LUNATalks K-12 Interpreting: Assessing Educational Interpreters
Join us during your lunch break on September 9th to learn more about assessing educational interpreters.
Decision-makers in school systems rarely have the ASL fluency or interpreter skills necessary to properly assess an educational interpreter’s skill level. In addition to language service support, LUNA Language Services utilizes the vast experiences of our team members to assist our clients with functions like assessing their own interpreters.
With over two decades of ASL interpreting experience and an expertise in developing professional interpreter assessment tools, Director of ASL Services and Education Rebecca Buchan offers school administrators and teachers of the Deaf assistance in assessing the professional skills of educational interpreters.
Aside from a language assessment, during this event Rebecca will outline specific areas one can use to assess the appropriateness of interpreter placement and give interpreters elements of professional development on which to work.
Learning objectives:
- Interpreting ethics and professionalism guidelines
- Outlining clear interpreter roles in the classroom as well as during CASE conferences
- Guidelines for identifying when you have a great interpreter on staff
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👤 About the speaker:
Rebecca Buchan, Director of ASL Services and Education, LUNA Language Services
Rebecca Buchan has dedicated almost two decades to the field of American Sign Language interpreting. Rebecca spent two-and-a-half years on the Professional Development team of Sorenson Communications where she was on the original development team for the company-wide assessment tool that Sorenson Communications now uses for their 4,000+ current and future interpreting employees. Rebecca spends time serving on several professional non-profit boards including the state of Indiana’s Board of Interpreting Standards (BIS), the Indiana Chapter of Interpreters for the Deaf (ICRID), where she currently serves as Past President, and the combined ICRID and Indiana Association of the Deaf Task Force. Rebecca has interpreted for all levels of government proceedings including most recently, President Obama, and is one of the first court qualified ASL interpreters in Indiana.