We often hear that practice makes perfect. But is that true?
How can deliberate practice help you reach the next step in your career?
Explore the importance of regular purpose-driven practice for interpreters. Practicing with a purpose is absolutely critical for reaching desired results and career goals. Whether you are studying alone or with a study buddy, preparing for an interpreter certification exam or simply working to improve your interpreting skills, it’s essential that you spend your time strategically.
Carola Lehmacher-Richez is a federally certified court interpreter (FCCI) for Spanish and a registered court interpreter for German for the State of Georgia.
This webinar has been approved for the following CEUs: 1 ATA CEP, 1 CCHI CE hour, 1 OCCI CEU, 0.1 RID CEUs, 0.1 IMIA/NBCMI CEUs
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Understand the importance of deliberate purpose-driven practice.
Employ strategies to gain the most from their practice time.
Gear their practice towards a clear objective and goal.
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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