MARIE Sponsored Training Events

MARIE, as a resource center for interpreting and interpreting education, offers various training events. MARIE Sponsored Training Events are geared to the needs of practitioners, aspiring interpreters, educators, mentors, Deaf consumers and other stakeholders within the MARIE region.

Ongoing Events:

  • Legal Interpreter Training Program is a 4-course online program that offers specialized coursework for ASL-English interpreters wanting to work in the legal system or become legally certified. The first course in the sequence will be offered fall semester of 2011 and 2013.
  • Webinars are 90 minute educational opportunities geared to specific stakeholders within the field of interpreting. A series of three webinars will be offered in 2011 with additional webinars in subsequent years. The first series will be focused on Demand-Control Schema and it’s use by interpreting students, IEP faculty, Internship Hosts/Supervisors, mentors and working interpreters.
  • I-GO Series! is an 18-month program for pre-certified practitioners to develop their interpreting skills based on diagnostic assessment to achive certification. This series will be offered in 2012 and 2014.

Annual Events:

  • Deaf Mentor Training which trains Deaf individuals to become language mentors to working and/or aspiring interpreters. The training is offered as an onsite event during the summer with possible employment as a language mentor following the event.  
  • ASL Immersion which creates a visual based communication environment where aspiring and novice interpreters can improve their ASL communication skills. Participants work with Deaf Mentors during real-life activities to apply new knowledge. This event is offered as an onsite event during the summer with possible follow-up mentoring using distance technology.

Special Events:

  • Institute for Legal Interpreting is a multi-day educational event geared specifically to legal interpreters. This conference will be hosted in 2014.
  • Deaf Advocacy Train-the-Trainer which trains Deaf individuals to train other Deaf individuals and interpreters about deaf advocacy. These events will be offered in 2012.

Future events:

  • Leadership & Supervision Certificate Program  is a 4-course program that offers specialized coursework designed for individuals working in or aspiring to positions as lead interpreters, mentors, supervisors or leaders within an interpreting system. The first course in this sequence will be offered spring semester of 2013.
  • VR Interpreting Stand which is a training series that focuses on increasing the effectiveness of interpreting services within the VR setting.  This series will begin in 2013.