Instructional Candidates

Instructional Candidates - Recruitment Information

Recruitment

Applications are now closed for the IRIS Project Instructional Team.

Recruitment Information

For Instructional Candidates

Instructional facilitator and mentor candidates must be:

  1. Working interpreters with 6 or more years of interpreting experience in a variety of community settings.
  2. Available to commit to and complete ~120 hours of hybrid (synchronous/asynchronous) online mentor training (provided at no charge, including CEUs!) from February-May 2022.
  3. Available for a 2-day in-person instructional team training at UNC in Greeley, CO (tentative dates: June 25-26, 2022). This training will be ready to shift to remote delivery if necessary.
  4. Available to support ~5-day training events for participants at UNC in Greeley, CO (tentative dates: June 27-July 2, 2022). This training will be ready to shift to remote delivery if necessary.
  5. Available to facilitate/mentor at least one cohort of participants during Years 1-5 via a hybrid synchronous/asynchronous online delivery system using Canvas, Zoom and GoReact (1.5 year commitment).
Donna Walker is a metafacilitator for IRIS: CORE Initiative Cohort 1

Through a competitive process, two cohorts of 10 instructional facilitators and mentors (in Year 1 and Year 3) will be selected to receive ~120 hours of hybrid training at no cost, and may go on to join the paid IRIS instructional team. The instructional team will culminate their development training with a 2-day face-to-face seminar prior to the participant ~5-day training and orientation. 

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.
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