The IEP Process from Start to Finish

Whether working as a K12 ASL/English Interpreter in a classroom or interpreting an IEP meeting for Deaf staff/parents/students, you must be cognizant of the systematic process and terminology. K12 interpreters are allocated based on the need being documented on a student's IEP, but YOU are only a piece of that plan. The IEP addresses the WHOLE child in a team approach. Do you know your team and the student's goals? If interpreting during an IEP meeting, do you know what kind or the goal of the meeting? Let's explore that process from start to finish.

Primary Learning Goals

❖Explore the IEP process

❖Identify the players

❖Identify goal of meetings

❖Review specific verbiage

Presented by:
Amy J. Ziev, CT
Educational Interpreter & Coordinator

Aside from being a proud mom and daughter, Amy (AJ) Ziev is quite active professionally. She had a career in educational settings in Florida for 30+ years before retiring the summer of 2024. She has worked as a paraprofessional in a DHH class, school based staff/lead interpreter, and as the Interpreter Coordinator for a large school district. Amy worked her way through state evaluations and achieved RID certification in 1999. Currently working fulltime in the VRS arena, Amy also can be found on community assignments. She specializes in educational and mental health interpreting. During her career she has worked with many incredible Deaf students, professionals, and parents. Some former students now fit into all these categories!

Amy has been an active member of FRID. This included being a past chairperson for the retired FL EIE - Educational Interpreter Evaluation as well as an evaluator for both the retired FL EIE and FL QA – Quality Assurance. Amy represented Florida at the National Summit on Educational Interpreting in Colorado which became the groundwork for research in the educational field and documented the interest/need for national representation in our specific setting. The following year she attended and became an inaugural member of the NAIE. In the 2022-23 school year, she was a finalist for Support Person of the Year from Orange County Public Schools.