Individual Development Plan Assessment Form – ASL to English – Prototype

IDP Focus
This next section allows you to select what areas you want to focus on.
Video(s) for Assessment (Optional)
Either include links to the video(s) assessed or share description(s) of the video(s).
Frameworks for Assessment * Required
You can choose the assessment tools you want to use for looking at a piece of interpreting work or language sample.

The assessment tool is drawn from the work of Marty Taylor in Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English. To use the detailed assessments, you need to have a copy of the book.

It is available from Interpreting Consolidated.

The General Assessment uses Taylor's "Major Features" but does not have the in-depth analysis, except for Fingerspelling in the form for the "Blue Book" which provides a sample of what the tool offers if you have the book and a code to access the complete assessment.
- "Purple Book" Taylor, M. (2002). Interpretation Skills: ASL to English (Access code required)
- General Assessment
Access Code for "Purple Book" * Required
To use the framework from:

you need to have an access code.

Codes will be available from Interpreting Consolidated for those who have purchased books.

For people connected to the Graduation to Certification pilot cohort, please contact Doug Bowen-Bailey.

General Assessment
This general assessment uses the major features identified by Dr. Marty Taylor in Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English. The General Assessment does not include the Key Skills within the features In doing using this tool, you must have a copy of the books and access code for more in-depth analysis and planning.

This book is available from Interpreting Consolidated.
General Assessment - ASL to English Major Features
These major features are described in Taylor, M. (2002) Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English. All of the features have general assessments.
- Comprehension: ASL Lexicon (p.33)
- Comprehension: ASL Discourse (p. 69)
- Production: English Lexicon (p. 87)
- Production: English Discourse (p. 107)
- Delivery: Public Speaking (p. 143)
- Composure & Appearance (p. 161)

Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English
This assessment framework comes from the work of Marty Taylor in Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English. In using this tool, you must have a copy of the book and access code for more in-depth analysis and planning.

This book is available from Interpreting Consolidated.
Major Features - "Purple Book" * Required
These major features are described in Taylor, M. (2002) Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English. Page numbers are provided for you to access more information from the book.
- Comprehension: ASL Lexicon (p.33)
- Comprehension: ASL Discourse (p. 69)
- Production: English Lexicon (p. 87)
- Production: English Discourse (p. 107)
- Delivery: Public Speaking (p. 143)
- Composure & Appearance (p. 161)

Final Report
By clicking the submit button, it will generate the Individual Development Plan report. If you are using this form anonymously, it will be on the web page and you will need to copy and paste it to a document.

If you included your email, the report will be emailed to you.

For the next step in developing an Individual Development Plan, please create focused goals on 1-2 Major Features incorporating 1-2 key skills. For people in the GTC Pilot cohort, please use the spreadsheet provided by the CATIE Center.

You can also provide feedback below. You can also email Doug Bowen-Bailey at dfbowenbailey@stkate.edu.
SMART Goal Generator

Because you have a copy of the Taylor book and an access code, you can use the spreadsheet using Taylor's framework. Click here for S.M.A.R.T. Goal Generator
SMART Goal Generator

This tool is an open access and uses the major features from Taylor (2002,2017) as well as domains from the Entry-to-Practice Competencies. Click here for S.M.A.R.T. Goal Generator
Feedback on IDP App
Share any thoughts, ideas, questions, concerns about this prototype.

PROTOTYPE - Creating an Individual Development Plan (IDP)