Interpreting Skills
This Interpreting Skills webpage demonstrates my skill to produce interpretations that supports student success and inclusion in various educational settings. The interpreting products are shaped by the educational team member's efforts and the educational theories and practices behind these efforts (C4). Additionally, the products shows my ability to base the interpretations on ethical decision-making, systems thinking, professional guidelines, educational team members' roles and responsibilities, and students' need (C6). By combining technical skills with practice professional knowledge and decision-making, the interpretations and associated documentation shows my ability to produce accurate and effective interpreting services to different deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing consumers present in educational environments.
School Interpreting Series (SIS) Standards
SIS Competency 6
Manage interpreting services and professional behavior based on ethical decision-making that includes knowledge of the educational system, guidelines and codes from the field of interpreting, educational team members’ roles and responsibilities, and student(s) needs.
SIS Competency 4
Recognize implemented educational theories and practices and appropriately manage interpreting services in a manner that aligns with the educational team member's efforts and ultimately supports the students.
This page includes a summary of the initial EIPA feedback as well as best interpretations for:​
This page also includes an overarching assessment of the interpreting skill, overarching reflection and references.​
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Summary of Initial EIPA Feedback
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As a recipient of an academic scholarship through the Office of Special Education Program and the Preparing School Interpreter (PSI) Project at the University of Northern Colorado, I was able to take the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) the summer before entering the concentration in School Interpreting. The EIPA is...[Briefly describe what the EIPA is.]
Taking the EIPA provided an external evaluation of my language and interpreting abilities which was reviewed with me by members of the PSI Project. I received the following initial feedback.
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[Summarizing strengths and areas of improvement based on feedback received from the EIPA and the review with PSI staff. Consider each roman and explain what this feedback means for language and interpreting abilities. Summary of EIPA feedback cannot contain actual score information due to confidentiality reasons.]
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Highlight your knowledge and application of ethical decision-making, systems thinking, professional guidelines, educational team members' roles and responsibilities, and students' need throughout the best interpretations.
Best Elementary Interpretation
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[Add your preparation. Add additional information that you feel is relevant for / to site visitors. Consider information like: the kind of prep completed, why this prep was selected / beneficial, etc.]
[Add your interpretation. Add additional information that you feel is relevant for / to site visitors. Consider information like: use of the interpreting continuum, use of prep in the interpreting product, etc.]
[Add specific reflection: Explain why this is your showcase interpretation for the elementary level and how these artifacts are best at demonstrating parts of the associated SIS Competencies. Give consideration to how this showcase collection relates to the initial EIPA feedback - the strides being made and the continued areas of improvement.]
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[Add introductory paragraph summarizing the source text of the Best Middle School Interpretation artifact.
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Best Middle School Interpretation
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[Add your interpretation. Add additional information that you feel is relevant for / to site visitors. Consider information like: use of the interpreting continuum, use of prep in the interpreting product, etc.]
[Add specific reflection: Explain why this is your showcase interpretation for the middle school level and how these artifacts are best at demonstrating parts of the associated SIS Competencies. Give consideration to how this showcase collection relates to the initial EIPA feedback - the strides being made and the continued areas of improvement.]
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[Add introductory paragraph summarizing the source text of the Best High School Interpretation artifact.
Consider including relative and informative factors like: setting, content area / topic, age of participants, educational goals / theories / practices, IEP goals, etc.]
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Best High School Interpretation
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[Add your interpretation. Add additional information that you feel is relevant for / to site visitors. Consider information like: use of the interpreting continuum, use of prep in the interpreting product, etc.]
[Add specific reflection: Explain why this is your showcase interpretation for the high school level and how these artifacts are best at demonstrating parts of the associated SIS Competencies. Give consideration to how this showcase collection relates to the initial EIPA feedback - the strides being made and the continued areas of improvement.]
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[Add introductory paragraph summarizing the source text of the Best Adult Interpretation artifact.
Consider including relative and informative factors like: setting, content area / topic, age of participants, educational goals / theories / practices, IEP goals, etc.]
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Best Adult Interpretation
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[Add your interpretation. Add additional information that you feel is relevant for / to site visitors. Consider information like: use of the interpreting continuum, use of prep in the interpreting product, etc.]
[Add specific reflection: Explain why this is your showcase interpretation for the adult level and how these artifacts are best at demonstrating parts of the associated SIS Competencies. Give consideration to how this showcase collection relates to the initial EIPA feedback - the strides being made and the continued areas of improvement.]
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Overarching Assessment of Interpreting Skills
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Identify specific skills that have gotten stronger and outline what you did to support your growth. Draw from the initial EIPA feedback (relate back to EIPA romans as appropriate), your own assessments, and instructor feedback, include the following topics: 1) knowledge-rich vs. knowledge-lean skills, 2) processing, and 3) decision-making based Demand-Control Schema and Role-Space.
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Identify specific skills that are still a challenge. Draw from the initial EIPA feedback, your own assessments, and instructor feedback, discuss the outcomes of these challenges (e.g., level and frequency of effectiveness, level and frequency of severity, positive and negative consequences, resulting demands, etc.).
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This assessment is an overarching reflection, as such, encompass a boarder view than just the best interpretation provided above. Interpreting is a very complex ability. You are a novice or an expert or somewhere in the middle in for any one facet that makes up an interpretation. Thus, you can both have best interpretations and areas of improvement.]
Overarching Reflection
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If you have received peer or instructor feedback on this webpage or it's artifacts, summarize the feedback. Explain how the feedback impacts the webpage / artifacts and, ultimately, your possession of the stated SIS Competencies, your journey in school interpreting, and your employability and professional brand as a school interpreter. Outline steps you have taken and/or steps you need to take (and when) to make this a showcase webpage / artifacts.]
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Reference
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