In December 2023, the American Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education (AAITE) published the National Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Interpreters and Translators in Education. Over the course of two years, guided by an 11-step process, the AAITE Ethics and Standards Committee developed these codes using a holistic approach that not only accounted for the existing landscape of published codes of ethics but also the reality in the field.
This presentation will explore the 11-step process the Ethics and Standards Committee used to select ethical principles and create standards of practice. We’ll also discuss the importance of stakeholder validation and the reasons why the recently published codes constitute a critical shift in mindset that affects every interpreter and translator working in education.
This webinar has been approved for 1 CCHI CE hour, 0.1 IMIA/NBCMI CEU, 1 OCCI CEU, 1 ATA CEP, and 0.1 RID CEU*. Certificates will be issued only to those viewing the live webinar. Certificate download instructions will be emailed to attendees 24 hours after the webinar has taken place.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify key elements that differentiate normative ethics from descriptive ethics.
2. Recognize the importance of stakeholder validation.
3. Understand the importance of abiding by the National Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice for interpreters and translators in education.
About the presenter: Carola Lehmacher is a 2023-2024 MCI candidate, a federally certified court interpreter (FCCI) for Spanish, and a registered court interpreter for German for the State of Georgia. She works as a conference interpreter for various local and international clients in all of her language combinations.
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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