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Useful Links
American Association
of Interpreters and
Translators in Education
ASTM International
International
Organization of
Standardization
National Board of
Certification for Medical
Interpreters
National Council
on Interpreting in
Health Care
Orange County
Department of Education
dilemmas. This process will
facilitate the creation of a
code of ethics and standards
of practice document
tailored to on-the-ground
conditions that will be
able to meet the needs of
professionals working in
educational settings.
The committee is now
completing a reverse analysis
to determine if the preselected
tenets and standards
of practice truly provide the
guidance needed to resolve
the situations and concerns
documented in the data. In
case any gaps are identified,
these will be addressed
with additional tenets and
standards to ensure all
documented situations are
addressed through the code
of ethics and standards of
practice document.
Stakeholder Participation
As part of our commitment
to our consensus approach,
our committee's final
step will be to organize
separate meetings with
representatives of several
stakeholder groups and
receive their input. Based
on the feedback received,
we'll determine if there are
additional considerations
to be reflected in the work
presented, or if these new
considerations should
be addressed by other
committees, such as the
Best Practices Committee
or Job-Task Analysis
Committee. This step will
allow for the validation
of the work process and
build support from critical
stakeholders needed to
continue advancing the
professionalization of
interpreting and translation
in K-12 education.
Working Toward a
National Certification
As we continue our work,
we're also collaborating
with AAITE's Job Task
Analysis Committee, which
is in charge of a national
effort to gather data from
school job descriptions
that include translation
and interpreting as part
of either the title of the
position or as part of its
responsibilities.
Once the committee
identifies and reaches
an agreement on the
practitioner's role (based on
the data obtained) and the
code of ethics and standards
of practice is published by
the Ethics and Standards
Committee, our next step
will be the creation of a
standards for training
document. This document
will provide guidance to
training organizations
to equip interpreters and
translators working in
educational settings with the
skill set necessary to succeed.
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AAITE is working toward
building a strong foundation
to create a national
certification through the
completion of a scientifically
driven and accepted
approach, designed to meet
the requirements necessary
for a national accreditation
organization that will be
viable in the long run.
Our entire committee
of volunteers is working
toward achieving AAITE's
mission: " To promote
the recognition and
professionalization of the
interpreter and translator
in educational settings
through communicating
timely, relevant information
to all stakeholders, and the
NOTES
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2.
continued development
and implementation of
nationally recognized best
practices, codes of ethics,
standards of practice;
professional development
and training opportunities
for practitioners in the
fields; and a national
certification program. "
The process is in its
infancy, but we're excited.
Our dedicated team is
capable, resilient, and
committed to bringing a
national certification as soon
as it can be responsibly
done. For more information
about the Ethics and
Standards Committee and
AAITE in general, please
contact info@aaite.org.
Digest of Educational Statistics (National Center for
Educational Statistics).
Shear, Michael D. " The Biden Administration Will Raise the
Cap on Refugee Admissions to 125,000, " The New York
Times (September 20, 2021).
3.
Report on the Impact of Climate Change on Migration
(United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs, October 2021).
4.
" Information for Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) Parents
and Guardians and for Schools and School Districts that
Communicate with Them " (Civil Rights Division of the U.S.
Department of Justice and the Office for Civil Rights of the
U.S. Department of Education).
5.
Abarca, Natalia. " The Orange County Department of
Education Multilingual Consortium: A Clearinghouse for
Educational Interpreters, " The ATA Chronicle (January/
February 2022), 22.
Loana A. Denis is certified as a court
interpreter in Georgia and California and is
also a certified health care interpreter. She is
vice president of LATN Language Solutions and
serves on the board of directors of the American
Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education and
the Atlanta Association of Interpreters and Translators, an ATA
chapter. She is also a licensed trainer with the Community
Interpreter International program and a trainer in the fields of
educational and legal interpreting. She dedicates part of her
time to mentoring interpreters and promoting interpreting and
translation as a career. ldenis@latn.com
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