Best Practices in Educational Interpreting

by Seal, Brenda Chafin C.

• ISBN13: 9780205386024
• ISBN10: 0205386024
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-06
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Designed for all who work with the heterogeneous population of students with hearing loss, Best Practices in Educational Interpreting, Second Edition, and offers state-of-the-art-and-science information for interpreters in primary through higher education settings. Issues and methods are presented from a practical orientation, with representative cases that illustrate the topics.Best Practices in Educational Interpreting, Second Edition,offers state-of-the-art-and-science information for interpreters in primary through higher education settings.This text is a comprehensive, developmentally organized overview of the process of interpreting in educational settings. Readers learn about the changing needs of the hearing impaired as they move from primary school through college.Designed for all who work with the heterogeneous population of students with hearing loss.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
1 Educational Interpreting: An Introduction	1	(16)
Interpreting and Inclusion	1	(5)
The Scope of Practice for Educational Interpreters	6	(1)
Current Practices	7	(1)
The Audience and Contents of this Book	8	(2)
Time for a Change	10	(3)
How to Read the Chapters for Maximum Learning	13	(2)
References	15	(2)
2 Best Practices in the Administration of Educational Interpreting Services	17	(29)
Question 1: Who is responsible for administering educational interpreting services?	18	(1)
Question 2: What is involved in the position description for an educational interpreter?	19	(1)
Question 3: What is involved in the contract for an educational interpreter?	20	(4)
Question 4: What is involved in the policy manual or guidelines for educational interpreting services?	24	(2)
Question 5: How should the interpreter be evaluated?	26	(10)
Question 6: What are the best practices for handling difficult administrative situations?	36	(8)
The Case of the Nonattending Student	36	(1)
The Case of the New Cochlear Implant	37	(1)
The Case of the Moving Family	38	(1)
The Case of the Disgruntled Parents	39	(1)
The Case of Evaluting the Interpreter	40	(1)
The Case of Equal Access to the Handouts	41	(2)
The Case of Changing Technologies	43	(1)
Summary	44	(1)
References	44	(2)
3 Best Practices in Educational Interpreting in the Primary Grades Setting	46	(35)
Question 1: What is expected of the educational interpreter in the primary grades?	46	(7)
Question 2: What is the interpreter's role in working with an educational team?	53	(2)
Question 3: Are there problems with confidentiality when the interpreter is expected to share information about the student with others?	55	(2)
Question 4: What should the interpreter do during free play and other activities that are designed to promote social interaction?	57	(4)
Question 5: Should the educational interpreter be expected to teach sign language (or cued speech or fingerspelling) to other students and adults?	61	(3)
Question 6: What is the interpreter's role during story reading?	64	(1)
Question 7: What is the role of fingerspelling in a primary educational setting?	65	(2)
Question 8: Should signs be invented in the preschool and primary setting?	67	(1)
Question 9: Should interpreters use their perspective or their student's perspective when interpreting number lines, calendars, and other spatial propositions?	68	(1)
Question 10: What are the best practices for handling difficult interpreting situations in preschool and primary settings?	69	(8)
The Case of the Positioned Interpreter	69	(2)
The Case of the Inattentive Child	71	(1)
The Case of the Brer Rabbit Stories	72	(1)
The Case of the Aggressive Student	73	(1)
The Case of the Parent Conference	74	(1)
The Case of the Phone Call	75	(2)
Summary	77	(1)
References	78	(3)
4 Best Practices in Interpreting in the Elementary and Middle-School Setting	81	(34)
Question 1: What is expected of the educational interpreter in elementary- and middle-school settings?	81	(7)
Question 2: How should the interpreter deal with textbook language in the curriculum?	88	(5)
Question 3: What is the interpreter's responsibility with other curriculum situations that are not textbook bound?	93	(2)
Question 4: What about interpreting for field trips, assemblies, musicals, and other special learning experiences?	95	(1)
Question 5: What is the interpreter's role in interpreting tests?	96	(2)
Question 6: What is the role of the interpreter with students who present with a mixed communication profile?	98	(3)
Question 7: What is the interpreter's role in teaching the deaf or hard-of-hearing student to become an effective consumer of interpreting services?	101	(3)
Question 8: What are the best practices for handling difficult interpreting situations in elementary- and middle-school settings?	104	(8)
The Case of the Difficult Teacher	105	(1)
The Case of the "Redneck" Jokes	106	(2)
The Case of Weekly Religious Education	108	(1)
The Case of the Locker Room	109	(1)
The Case of Cheating	110	(1)
The Case of Mocking	111	(1)
Summary	112	(1)
References	113	(2)
5 Best Practices in Interpreting in High School and Vocational Settings	115	(45)
Question 1: What is expected of interpreters in secondary educational settings?	115	(6)
Question 2: How does curriculum differentiation affect the interpreter?	121	(8)
Question 3: What is different about interpreting in vocational and laboratory settings?	129	(8)
Question 4: How does technology affect interpreting?	137	(2)
Question 5: What about interpreting in transition programs for secondary students?	139	(2)
Question 6: How does scheduling affect secondary-level interpreters?	141	(2)
Question 7: What other curriculum issues present extraordinary challenges to educational interpreters in secondary settings?	143	(4)
Question 8: What is the interpreter's role regarding consumerism in the educational program?	147	(3)
Question 9: What are the best practices for these difficult situations?	150	(6)
The Case of the Knife	150	(1)
The Case of Driver Education	151	(1)
The Case of the Student Teacher	152	(1)
The Case of the Work Transition Assignment	153	(1)
The Case of the Grandmother	154	(1)
The Case of the Vocational Test	155	(1)
Summary	156	(1)
References	157	(3)
6 Best Practices in Interpreting in Higher Education Settings	160	(31)
Question 1: What can educational interpreters expect in higher education settings?	160	(4)
Question 2: What can the interpreter expect regarding curriculum?	164	(6)
Question 3: What happens when the interpreter cannot visualize the information, when there is a breakdown, or a miscue, or an error?	170	(4)
Question 4: What about interpreting in graduate school?	174	(6)
Interview with Steve Nover on His Use of Interpreters	175	(1)
Interview with Bonnie Poitras Tucker on Her Use of Oral Interpreters	176	(2)
Interview with Donna Panko about Interpreting in a Doctoral Program	178	(2)
Question 5: What obligations do educational interpreters have for their own lifelong learning?	180	(3)
Question 6: What are the best practices for these difficult cases?	183	(6)
The Case of Group Work	183	(1)
The Case of Interpreters Teaming with Interpreters	184	(2)
The Case of the Sleeping Student	186	(1)
The Case of the New Signing Student	187	(1)
The Case of the Final Semester Presentations	188	(1)
Summary	189	(1)
References	189	(2)
7 Educational Interpreting Research	191	(25)
Question 1: Why is research on educational interpreting important?	191	(2)
Question 2: What research has been done to date on educational interpreting?	193	(12)
Category 1: The current status of and consequential need for educational interpreters	197	(3)
Category 2: Evaluation of interpreters engaged in interpreting	200	(1)
Category 3: Interpreting in postsecondary educational settings	201	(3)
Category 4: Other research	204	(1)
Question 3: What research questions remain to be asked?	205	(11)
Summary	216	(1)
References	216	(5)
Appendix	221	(38)
RID Standard Practice Paper	223	(4)
Code of Ethics of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.	227	(2)
The RID Certification Maintenance Program	229	(2)
Cued Speech Transliterator Assessments	231	(6)
The TEC Unit Cued Speech Transliterator Code of Conduct	237	(4)
Oral Transliterating Defined	241	(2)
Evaluating Eduational Interpreters Using Classroom Performance	243	(10)
NIOSH Evaluates Musculoskeletal Disorders	253	(2)
If I Had It to Do Over Again	255	(4)
Index	259