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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.

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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