Saturday, September 14

Orientation to School Interpreting (Tier 1) - Foundational Skills

Are you a bilingual school employee/community member who is called upon to interpret for families? Join us to learn the basics!

By NAETISL

Select date and time

Saturday, September 14 · 12 - 2pm PDT

Location

Online

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

This 2-hour workshop is part of our Grow Your Own Interpreters Program for school districts seeking to build capacity and training for their bilingual/multilingual staff members who collaborate as spoken language interpreters. Join us for a live presentation that will highlight the basics of interpreting:

Interpreter Qualifications

Roles and Responsibilities

Code of Ethics for School Interpreters

Glossary Building Strategies

Modes of Interpreting

Collaborating with School Teams

Presenter:

Mauricio Dangond - a full-time interpreter for the Newport-Mesa School District in Orange County, California, and course instructor for the National Association of Educational Interpreters and Translators of Spoken Languages. He will share his many years of practical experience interpreting in general and special education to provide an overview of the field and skills required for effective interpreting.

Two opportunities to attend in 2024:

September 14, 2024 from 2-4 pm (Central Time) OR

October 22, 2024 from 2-4 pm (Central Time)

$45 for non-NAETISL Members (not a member yet? Visit: https://naetisl.org/membership)

$25 for NAETISL Members

Want more information about our Grow Your Own Interpreters Program for your school district? Contact naetislcourses@gmail.com. Thanks to a Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC) grant, Missouri participants can attend at no cost. Enter “Missouri” as the coupon code.

Organized by

NAETISL

National Association of Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages (NAETISL): Strengthening family engagement by connecting emergent bilingual families, school administrators and faculty, and educational translators and interpreters of spoken languages with research-based information about language access and language justice in early childhood and K-12 settings.

Our Mission: To establish a collective understanding of the standards, qualifications and certification requirements for educational translators and interpreters of spoken languages to enhance emergent bilingual family engagement, student achievement, and meaningful home-school connections.Our Vision: To support language access and language justice in early childhood and K-12 educational settings through highly qualified and nationally certified educational translators and interpreters of spoken languages.