Specialist education necessary

to prepare educational
interpreters for the workforce.
Signed Language Interpreting in K-12 Settings:
A Case for Specialization
INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW METHODOLOGY
• The field of signed • More than half of ITP • Mixed method surveys
language interpreting in graduates work in educational • One survey for
Michigan requires settings within one year of interpreters/interpreting
specialization but graduation. students and one for
interpreter education • The majority of EIPA stakeholders
remains generalist in assessments administered • Surveys designed to
design. result in scores under a 4.0. identify a need for
• A certificate program for • Deaf and Hard of Hearing specialized education in
educational interpreting students will struggle to the area of K-12
could address this need. succeed when their interpreting
interpreters are not qualified. • Sampling methods
include convenience,
purposive, and snowball
Megan M. Seipke-Dame, BA, BS, RID NIC/Ed:K-12, BEI Adv,
EIPA Elem PSE 5.0, EIPA Sec PSE 4.6, EIPA-WT

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