Interpreting
 

Here is some information on Educational Interpreting.  There are ideas for IEP writing, teaching children how to use an interpreter, and assist the child how to become independent while still using an interpreter.  Also information on how to interview for interpreters.  I would like to thank Pam Morris for assisting me with this information.  Pam has 25 years of education and working in the field of Deaf Education.  She is also RID Certified, and works as an educational interpreter coordinator and teacher of the deaf.

Elementary:

  • The student will learn the role of the educational interpreter in the classroom.
  • The student will  direct questions to the classroom teacher.
  • The student will learn the best  seating for the classroom in order to access the teacher and the interpreter.

Middle School:

  • These are repeated do to the gradual lessening prominence of the interpreter's role.
  • The student will learn the role of the interpreter  in the classroom.
  • The student will learn how to access services in the school without  relying on the   the interpreter( idea here is to learn the roles of the differing school personnel, principal, assist. principal, guidance counselor) ... to foster independence.

 High School:

Rationale:  many students are not sure how the system works, who does what, what role

  • Student will learn the roles of school personnel.
  • Student will learn who can help him with career development.
  • The student will use  the state's relay call service to make a phone call independently.
  •  Student will learn how to use the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
  • The student will learn when he needs to contact his VR counselor for information and questions.
  • The student will learn how to get a case opened with VR and how to receive funding for college, hearing aids,  interpreters, etc.
  • Student will learn  how to read his/her own  audiogram
  • Student will learn about different assistive devices for deaf and hard of hearing people.
  • Student will learn the laws  that protect his rights: ADA,504, etc.
  • Student will learn the difference in using an interpreter in school  and out in the community. (they have a different role, they do not tutor)
  • The student will learn how to get an interpreter for personal needs.
  •  The student will learn what colleges offer comprehensive services for deaf and hard of hearing  students.
  • The student will learn how to advocate for themselves to get an interpreter, ask for assistive devices, etc.
  • The student will learn about the various organizations that serve deaf and hard of hearing people(SHHH, Cued Speech Center, NAD, etc.)
  • The student will learn the names of journals and publications that have the latest information on technology and resources.

Questions to ask when interviewing an educational interpreter:

1.  Please describe the difference in the role in the interpreter between the elementary, middle and high school years.( I am trying to find out here how they would help the child to become independent and not a mascot in the classroom)

2.  What is your understanding of the role of the interpreter as part of the educational team? How could you appropriately participate in the IEP meeting?

3.  Before school begins, what do you recommend an interpreter do to prepare the teachers for having a deaf/hard of hearing student in the classroom?

4. Give a brief synopsis of an outline that you could prepare to inservice with the teacher of the deaf on using an interpreter and the role of the interpreter.

5. Can you give me an example of what you might say to a teacher in the regular classroom before the beginning of classes?

6. In this situation, how would you handle this: While you are interpreting in science class, the student to whom you are interpreting, says to you that he was using drugs last night and doesn't feel like participating in the science experiment.How would you handle this situation?

7. You have been working with a deaf student, during the daily class discussions and lectures the deaf student always asks you questions, the student never asks the teacher. How would you respond to this situation?(the goal is to see if this interviewee will bring up this problem to the IEP team)

8. The parent of your student, has gotten your phone number and calls you at home to ask about the their child's progress during the school day, or asks why she has gotten a note from the assistant principal. How should you respond to these?

I liked to find out if the interpreters had an understanding of their role, that they had a desire to teach the child independence, so that the time the student is in high school the student, really is an expert at using an interpreter!

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