Resources
Organizations
National Alliance
of Black Interpreters Black interpreters' professional organization.
Professional development news, affiliate links, and printable membership
information.
PCRID Potomac
Chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Membership
information, discussion forum and chat, event announcments and links.
Registry of Interpreters
for the Deaf National association of sign language interpreters
in the U.S. Links to affiliate chapters, events calendar. Documentation
of legal/ethical, standard practice papers, professional education
requirements, interpreter training, and certification criteria.
Printable membership and merchandise order forms.
Triangle
Interpreters' Network Dedicated to interpreters throughout North
Carolina, especially those practicing in the Triangle area (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel
Hill). Includes links.
VRID State of
Virginia affiliate of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Membership information, professional resources, announcments, and
links.
Credentials
NAD
and RID Joint Certification Positions Call for research assistants
for National Association of the Deaf and Registry of Interpreters
for the Deaf joint test.
NAD
Testing Site--Kentucky National Association of the Deaf interpreter
assessment offered at the Kentucky Commission of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.
National
Association of the Deaf Interpreter Assessment Description of
leveling system, selected testing dates and sites, FAQ, NAD Code
of Ethics, job announcments.
National
Association of the Deaf--Interpreting Issues Licensure guidance
for states and FAQ on becoming an interpreter.
Professional Development
Rehabilitation
Services Administration U.S. Department of Education Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Program grants
five-year research and training grants to ten regional and two national
sites to recruit and develop interpreters. Links to grantee sites.
Gallaudet
University Sign Language and Interpreter Education offerings
under the Graduate School and Professional Programs.
Signs
of Development Interpreter skill building and assessment materials
and services. Based in Garner, NC.
Special Interest Groups
Code
of Ethics for Educational Interpreters By Amy Roach of DeafLinx.
Good treatment of the educational interpreter's special role.
Interpreters
and Transliterators of Color Listserv African-American, Latino,
Asian/Pacific Islander, Native-American, and other minority status
interpreters can discuss interpreting issues.
Interpreters
in the Classroom Consumer FAQ for working with an interpreter
in school settings.
Interpreting
in Rural Settings Detailed recommendations for interpreters
working in rural and third-world areas.
Legal
Interpreters' Listserv Unmoderated, restricted to sign language
interpreters working in legal settings.
National
Multicultural Interpreter Project El Paso Community College
grant providing multicultural curriculum and training materials
to interpreter education programs.
Preparation of Educational
Interpreters Project of Rochester Institute of Technology and
New York State.
Trilingual
Interpreters' Listserv For interperters who use Spanish/English/ASL,
or who work in Spanish-speaking countries with the indigenous sign
language. Links, member language database. Site in English, posts
in Spanish and English.