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The DO IT Center is dedicated to advancing the field of interpreter education and competency. As a result, the Center participates in projects, makes presentations at conferences, and publishes articles and reports aimed at professionalizing the field. The Center has also offered 5 model courses that can be adapted for use.

In addition, the Center has a Lending Library of resources available to interpreters in RSA Mid-America Region.

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Link to Resource
Lending Library The DO IT Center has set up a Lending Library for working and aspiring interpreters who are either currently enrolled in DO IT Center classes and/or live in the RSA Mid-America Region (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana) who wish to improve their interpreting and/or communication skills. Library Page
Publications
Entry to Practice Competencies Developed as a part of the National Distance Learning Center Project, the Entry-to-Practice Competencies define 33 competencies in 5 domains that are required for competence practice as an interpreter. Entry-to-Practice Competencies for Interpreters
Videa Relay Service Task Analysis Report This report was developed by the DO IT Center in collaboration with Communication Services for the Deaf, Inc. and Sorenson Media. The primary purpose of the research is to provide empirical evidence by identifying the required skills, knowledge, and personal attributes required by interpreters to effectively perform video relay work. VRS Report
Articles
These articles have been published xxxx

List of articles

Presentations

The DO IT Center has made presentations at numerous

List of presentations

Model Courses

These courses were completed as a part of the National Distance Learning Center project and distributed to enhance the field of interpreter Education. The courses are designed to be delivered online using a Learning Managment System that facilitates the use of asynchronous discussion groups.

Model Courses
Other Resources
Other Links These are links of interest to interpreters. Other Links

Articles

Understanding the Meaning of Texts and Reinforcing
Foundation Skills Through Discourse Analysis

Feedback: A Conversation About 'The Work'
Between Learners and Colleagues

Guided Self-Assessment and
Professional Development Planning

Content Mapping: A Text Analysis and
Mnemonic Tool for Interpreters

Market Disorder Within the Field of Sign Language Interpreting: Professionalization Implications

Presentations

"Toward Competent Practice: Conversations with Stakeholders"
Presentation by Anna Witter-Merithew and Dr. Leilani Johnson at the 2005 RID Conference

"Beacons of Light in a Sea of Dreams"
Keynote Presentation by Anna Witter-Merithew and Becky Carlson at the 2005 CIT Conference

Model Courses


Language Development Courses

These two course are a part of the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program, a three year program designed to enhance the skills of working educational interpreters. These courses distributed together because they form a unit of learning that deals with how both hearing and deaf children acquire language and use language at school.

Implementer's Guide

Child and Language Development

Short Version (Extended Syllabus)
Long Version (Web Content)
Hard Copy of PowerPoint Presentations

Language and Learning

Short Version
Long Version
Hard Copy of PowerPoint Presentations

Skills Courses

The next two courses demonstrate the methodology used by the DO IT Center to provide ASL skills development at a distance. These are the first two distance skills development courses taken by EICP students. The students receive an introduction to the skills development process in their first onsite summer session, which is prior to these two courses. The courses use a guided workbook to help students work through the discourse analysis process and self-assessment of their interpreting skills.

Implementer's Guide

Skills Development Lab II
Short Version-(Extended Syllabus)
Workbook


Skills Development Lab III
Short Version
Workbook

Supporting Articles
" Meaning of Texts"
"Content Mapping"

The final model course is a one semester course designed to teach ASL instructors and Interpreter Educators how to design and facilitate courses at a distance.

Distance Learning and Technology Internship
Implementer
Short Version (Extended Syllabus)
Long Version (Web Content)
Hard Copy of PowerPoint Presentations

Reading

Other Links of Interest

Professional Organizations

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT)

Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education

National Alliance of Black Interpreters

State Standards

Educational Interpreters

Legal Interpreters

EICP State Partners - Departments of Education

2005-2008
State Partners:

Alabama - http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
Alaska - http://www.eed.state.ak.us/
Arizona - http://www.ade.state.az.us/
Colorado - http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_home.htm
Maine - http://www.state.me.us/education/homepage.htm
Michigan - http://www.michigan.gov/mde
Montana - http://www.opi.state.mt.us/
Nebraska - http://www.nde.state.ne.us/
Texas - http://www.tea.state.tx.us/
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands - http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/mp.htm

 

 
 

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Last Updated: November 27, 2006