Timeline
Collaboration with ASLITA
1 January 2019 to 30 September 2021
VDEI collaborated with the Australian Sign Language and Translators Association (ASLITA) to identify key workforce initiatives required to support and upskill the Educational Interpreter workforce in Victoria.
Release date
October, 2021
In 2019-22 VDEI collaborated with the Australian Sign Language and Translators Association (ASLITA) to identify key workforce initiatives required to support and upskill the Educational Interpreter workforce in Victoria. Educational interpreters are specialised education support staff working in primary and secondary settings who provide deaf and hard of hearing students with access to the learning environment in Auslan and English.
Based on the findings of this project, VDEI developed the Professional Standards for Educational Interpreters(opens in a new window), a framework that identifies the standards, knowledge and competencies required by educational interpreters working in primary and secondary schools.
VDEI has also developed an Educational Interpreter hub which provides an online community of practice for Educational Interpreters.
Additional initiatives that support the Educational Interpreter workforce include on-demand learning modules, a mentoring program, and working with the training sector to increase the number of Educational Interpreters in the education workforce.
Work is also underway to use the Professional Standards for Educational Interpreters framework as a reference point for standardising the minimum proficiency levels and professional conduct of educational interpreters Australia-wide.
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