CORE: Initiative Program

The Connections, Opportunities, Resources, and Education (CORE) Initiative is the IRIS Project’s free 9-month, 300-hour hybrid (online and in-person) individualized mentorship and facilitated interpreting knowledge & skills training designed specifically for rural interpreters.

Throughout the CORE Initiative, participants will experience the following:

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:  

1. Build a network of support with other rural interpreters; 
2. Demonstrate fundamental best practices in the interpreting profession;
3. Employ context-dependent and culturally competent ethical decision-making strategies;
4. Analyze interpretations following a practice profession framework; and
5. Deconstruct interpreting product apart from the person via an Integrated Model of Interpreting framework.

Program Cohorts

The IRIS Project recognizes the hard work and dedication of the participants who have successfully completed* the CORE: Initiative program. To search for qualified interpreters, visit the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) website. 

*Successful completion of this training does not provide endorsement of the participant's language fluency or skills as an interpreter. 

Cohort One (2022-2023)

By first name; NOTE: 1st column is first names starting with A, 2nd coloumn is G, 3rd column is L, & 4th column is R.