Kentucky Department of Education

 

P-12 Educational Interpreter Resources

Last Updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 2:18 PM

Welcome to the Resource Guide for Educational Interpreters working in Kentucky schools.  It is a goal of KDE to assist interpreters in providing the highest quality communication to students in the Commonwealth.  On the following pages you will find links to a variety of resources.  If you know of additional resources not yet listed please contact Robyn Hobson at
(502) 564-4970.

Links of Interest:

EKU Interpreter Training Program
http://www.interpreting.eku.edu/

EKU Outreach Workshops
http://www.interpreting.eku.edu/workshops.php

EIPA (Education Interpreter Performance Assessment)
http://www.classroominterpreting.org/About/index.asp

Kentucky Board of Interpreters (Licensure)
http://finance.ky.gov/ourcabinet/caboff/OAS/op/interpret/

Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB)
http://kyepsb.net/

Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://www.kcdhh.org/

Kentucky School for the Deaf
http://www.ksd.k12.ky.us/

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
http://www.rid.org/

National Association of the Deaf
http://www.nad.org/

Gallaudet Research Institute
http://gri.gallaudet.edu/

Signing Exact English Center
http://www.seecenter.org

Heuser Hearing Institute
http://www.thehearinginstitute.org

Current Kentucky Educational Interpreter Newsletter August 2007 Newsletter April 2007 Newsletter.pdf January 2007 Newsletter.pdf

Special Educational Co-operative Areas in Kentucky

Updated Coop Map.pdf
KDE Five Year Training Plan for Interpreters 2007 Revised Five Year ITP.doc

The following are materials used by teachers to guide students in appropriately responding to Open Response questions.  They are provided here for interpreters to increase preparedness of the paralinguistic demands of classroom interpreting.

Grades 5-8 Writer Reference Sheet.pdf Grade 7 Mathematics Reference Sheet.pdf Grade 8 Mathematics Reference Sheet.pdf
Grade 11 Mathematics Reference Sheet.pdf Grade 11 Science Reference Sheet1.pdf
Previous Kentucky Educational Interpreter Newsletter May 2006 Newsletter.doc

 

September 2006 Newsletter
January 2007 Newsletter.pdf
April 2007 Newsletter.pdf
August 2007 Newsletter August 2007 Newsletter

 

For more information contact:

Robyn Hobson
500 Mero Street, 8th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-4970
Robyn.Hobson@education.ky.gov