Across U.S. schools, parent-teacher conferences keep parents up to date and involved in the progress of their child. When teachers communicate with a parent not fluent in English, a qualified interpreter is key to providing successful exchanges between the parties. To achieve this goal, the educational interpreter will need to ensure principles from the code of ethics are observed (such as AAITE’s recently published National Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Education).
Additionally, it is important that the interpreter sets the stage with an initial briefing that clarifies the interpreter’s role. This webinar will analyze the roles of each participant in the encounter and address interpreter protocols, preparation, and common challenges to effective communication.
This webinar received approval for the following CEUs: 1 ATA CEP, 1 CCHI CE hour, 0.1 RID CEUs. Note that you must have attended the live session to receive these credits.
About the presenter: Judy Cortés spent 15 years teaching in public schools and became active interpreting and translating in her school district. She obtained the state interpreting certificate and worked in the courts. She continues to interpret in legal and medical settings and is the author of the book, Introduction to Educational Interpreting and Translation.
Learning objectives
After attending this webinar, attendees will be able to:
Understand the roles each party plays in a parent-teacher conference.
Prepare for parent-teacher conferences with the aim of best promoting effective communication.
Utilize note-taking symbols and tools that enhance interpreting accuracy.
Self-improve through the adoption of skill-building activities.
No, CCC is an organization dedicated solely to interpreter and cultural competence training. Our mission is language access. However, we do provide graduates of The Community Interpreter® with a list of nearby language companies and public organizations that employ interpreters. We also occasionally send out job postings to our program graduates and/or e-newsletter subscribers at the request of other organizations.
Cross-Cultural Communications is the leading international training agency in the U.S. devoted to community interpreting, educational interpreting, healthcare interpreting and cultural competence. It is also the only organization that licenses community interpreters across the U.S. and in other countries. We regularly train bilingual staff as well as contract interpreters. We also provide training and consulting services to private companies, non-profits and government agencies. Our programs are grounded in a mixture of theory and practical, hands-on activities.
The Community Interpreter® International, or TCII, is a 40-hour certificate training program for interpreters who are just starting out or those experienced interpreters who are looking for a recognized qualification. Subjects covered include the interpreting code of ethics and standards of practice in order to give participants a solid grounding in the profession. This is complemented by practical, hands-on activities such as role-plays and interactive group discussions. The program fulfills the 40-hour training requirements considered by many (certifying bodies employers and industry associations) to be the minimum needed to entire the field.
At the moment, a combination of two CCC programs fulfills this requirement: Medical Terminology for Interpreters (7.5 hours) and The Community Interpreter® International. Since TCII is open to all community interpreters and the subject matter covers education and social services as well as medical interpreting, at the end of each TCII session any participant who is seeking medical interpreter certification will be given a letter from CCC, stating the number of hours that can be counted towards this requirement. Typically 34-36 hours count towards the 40 hour requirement.
Yes, although the CE credits offered for each program will vary according to course length and content. Our programs are currently approved for continuing education credits by the following organizations:
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