Public Service and Educational Interpreter Training for Bilingual Employees Online and On-Site
The Public Service and Educational Interpreter Training is a training program geared for educational, social services or general public service interpreting.
The Public Service and Educational Interpreter Training course was developed for bilingual individuals who work for public schools, community services and government organizations.
The main purpose of this training is to train bilingual individuals (who are fluent in English and the target language) to become competent public service and educational interpreters, so they will be able to facilitate access for LEP individuals to educational, legal, and social services.
The type of Interpreter training program depends upon each particular group of interpreters it is presented to. The training curriculum is customized to meet the group’s specific needs.
The Public Service and Educational Interpreter Training program is focused on:
1) Building specialized public service, educational and community vocabulary
2) Developing professional consecutive interpreting skills
3) Learning Interpreter Core Competencies (that includes interpreter’s ethics, standards of practice, concepts, and strategies.
Education Interpreting
The main responsibility of an education interpreter is to convert spoken words from one language into another to provide communication services for LEP (Limited English Proficiency) individuals in a school setting.
In this type of environment, educational interpreters translate lesson plans into another language for foreign students, integrate English language training into regular educational studies, provide clear communication between teachers and parents with limited English proficiency, interpret at IEP (Individual Education Plan) meetings at public schools.
Public Service and Educational Interpreting
Public Service and Educational Interpreting includes Interpreting for the Department of Children and Families, public schools, Immigration and Legal Interpreting, Interpreting for DUA recipients, Court hearings, DTA and DMA cases, Housing, Finance etc.
The Public Service and Educational Interpreter Training course covers the following subjects:
- Role of Public Service and Educational Interpreters
- Interpreter's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
- Interpreting for public schools
- Immigration Interpreting
- DTA and DMA Case Studies
- Interpreting for the Department of Children and Families
- Interpreting for DUA recipients
- Interpreting for Court Hearings
- Interpreting at community meetings (housing issues, mortgage, finance)
- Developing Interpreting Skills (note taking, memory exercises)
- Language Practice (vocabulary-building exercises and role-play)
- Final Test
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Phone: (617) 731-3700
Email: training@languageconnections.com
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2001 Beacon Street, Suite 105
Boston, MA 02135