Re: interpreter role

Posted by sue on 11/30/07

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I subbed in an ASl class and they had five deaf students. No
interpreter. It was a little scarry. But, I got through the day
without one. I can sign a little bit but, don't know enough that
I can sign everything. Don't know why there was no interpreter.

On 11/24/07, mom wrote:
> Thanks for the response. I will pass this on to the student's
> mom. I'm sure the district is trying to do things on the
> cheap, and I'm also sure the school was oblivious to the
> obvious problem of having this person interpret the meeting
> between the student and the principal, plus the principal is
> another piece of work.
> On 11/24/07, dog has bad ears wrote:
>> Wait.... are you saying that one person has two roles:
>> interpreter and teacher of the deaf? Is that person
>> certified to do both jobs? That wouldn't happen in my
>> district. When student is working with teacher, the teacher
>> can sign for self. But when student is in general ed
>> classroom, an interpreter should be there to give the access
>> to the curriculum. Student has right to ask for meeting but
>> also should have the right to have an interpreter who is not
>> the one she is talking about. Talk about conflict of
>> interest.....
>>
>>

Posts on this thread, including this one

• interpreter role, 11/14/07, by mom.
• Re: interpreter role, 11/24/07, by dog has bad ears.
• Re: interpreter role, 11/24/07, by mom.
• Re: interpreter role, 11/30/07, by sue.
• Re: interpreter role, 1/18/08, by m.
• Re: interpreter role, 3/20/08, by emily.