will be responsible for their own lodging. Special rates for attendees have been arranged at the Wingate Inn. See their web site.

Stipends will be given to educational interpreters, working in school districts, who stay in the hotel are more than 50 miles from home and stay in the hotel. The stipend of $125.00 will be sent to the participant approximately 6 weeks after the Institute.

Each institute will have limited enrollment to promote effective instruction.

Tracks will include:

• Institute 1 - Preparation for the EIPA Written and Performance Evaluations

Participants will engage in knowledge and skill activities designed to prepare them for the EIPA test at the elementary or secondary level.
Maximum Participants: 25
Pre-requisite - Participant is committed to taking one or both of the evaluations.
Instructor: Shannon Simon

• Institute 2 - Preparation for the NIC Performance/Interview Evaluation
Participants will be involved in knowledge and skill development designed to lead them to achieving national certification on the NIC performance/interview assessment.
Maximum Participants: 25
Pre-requisite - Participant must currently hold an EIE 2 or 3 or QA 2 or 3, OR passed the NIC written exam and plans to take the NIC performance evaluation by August, 2010.
Instructor: Sherry Shaw

• Institute 3 - Preparing for the National Interpreter Certification (NIC) Written Examination
Understand the tasks, skills and knowledge required by the new national interpreter testing system.  Learn specific content information from testing resource materials suggested by the National Council on Interpreting (NCI).
Maximum Participants: 30
Pre-requisite - Participant plans to take the NIC written evaluation before August, 2010.
Instructor: Debbie Spiker

• Institute 4 - Introduction to Educational Interpreting
Participants will develop an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of interpreters in the educational setting while exploring the guiding principles of professional behavior; become knowledgeable about the various language systems used in the schools and the cultural issues faced by students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. This institute will use the textbook, So You Want To Be An Interpreter...Humphrey and Alcorn.
Maximum Participants: 25
Pre-requisite - Participant has worked or will be working in the school district in the fall and has not completed a college interpreter preparation program.
Instructor: Len Roberson

• Institute 5 - Leadership Training for Mentors/Lead Interpreters
This program will provide participants with a comprehensive approach and framework for maximizing the role of lead interpreter or mentor; strategies for developing practices and proposals that will lead to student-centered positive change, move toward a more appropriate interpreter service paradigm, develop clearer expectations and accountability, and improve the services to, and consumer competencies of, students.
Maximum Participants: 25
Pre-requisite – 1 or more years of experience as a manual or oral interpreter/transliterator.
Instructor: Ali Blaylock

Summer Institute
August 10 - 13, 2009

RegistrationOpens
April 1, 2009

Individual Assessment with Maureen Tuccelli

Those who are interested will be video taped while "working" on an interpretation or transliteration message. The master interpreter/mentor will review the product with you during your 30 minute session. Specific feedback on strengths and weaknesses along with suggestions for improvement will be shared.

Sessions available: Choose ONE

Interpreting: Voice to Sign OR Sign to Voice

OR

Transliterating: Voice to Sign OR Sign to Voice

Indicate your choice on your registration form.