Improving Educational Interpreter Preparation and Employment Readiness Using a Curricular Approach
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Title
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Improving Educational Interpreter Preparation and Employment Readiness Using a Curricular Approach
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Creator
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Erin Seipke-Brown
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Degree Name
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Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies
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Project Type
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thesis
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Date
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3/22/2023
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Abstract
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There is currently no national standardization of education or credentialing requirements for signed language interpreters practicing in K-12 educational settings. In response, many states have established their own requirements for educational interpreting practitioners. These state-level requirements often include a state-determined minimum assessment score on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA). While use of the EIPA as a testing instrument to credential educational interpreters has become widely used, the score requirements vary greatly from state to state.
Due to the scope and nature of requisite competencies evaluated through the EIPA, there is a need for specialist education to prepare interpreters to practice as K-12 educational interpreters. The gaps in competencies identified through this research were used as the foundation to develop recommendations for the inclusion of relevant domains within an educational interpreter specialist certificate curriculum.
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Committee Member
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Elisa Maroney, Amanda Smith, Daniel McDougall
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Rights
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Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 3/29/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author at the email address listed above.
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Language
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eng
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Date Available
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3/22/2023
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Type
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Text
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Identifier
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theses/237
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