Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind

This site is intended to be a resource for working educational interpreters and substitute interpreters, teachers, administrators, parents, students and anyone else interested in information related to educational interpreters.  If you have any questions or suggestions for this site, please send the information to: 

Joelynne Ball Warr, M.S, CI and CT
 Educational Interpreter Training Coordinator
802 W. Bannock, Suite 200
Boise, Idaho 83702
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208-250-5876 (V)

Idaho Educational Interpreter Act

Implemented on July 1, 2009, this Statute requires a minimum standard of skill for all educational interpreters in the State of Idaho. The testing or certification that shows a person has met the minimum standard is listed below.

Link to the complete Statute, Title 33, Chapter 13:

http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/33013KTOC.html

                33-1304. Qualification of educational interpreters, subsection (3) addresses who qualifies to apply for an emergency authorization.  Any educational interpreter that is hired after the date of July 1, 2009 and has never worked in an Idaho Public School prior to that date can apply for an emergency authorization.  That application needs to be in writing and sent to Tracie Bent at the Office of the State Board of Education.

Tracie Bent

Office of the State Board of Education

650 W. State Street, Box 83720

Boise, ID  83720-0037

Phone:  208.334.2270

          33-1304. Qualification of educational interpreters, subsection (4) addresses graduates of interpreter preparation/training programs.  A graduate will have one year after their graduation date to meet the minimum standard.

 

EIPA WEBSITE:  www.classroominterpreting.org

        *The EIPA is a national assessment that was developed and run by Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.  Individual states have local test administrators (LTA'S) that administer the assessment and send the candidates testing tapes to Boys Town to be rated by specially trained raters.  Idaho has three LTA's that bid for slots throughout the year.  Boys Town has control over how many slots each LTA is allotted and there is a bidding process to attain testing slots.  As LTA's we have to predict how many slots we anticipate that we can fill and we request "bid" for those slots and which month they will be offered in.  Boys Town looks at how many slots have been bid for globally and how many they can process and rate.  At that point, Boys Town alerts the LTA's as to how many slots they have been awarded. 

UPDATE FROM BOYS TOWN RE: EIPA FEEI need to inform you that there will be an increase in the cost of the EIPA Performance Assessment beginning on January 1 of 2010.  We will be increasing the fee from $250.00 to $275.00.  Please know that we carefully considered the impact of this increase before finalizing our decision.  The last rate increase happened in January of 2006 and the new rate reflects an increase of 10%.   Please share this information with all individuals that are involved with K-12 educational interpreters.   Our website will be updated.

**2010 Fee for EIPA increases to $275.00

 

Pocatello LTA's

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IESDB LTA

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2009 EIPA testing opportunities:

       Pocatello LTA's

November 2009 - 5 slots (Filled)           Pocatello, ID  (ISU)

2010 EIPA testing opportunities:

        Pocatello LTA's

        April 2010 - 6 slots

          IESDB LTA

In the process of securing a specific location to offer the EIPA, it will be offered in the Treasure Valley for these 10 testing slots.

January 9th and 10th, 2010 - 5 slots - Click Here for Form               Meridian, Idaho

March 6th and 7th, 2010 - 5 slots - Click Here for Form                   Meridian, Idaho

Location:  IESDB Regional Office, 1404 North Main Street, Suite 120, Meridian, Idaho

*In January of 2010 the LTA's will bid for testing slots to be tested July - December 2010.  If you have a need to take the EIPA, please email me and let me know before January 1, 2010.  This will help me request the appropriate amount of slots to fill the need that we have in Idaho.   

Workshop/Training Opportunities:

Friday, February 19: 5-8pm .3 CEUs "Basics of the Idaho Courtroom" Presented by Sue Bassiri, NIC: Master, SC: L

Saturday, February 20: 9:00-4:00 .6 CEUs "This, That and the Other One: The Quest for Interpreting with Intentionality" Presented by Holly Thomas-Mowery MA, CI, CT, NIC, SC: L

April 23rd and 24th: at the Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind (formerly Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind) Gooding, Idaho. We will have our annual business meeting and first ever State Conference! Join us for some great workshops which will be offered in two tracks and lots of food and fun!  

 

IESDB Sponsored Training Opportunities:

        Budget constraints have eliminated the ability to offer no-cost workshops and trainings at this time.  Please consider attending workshops sponsored by Idaho RID and alternate training opportunities to continue to improve your skills.  Please keep in mind that the Idaho Educational Interpreter Act has a training requirement of a minimum of 80 hours every five years. 

Online Training Opportunities:

Leadership Institute - www.leadershipinstitute.biz

Signs of Development - http://www.signs-of-development.org/

University of Northern Colorado - http://www.unco.edu/doit

Interpreter Resources:

        Organizations: 

                Idaho RID - www.idahorid.org

                   RID - www.rid.org

                   Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - www.cdhh.idaho.gov

          Online ASL Dictionaries:

                http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

                   http://www.aslpro.com/

                   http://www.lifeprint.com/

                   http://www.needsoutreach.org/Pages/sl.html

          Online Resources:

                http://www.interpreterstapestry.org/

                   http://www.terptopics.com/

                          http://www.networkinginterpretingservice.com

          Receptive skill practice:

                http://www.oicmovies.com/