Preparation strategies for Interpreters in Education

In this presentation, Dr Debra Russell explores key research and approaches that can be used to enhance educational interpreting practice in relation to preparation.

Dr Russell discusses the benefit of preparation, the links between preparation and quality interpreting, strategies on how to prepare for classroom interpreting and communication and advocacy approaches to support preparation in a classroom context.

Participants will gain a practical understanding of how quality interpreting practice can lead to an interpretation that is more effective for the learner and supports the goals of the teaching environment.

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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.

• Recognise the benefits of using active preparation strategies
• Identify the impacts on Deaf students when an interpreter is not effectively preparing for classroom interpreting
• Reflect on the results of two studies that provide evidence for strategies that can be used to effectively prepare for classroom interpreting
• Describe 4 strategies that were viewed by interpreters as the most useful to classroom interpreting and explore how to apply these strategies
• Describe reflective practices and continuous development

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

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

Debra Russell, PhD, is a Canadian certified interpreter, educator and researcher. As the previous David Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies, at the University of Alberta, her research interests include mediated education with interpreters, interpreting in legal settings and with legal discourse, and Deaf-hearing interpreter teams. She is well published and has presented in 65 countries. Her interpreting practice spans over thirty years, and continues to focus on medical, legal, mental health and employment settings. She is the past President of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI), and served as a Commissioner for the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education (CCIE) from 2016-2022.

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