Educational Interpreters. Each Educational Sign Language Interpreter will receive thirty (30) minutes of planning time per day used for preparation. An employee required to forfeit or reschedule their planning time shall have such time restored within five (5) workdays. If the time cannot be restored in this timeframe, the employee shall be reimbursed at an hourly rate equal to their current hourly salary prorated to the tenth of the hour.
Educational Interpreters. All ten states reported having some type of state regulations pertaining to interpreted education. Eight (AK, AR, AZ, CO, IA, NJ, PA, VA) require a passing score based on some type of assessment instrument; two (CO, NJ) require coursework in areas such as child development, language development, curriculum development and the learning process of D/HH children; and one (AR) specifies a minimal level of education. At least five states (AK, CO, IA, NJ, VA) offer waivers, emergency certificates or temporary licenses in the events that an XXX is unable to find an educational interpreter who meets the specified requirements. However, in most cases, these options are only available for a limited time, after which time the educational interpreter must meet all basic requirements. Four states interviewed require some type of licensure for educational interpreters: Colorado, New Jersey, Iowa (which requires all sign language interpreters, including educational interpreters, to be licensed) and Ohio (which requires national certification for all sign language interpreters, including educational interpreters). One state requires that educational interpreters be included on a state-wide registry (AR) and another (PA), is in the process of creating a registry for all interpreters, although educational interpreters scoring at a certain level on the state’s assessment will be exempted from having to register. Of the eight states requiring assessment of educational interpreters’ competency, seven use the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA). The EIPA was designed in 1993 in response to requests for an assessment tool specifically for educational interpreters.8 Currently, nearly 25 percent of states use the EIPA to determine educational interpreter competencies. Minimum cut-off scores for the EIPA vary from state to state. One of the seven states using the EIPA (AR) also permits educational interpreters to be assessed by using the Quality Assurance Screening Test (QAST). Another (NJ) requires the EIPA for educational interpreter
Educational Interpreters. Each Educational Sign Language Interpreter will receive 30 minutes of planning time per day used for preparation.
Educational Interpreters. This covers all certificated teaching personnel and licensed persons falling into the various categories of occupational and physical therapists set forth in paragraph (d) above. The Recognition Agreement, which was entered into on January 22, 1970, between the Board and the Association, is on file at the BOCES Administration Office.
