Educational Interpreting: creating environments where deaf children thrive

In this presentation, Dr Debra Russell offers educational interpreters and other deaf education professionals a glimpse into the complexity of working with deaf children, beginning with an examination of the factors that can be challenging in creating bilingual and bimodal quality education. 

By examining the ways in which an educational interpreter interacts with the teaching and learning activities, the presentation explores the components of meaningful education, and strategies that can enhance the interpretation provided, in terms of social, academic and intellectual engagement. Dr Russell also explores standards for educational interpreters that are being piloted in Australia as part of the Victorian Deaf Education Institute’s Educational Interpreter Project. Finally, the presentation examines the features of accurate and effective educational interpreting and the use of rubrics when analysing one's work.

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Please note – Victorian Department of Education staff can access this professional learning offering free of charge. Enter your @education.vic.gov.au email address during the registration process to ensure the registration fee is waivered.

This On-Demand presentation is delivered in spoken English with captioning.

Dr Debra Russell, the face of DLR Consulting, is internationally recognised for her pioneering efforts in signed/spoken language interpreting and interpreter education. Debra has addressed national and global audiences at forums, postsecondary events and professional conferences; her well-honed communication, interpersonal, and team-building talents invariably infuse her presentations with new insights, often stimulating lively discussion and debate.  

Participants will be able to:

• Describe meaningful and complete access to education and the interpreter’s role in that provision
• Examine interaction and engagement: socially, academically, intellectually
• Describe professional standards as applied to educational interpreters
• Apply strategies to support students and teachers
• Identify components of effective and accurate interpretation

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Participants who successfully complete this On-Demand Presentation will receive a certificate noting 2 hours of professional learning.