Shared Resources from the Graduation to Certification Project
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Welcome to the resources created by and/or adapted the CATIE Center at St. Catherine University for the Graduation to Certification (GTC) project. We used these activities and videos to support the participants in the GTC project who were completing their interpreter education programs or were recent graduates. We invite you to incorporate the activities and resources into your existing interpreter education efforts to support novice interpreters growing as professionals who deliver high quality services.
The posts below explain what each resource is and how you can access it. Each post has a description in both ASL and written English, an Abstract with more detail of what is contained in the resource, and links to where you can access the resource. Some are provided on this website and some are available through Canvas Commons. (Click here for a tutorial on how to transfer a course from Canvas Commons to another LMS.) All of them are provided with a Creative Commons license that allows you to both use and adapt them as long as you credit the CATIE Center with the original creation.
Graduation to Certification Resource Library
ASL Video Description
The Graduation to Certification Resource Library is a searchable database of activities and videos for novice interpreter skill development. A variety of filters allow you to narrow your search for specific types of resources. Designed for both deaf and hearing interpreters, the resource library is useful for both novice interpreters and educators working with novice interpreters.
The Graduation to Certification Resource Library is a collection of activities and videos developed by the CATIE Center for novice interpreter skill development. Designed for educators as well as novice interpreters, the resource library has a variety of filters to allow for more specific searches. Resources can support self-study as well as be incorporated into an existing curriculum or educational program. You can use the search filters to identify resources specifically for different interpreters, such as deaf interpreters, hearing interpreters, and trilingual interpreters. Additionally, you can identify what type of skills each activity focuses on such as development of skills for using space and classifiers or fingerspelled word recognition.
Graduation to Certification Interactive Interpreting Practice Library
DRAFT ASL Video Description
The Graduation to Certification Interactive Interpreting Practice Library is a collection of videos created from the GTC project that were created as an opportunity to give GTC participants authentic practice with actual conversations. The CATIE Center partnered with the Duluth Branch of the NAACP to bring deaf and hearing participants together for Zoom conversations that were interpreted by novice interpreters. Conversations were recorded for GTC participants to discuss with their mentors. The CATIE Center then edited the videos to remove the interpretation so the videos are suitable for interpreting practice for novice interpreters and interpreting students.
The Graduation to Certification Interactive Interpreting Practice Library contains over 50 interactive videos that are set at the pace for student and novice interpreters. Each video is captioned and has comments from reviews by interpreter educators about what skills can be practiced with the videos. The video is provided as a YouTube link and you can also download an .mp4 file of the video with a caption file and a document with the review information. Video length is generally between 15-20 minutes.
Resources on Canvas Commons
The posts below contain course material that can be easily transferred into a Learning Management System. Housed in Canvas Commons, you can download a Common Cartridge file and transfer it to another LMS that uses this format, such as D2L/Bright Space, Moodle, myCourses or Blackboard.
Click here for a tutorial on how to transfer a course from Canvas Commons to another LMS. (Available in both written English and an ASL video)
GTC Supervisor Institute
ASL Version of Description The Graduation to Certification Supervisor Institute was designed for supervisors working with novice interpreters in the GTC program. Using evidence-based learning principles from Make It Stick: The science of successful learning, [...]
NIC Exam Preparation Modules
Description in ASL This training only focuses on the NIC Interview and Performance Exam. The Interview and Performance Exam is completed in one 60 minute sitting at a certification test site. However, this training [...]
CDI Exam Preparation Modules
Description in ASL The course focus is the CASLI Performance Exam for Deaf Interpreters and the Gap Test that will be required for those having completed the CDI Knowledge Exam before 2021. This course [...]
Immersion Events for Novice Interpreters
ASL Version of Description Immersive learning experiences for novice interpreters provide opportunities for authentic, deliberate, and reflective practice. This resource from the Graduation to Certification (GTC) project from the CATIE Center at St. Catherine [...]
Deaf Perspectives on Translation
ASL Version of Description These resources are designed to be used for an online course or workshop focused on Deaf interpreters developing translation skills. Resources include an explanation of different approaches to translation, a [...]
Literature Review of Communities of Practice
A Literature Review on Communities of Practice as Applied to Sign Language Interpreting and Interpreter Education Prepared by Anna Witter-Merithew, M.Ed., OIC:C, SC:PA, CSC, SC:L, CI and CT for the CATIE Center at St. Catherine University [...]
Effective Learning and Practice
ASL Version of Description These online modules contain videos and activities to support novice interpreters in understanding effective strategies for learning and practice. The course introduces the concept of deliberate practice and how important [...]
Activities for Resilience and Reflection
ASL Version of Description In supporting participants in the GTC cohort, the CATIE Center created weekly activities which included those focused on building novice interpreters’ ability to maintain composure during interpreting as well as [...]
Translation Strategies: ASL to English
ASL Version of Description Translation is a skill that is important for both developing competency in interpreting as well as a skill that is needed in ongoing practice. This module provides support to novice [...]
Month-Long Plan on Fingerspelled Word Recognition, Classifiers and Composure
ASL Version of Description This resource is a series of activities designed to demonstrate how a novice interpreter can create an individual development plan with the principle of mixed practice, a strategy shown by [...]
Listen Well: Engaging Black Deaf Perspectives
ASL Version of Description This is a collection of resources with Black Deaf Perspectives in both video and written formats. Originally created in 2020 and updated in 2021, the CATIE Center collaborated with the [...]
GTC Individual Development Planning Resources
ASL Version of Description This resource contains different versions of an Individual Development planning process for novice ASL-English interpreters to create a plan for their own professional development as part of the Graduation to [...]
Body Language: Interpreting about the Cardiovascular system for Deaf Interpreters
ASL Version of Description "Body Language: Interpreting about the Cardiovascular System for Deaf Interpreters" process provides resources to practice and translation about the following topics: blood pressure, heart attack, aneurysms, angiograms/angioplasty, atrial fibrillation, and [...]
Body Language: Talking about the Cardiovascular system in ASL for Hearing Interpreters
Description in ASL "Body Language: Talking about the Cardiovascular System in ASL for Hearing Interpreters" process provides resources to learn about the following topics: blood pressure, heart attack, aneurysms, angiograms/angioplasty, atrial fibrillation, and the [...]