Shop til you drop

You got an all day job near a shopping center. Very exciting and convenient since you don't have time to shop. You can get your shopping done during lunch and still be home in time to relieve the babysitter.

What you didn't factor in was the big bags you have to carry back to the office. The office where you happen to be working is a job training center for adults getting back on their feet and here you come in with bags full of shiny, new merchandise.

-it's your money and time, you should be able to shop when you like.
-it's not like your taking your merchandise out s d showing it to everyone.
-you should have waited until the end of the day.

Here's a job for you

It appears as though a coworker-though not an interpreter-will be budget cut. After hearing her situation, you notice an add in the paper/blog/listserv about a job which may suit her. You print the job description and bring it into her.

Supporting a colleague or overstepping your boundaries?

What to do?

You are interpreting a state test. Math, to be more specific, but without giving anything away. There is no interpreting actually happening as your client either knows the math formulas or not. During the test you can:

--leave? No interpreting happening anyway.
--play on your phone? Even though students aren't allowed electronic devices, you can play on yours, right?
--read? Traditionally an acceptable pastime for interpreters.
--other ideas?

It's a heliocentric world out there

On a state test you are interpreting a question with the key word "heliocentric". Do you sign "sun center" perhaps giving away the answer, or do you fingerspell the word because they should know that vocabulary anyhow?

What is your fee?

You get a call from someone, not an agency, asking if you can interpret a meeting. You look at your calendar and see you have a prior engagement. You decline the assignment but recommend a colleague you respect. The person hiring then asks your opinion on the fee they were going to offer.

--if you can't take the job, should you even comment on the fee?
--is it ethical to say, "that is within the range we work", "that is low", or "that is high"?
--should the fee be different since the job wouldn't be through an agency?

A new NIC

Once again, new testing.

From RID:
Building Value in Certification—A Status Report on the Enhanced NIC Interview and Performance Examination
By Clarence “Buck” Chaffee, President1 The Caviart Group, LLC
In July 2011, NAD and RID announced that the Boards of both organizations had approved a plan for developing the next generation of NIC Certification. The stated purpose of the changes was “to strengthen the effectiveness and increase the value of the NIC credential.” Since that announcement, a number of changes have been implemented: a national study (pre-Job/Task Analysis survey) of deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing consumers of interpreting services was conducted; the enhanced NIC Interview and Performance Examination was launched; and a new interview and performance examination scoring process was implemented.
So now, nearly a year after the enhancements were announced, the time has come to assess how the program is doing. Have these changes done what they were purported to do? Is the NIC credential more effective and more valuable as promised and, if so, how can anyone tell?
This interim report looks to address these questions and answer some of the additional questions that have surfaced in the community about the enhanced NIC Interview and Performance Examination. It will explain the logic and process used as well as the evidence to date as to the effectiveness of the changes.
To understand whether the enhanced NIC Interview and Performance Examination is an improvement, it is first important to understand what certification is and what it means for a certification program to be “effective and valuable.”
What is certification really about?
Certification is essentially a warranty provided by an organization that says that the people to whom the organization has issued a certificate have the knowledge and skills required to competently perform a given job at a given level. This means that anyone who engages or receives the services warranted from such certificants has the organization’s assurance that the certified person will be able to perform those services competently at the level in which they are certified.
This does not mean that all certificants are of equal ability. In fact, many will be able to perform additional services beyond those addressed in the certification, and some will be able to perform the job at a higher level. What the certification means is that all certificants can do the described job at least at the level of basic competency.
1 See Appendix A for information about The Caviart Group, LLC, and Mr. Chaffee’s credentials.

Read the full article here:

RID article on new tests

A day in the life of an interpreter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQhYWM8S94M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The Ethical Terp curates this I formation for discussion purposes.

That was so sweet!!!

You work in a k-12 setting with a number of interpreters, Deaf ed teachers, and specialists. During a class you interpret, your student complimented another teacher to you. You thought it was sweet and shared it with the teacher.

-are you right to share the compliment? Everyone likes to hear positive news, after all.
-suppose it was a complaint. Would you share then?
-what are you compromising by sharing information with other staff members. What do you gain?
-if you are a member of the educational team, does confidentiality apply to this situation?