SignOn Seattle

Seattle, WA

Overview: The Staff Deaf Interpreter provides professional, quality

interpreting services to SignOn’s customers while participating in a

collegial, supportive atmosphere with the SignOn Team.

Requirements:

*  Experienced Deaf Interpreter: Certified (CDI) preferred

*  Documented experience working with minimal language Deaf

individuals, non-standard ASL/sign users, and with monolingual

Deaf clients

*  Minimum of 500 hours interpreting experience in various legal and

mental health settings

*  Preferred Deaf-Blind interpreting experience (if none, must

complete training by December 2010 at your own expense)

*  Five-years of experience mentoring, coaching, teaching language

and culture with certified hearing interpreters preferred

*  Experience developing Deaf interpreters preferred

Duties:

*  Be available 30 hours per week to provide part-time staff

interpreting services (Guarantee of 24 hours paid per week)

*  Work schedule will vary from day to day depending on interpreting

demand (priority); this tends to vary from zero to full days;

unless the staff DI is on an interpreting assignment or in the

field mentoring interpreters they will be expected to be in the

office available to interpreters and administrators

*  Remaining time will spend working with SignOn management

providing website support, professional development to staff -

workshops, mentoring, etc. – and whatever is deemed necessary and

appropriate for the benefit of SignOn and its staff interpreters.

Why SignOn?

*  The largest user of Deaf Interpreters in Seattle

*  Deaf-centric consciousness

*  Full range of benefits

*  Additional income earning opportunities possible

*  Supportive work environment

to apply, please contact

mailto:KarenG@ SignOnASL. com

SignOn – we’re good

What things should a Deaf interpreter do to ensure high quality interpreting services? What kind of interpreting assignment is the Deaf interpreter qualified to perform? What study materials should the Deaf person study in preparation of testing for CDI certification? This track offers an in-depth exploration and practical experience in the application of these questions.  On Sunday afternoon, the participants would do practices for the written test. On Monday, you would have the option to take the RID CDI written/ASL exam.

Requirements:
You already have (or will buy) So You Want to Be an Interpreter: An Introduction to Sign Language Interpreting by Janice Humphrey and Bob Alcorn. Please read this book prior the workshop.
Certification:
You will receive a certification of completion:
8 hours of training on the RID Code of Professional Conduct.
8 hours of training on the role and function of a deaf interpreter.

When: August 20-22, 2010
Aug. 20, Friday 6:30p.m.-9:00p.m.
Aug. 21, Saturday 9 a.m.-5p.m.
Aug. 22, Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Location:
St. Catherine University, CDC 361
2005 Randolph Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105

Cost: $100 per person

To register, please contact: Jimmy Beldon at ASLFIRSTbeldon@gmail.com

The deadline to register is August 6, 2010

RID CDI Written/ASL Exam
You have the option to take the RID CDI written/ASL exam on Monday morning right after the workshop ends, on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. You will need to make arrangements with RID in submitting your testing fees. Please see http://www.rid.org/education/testing/index.cfm/AID/89 for CDI testing information. Once you’ve submitted your test application be sure to follow up approximately one week to check about receiving an emailed notice that you now have the clearance to take the CDI written/CD-ROM exam. Please contact www.stkate.edu/catie for the certification testing schedule.

Jimmy Beldon, CDI, MA, ASLFIRST, llc owner, has been a professional involved in the interpreting field on many levels. He currently teaches in the Interpreter Training Program at St. Catherine University in St Paul, Minnesota. He is a nationally renowned interpreter educator. He is a popular presenter requested to travel across the United States giving workshops on a variety of topics and was served as vice president for RID. Mr. Beldon and his family currently reside in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Sponsored by:
St. Catherine University CATIE Center and ASLFIRST

RDI is proud to introduce ”Road to Deaf Interpreting” Training Series for the second time! This is an interpreter preparation workshop series especially for Deaf people. It will provide the same level of training offered to hearing interpreters but will be specifically adjusted to meet the needs of Deaf persons entering the Deaf intepreting field. The program is offered 10 weekends spread out over a year and half. At the end of this program, new interpreters should feel ready to enter the field as mentees and more experienced interpreters should feel more comfortable with their level of training and knowledge to begin doing more and varied kinds of interpreting.

Each workshop in the series includes in-class lectures, discussions, and exercises; homework assignments; reading, video tapes, and projects; and a final evaluation. See FAQ for more information on cost and location.Deaf and hearing local instructors who are certified by RID will participate as guest presenters for some of the courses.

Interested?  Browse our website! http://roadtodeafinterpreting.webs.com/

Application deadline:  February 7, 2010

What else would you like to see on the site?

Come see the NCIEC DI Team presentation on its current activities: DI Institute, research findings, and new CDI Test Review Task Force.