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Recruitment Information

The IRIS Project aims to improve the knowledge and skills of interpreters working in rural areas. In order to provide this training, IRIS will recruit 20 facilitators/mentors as part of the instructional team and 80 working interpreters as participants.

Instructional Candidates

Instructional facilitator and mentor candidates must be working, community-based interpreters with 6+ years of interpreting experience and mentor training prior to facilitating/ mentoring an online cohort of participants. Candidates commit to supporting rural working interpreters for 1.5 years.

Trenton Marsh a facilitator for IRIS: CORE Initiative Cohort 1

Interpreter Candidates

Interpreter candidates must be rural working interpreters who are admitted to UNC, have the required technology to participate in the training program, and attend trainings as established by IRIS. Candidates commit to an online cohort and on-going participation for 1.5 years.

A group of participants in IRIS: CORE Initiative Cohort 1

Projected Timeline for Grant (Subject to Change)

Years 1-2

February - May 2022

~120 hours of IRIS facilitator and mentor training delivered to potential instructional team members 

June 2022 - December 2023

Training delivered to selected IRIS:CORE Initative participants (Cohort 1)

Years 2-3

June 2023 - December 2024

Training delivered to selected IRIS:CORE Initative participants (Cohort 2)

Years 3-4

January - May 2024

~120 hours of facilitator and mentor training delivered to selected IRIS participants 

June 2024 - December 2025

Training delivered to selected IRIS:CORE Initative participants (Cohort 3)

Year 5

2026

The IRIS leadership team, facilitators, mentors, and IRIS:CORE Initiative participants attend a professional conference together, location and dates TBD.

Grant Recognition

The contents of this website were developed under a grant (H160D210006) from the Department of Education. HD160D210006 (University of Northern Colorado) IRIS Project - Improving Rural Interpreter Skills was one of several interpreter training projects to receive funding under Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.160D: 2021-2026. IRIS was awarded under Specialty Area 5, field initiated, in the topic area of improving rural interpreting skills.

The contents of the IRIS Project website does not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474).

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