Educational Interpreter Standards and Opportunities PRESENTED: AUGUST 7, 2015 JOHN BRESKO RICK HAUAN CAROL CARROTHERS

Educational Interpreter Standards and Opportunities PRESENTED: AUGUST 7, 2015 JOHN BRESKO RICK HAUAN CAROL CARROTHERS

HB 1144 RCW 28A.410.271 1. By fall 2016, educational interpreters must pass the WRITTEN TEST of the EIPA AND 2. Either: A. EIPA performance assessment with a minimum score of 3.5 OR B. National Interpreting Certificate (NIC)

Where is Washington compared to the rest of the nation? Washington was the 42nd state to pass legislation creating standards for educational interpreters 4 states have a 3.0 minimum level 20 states have 3.5 minimum level on EIPA 4 states have 4.0 minimum level on EIPA Others have additional requirements of completion of an ITP, or taking the NIC

PESB Recommendations CDHL (Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss) is appointed to implement, coordinate and manage the educational interpreter standards. CDHL is to develop capacity to provide the EIPA to 150 or more educational interpreters that may require testing prior to the 2016 deadline. CDHL developed an Interpreter mentorship Project Spring 2014

What is covered on the Performance Test? 4 areas covered in the performance test (all on a 5 point scale) 1. Voice to Sign 2. Sign to Voice 3. Vocabulary 4. Overall Factors

Voice to Sign (teacher talks) Signs stress/emphasis important words or phrases Affect/emotions (interpreter appropriately uses face and body Sentence boundaries (no run on sentences) non-manual adverbial/adjective markers Use of signing space Follows grammar of ASL, PSE, MCE

Sign to Voice (Deaf student signs) Interpreter can read and convey signer s: Signs Fingerspelling and numbers Register (casual or formal) Non-manual behaviors

Sign to Voice cont. Voice and Intonation Speech production (rate, rhythm, fluency, volume) No run-on speech Sentence types Emphasizes important words, phrases, affect/emotions

Vocabulary of Interpreter Signs Amount of sign vocabulary Signs made correctly Fluency (rhythm and rate) Vocabulary consistent with the sign language or system used Key vocabulary represented

Vocabulary Fingerspelling Fingerspelling done correctly Spelled correctly Appropriate use of fingerspelling Numbers done correctly

Overall Factors Message processing Appropriate eye contact/movement Developed a sense of the whole message (voice to sign and sign to voice) Demonstrated process of lag time appropriately (voice to sign and sign to voice) Able to show clearly who is talking

Survey Results 135 interpreters from 37 districts responded 59% return of survey sent to 230 educational interpreters 26% (36) have met standard 3% (6) have passed RID Performance not the written EIPA

EIPA status 88 interpreters signed up to take the EIPA performance this summer +36 of interpreters meet standard =124 interpreters met or have been assessed This means we have about half of the interpreters have attempted or met standard

EIPA Performance Test Cost: $335.00 2 hours to complete Choices: Elementary or Secondary ASL with some PSE PSE with some ASL MCE Registration information sent through the listserv

EIPA Written Test Cost: $235.00 Multiple Choice Test All on computer Offered at locations across the state Registration is on website: www.classroominterpreting.org

Cost of Mentorship Program School District or interpreter cost $2700.00 OSPI (through WSDS) $30,000 total, for 2015-2016 50 applications will be accepted from school districts for their district interpreters first come, first served For applications contact Carol Carrothers carolc@cwu.edu

Mentorship Schedule Orientation on September 26, 2015 Ellensburg, WA Ending in May 2016 Total of 8 months EIPA diagnostic Center believes.5 raise in score January 2016 start if districts/interpreters express interest testing August 2016

Mentoring Project Includes 12 Hearing Mentors 6 Deaf Mentors 1 program manager Up to 50 educational Interpreter participants

Activities Include Training is Technology based requires understanding of accessing Individual interpreter mentor sessions 2 per month 1.5 hours each Individual feedback session with deaf mentor, once per month 1 hour 6 Language Immersion Saturdays or Sundays One Language immersion weekend with all participants and all 6 deaf mentors EIPA Performance assessment at the conclusion

Questions?

Additional Resources Web based information RCW 28A.410.217 Website: http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=28a.410.271 PESB final recommendations: https://docs.google.com/file/d/obzb1kjivw9sznzmadrvsok/edit EIPA Website: www.classroominterpreting.org Contact information: John Bresko: John.Bresko@k12.wa.us Carol Carrothers: carolc@cwu.edu Rick Hauan: rick.hauan@cdhl.wa.gov