NCIEC Project: Mentoring

Mentoring

The NCIEC recognizes that effective mentoring is an essential component of the system needed to close the gap between pre-service education and certification, as well as a means to developing specialized skills and abilities in a variety of interpreting venues. The NCIEC Mentoring Workgroup is currently identifying and fostering mentoring activities by: Identifying the current, best and eventually effective practices in mentoring of ASL/English interpreters. Identifying resources which effectively enhance mentoring activities. Establishing and promoting: 1) standards and 2) programmatic evaluation as critical elements in fostering and maintaining effective mentoring practices. Fostering and supporting mentoring initiatives which are effective, sustainable and replicable. The Workteam has completed surveys of mentors and mentees across the country to gain a better understanding of current mentoring practices and are currently conducting focus groups to further clarify these practices and help us identify successful elements of these activities. We are also collaborating with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and support the financing and evaluation of mentoring activities through the RID / NCIEC Mentoring Grant Program. In addition, we are working to document these findings, identify effective resources used in mentoring and share these findings by publishing a white paper, literature review and / or articles on mentoring in the field of interpreting.