Technical Assistance
Drawing on the expertise of Clemson University faculty and staff, we provide technical assistance to the South Carolina Department of Education, local education agencies, individual educational interpreters and other stakeholders through a regional and individual basis as needed.
The South Carolina Educational Interpreting Center has funding to support the provision of national Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) assessments, professional development workshops and state-wide diagnostics and mentoring at no cost to either the educational interpreter or local school districts.
Districts, however, may need to support their educational interpreting staff as they attend professional development workshops to address their skill development. Such minimal support may include: lodging, travel, per diem and small registration fee (covering luncheon costs). The low cost of such support to improve the quality of educational interpreting your district is able to provide will enhance the outcomes of your Deaf student’s access to the school experience.
For pre-hire screening, help with hiring an educational interpreter, or other technical assistance, please contact Dr. Stephen Fitzmaurice at sfitzma@clemson.edu
Resources
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Educational Interpreters
Guidance Documents
EIPA Testing
NAIE Resources
IEP
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Print & Electronic Resources
Print Resources
Cates, D. & Delkamiller, J. (2021) Impact of sign language interpreter skill on education outcomes in K-12 settings. In E. Winston & S. B. Fitzmaurice (Eds.), Advances in Educational Interpreting. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Commission on Education of the Deaf (1988). Toward equality: Education of the deaf – A report to the President and the Congress of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Fitzmaurice, S. B. (2021a). The role of the educational interpreter: Perceptions of administrators and teachers. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Fitzmaurice, S. B. (2021b) There is no I(interpreters) in your team. In E. Winston & S. B. Fitzmaurice (Eds.), Advances in Educational Interpreting. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Fitzmaurice, S. B. (2021c) The realistic role metaphor for educational interpreters. In E. Winston & S. B. Fitzmaurice (Eds.), Advances in Educational Interpreting. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Fitzmaurice, S. B. (2020). Educational interpreters and the Dunning-Kruger effect. Journal of Interpretation, 28(2), RID Press at University of Florida.
Fitzmaurice, S. B. (2017). Unregulated autonomy: Uncredentialed educational interpreters in rural schools. American Annals of the Deaf, 162(3), 253-264.
Hurwitz, T. A. (1991). Report from national task force on educational interpreting. In Conference proceedings: Educational interpreting: Into the 1990s. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University College of Continuing Education, 19–23.
Johnson, L. (2004). Highly qualified educational interpreters. Retrieved from http://www.unco.edu/doit/Resources/NASDSE%202004.pdf
Jones, B. E. (2004). Competencies of K-12 educational interpreters: What we need versus what we have. In E. Winston (Ed.), Educational interpreting: How it can succeed (113– 131). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (2000, November). Educational interpreters for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. Retrieved from: http://www.projectforum.org/docs/ed_interpreters.pdf
National Center on Deafness, California State University, Northridge. (2007, July). Research on Interpreter Shortages in K-12 Schools (34-35). VIEWS, 8.
Patrie, C., & Taylor, M. M. (2008, January). Outcomes for graduates of baccalaureate interpreter preparation programs specializing in interpreting in k-12th grade settings.
Schick, B., & Williams, K. (1999). Skills levels of educational interpreters working in public schools. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 144-155.
Schick, B., & Williams, K. (2001). The educational interpreter performance assessment: Evaluating interpreters who work with children. Odyssey. Winter/Spring,12.
Schick, B., & Williams, K. (2004). The educational interpreter performance assessment: Current structure and practices. In E. A. Winston (Ed.), Educational interpreting: How it can succeed (186-205). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Schick, B., Williams, K., & Kupermintz, H. (2005) Look who’s being left behind: educational interpreters and access to education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 11:1 (3-20). Oxford University Press.
Stuckless, E. R., Avery J. C., & Hurwitz, T. A. (1989). Educational interpreting for deaf students: Report of the national task force on educational interpreting. Rochester, N.Y.: National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Winston, E. & Fitzmaurice, S. B. (Eds.) (2021) Advances in Educational Interpreting. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Winston, E.A. (1994). An interpreted education: Inclusion or exclusion. In Johnson, R.C and Cohen O.P. (eds.) Implications and complications for deaf students of the full inclusion movement. Gallaudet Research Institute Occasional Paper 94-2. Washington, DC: Gallaudet Research Institute.
Electronic Resources
http://www.idiomsite.com/ (idiom English meanings)
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Special Education Administrators
Guidance Documents
Supreme Court Rulings
National Educational Interpreter Guidelines and Ethics
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Agencies, Organizations & Statutes
State Organizations/Entities
Statutes
National Organizations/Entities
