ITP - Associate Degree Programs

There are quite a few students in my program who are hoping to graduate and get certified before the bachelors degree requirement kicks in. There's only a couple of us right now who already have our bachelors. Graduating before the deadline isn't the hard part. It's becoming experienced and skilled enough to pass the certification that will be the challenge.
 
the University of Houston also offers BA in ITP. However the professor that runs the program is an arrogant creepy old man.
 
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Mountain Man said:
There are quite a few students in my program who are hoping to graduate and get certified before the bachelors degree requirement kicks in. There's only a couple of us right now who already have our bachelors. Graduating before the deadline isn't the hard part. It's becoming experienced and skilled enough to pass the certification that will be the challenge.
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I just want to make sure-- people that are going for interpreting certificates will eventually needs to have a bachlors degree? What if its an associates degree interpreting program? When will this requirement kick in? What about just going for deaf studies?
 
If I have to have a BA to get RIT certified then I may not be ablet o get certified. The cost of going to school for 4 years is just far too high :-(
What is the reasoning for this? If the person can pass the test and has sufficient knoweledge of ASL and Deaf culture, why is that not enough? Cant they just make the test harder or encompass more in it?
 
hellos245 said:
I just want to make sure-- people that are going for interpreting certificates will eventually needs to have a bachlors degree? What if its an associates degree interpreting program? When will this requirement kick in? What about just going for deaf studies?
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Here are your answers:

http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/News/Degree_Requirement_Extension.pdf

Since June 30, 2009, an associate's degree has been required to take the certification test.

After June 30, 2012, a bachelor's degree will be required before you can take the certification test.

The degree majors do not have to be ITP's.
 
Etoile said:
Double check whether immunization records are required above a certain age. When I enrolled at Gallaudet, I was 26,and we couldn't find my records either. Turned out I didn't need them, you only need them at 25 and younger. That was Gallaudet, your school might be different, but it's worth checking out.
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The first word out of my mouth is that I am 37, and I have graduated HS in the US. So I must have had the immunizations to complete school. But I get the same response, "It is required to have you immunizations records on file." I have been waived the encephalitis vaccine, but not my immunizations.
 
marcyp06 said:
If I have to have a BA to get RIT certified then I may not be ablet o get certified. The cost of going to school for 4 years is just far too high :-(
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It's RID, not RIT. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

I'm sorry but it's a financial struggle for many of us to get the training we need for our professions. Nothing of value is free and easy.

What is the reasoning for this? If the person can pass the test and has sufficient knoweledge of ASL and Deaf culture, why is that not enough? Cant they just make the test harder or encompass more in it?
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http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/Certification_Documents/NewEducationalRequirementsFAQ_090819.pdf

Interpreters are complaining that the test is too hard now; why would anyone want to take a harder test?

RID and NAD want to have educated interpreters with a broad range of knowledge.

There's a lot more involved in interpreting than just knowing sign language and Deaf culture.
 
Reba said:
It's RID, not RIT. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. QUOTE]
Im aware. Miss-type on my part.

Reba said:
RID and NAD want to have educated interpreters with a broad range of knowledge.

There's a lot more involved in interpreting than just knowing sign language and Deaf culture.
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I agree that a terp should be well rounded and educated. However I think requireing a BA to take the test is pushing it.
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Ty!

Reba said:
Here are your answers:

http://rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/News/Degree_Requirement_Extension.pdf

Since June 30, 2009, an associate's degree has been required to take the certification test.

After June 30, 2012, a bachelor's degree will be required before you can take the certification test.

The degree majors do not have to be ITP's.
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:wave: :ty: So I might as well just get a AA or certificate in Deaf Studies and not worry about interpreting, because I dont want to have to go to school for a BA. I wouldnt be starting my interpreting program until Fall 2012 since I have to pass all the prerequisites.
Guess it may just not be worth it for me. Can you be a receptionist in a medical facility for the deaf with just a Deaf Studies degree?
 
hellos245 said:
:wave: :ty: So I might as well just get a AA or certificate in Deaf Studies and not worry about interpreting, because I dont want to have to go to school for a BA. I wouldnt be starting my interpreting program until Fall 2012 since I have to pass all the prerequisites.
Guess it may just not be worth it for me. Can you be a receptionist in a medical facility for the deaf with just a Deaf Studies degree?
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Your goals are all up to you. Only you know what's worth it or not.

Fall 2012? What prerequisites do you need to pass? Do you mean ASL?
 
Reba said:
Your goals are all up to you. Only you know what's worth it or not.

Fall 2012? What prerequisites do you need to pass? Do you mean ASL?
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If I attend the Interpreting program in Portland, OR they require 1 year of ASL classes before you enter the program. So I wouldnt start the program until fall 2012. Its only a certificate, 2 year program, can be turned into an Associates.
Ive always wanted to know ASL & work in a medical facility with the deaf. I dont know exactly what education I need for that. Do I have to go as far as an interpreting degree?
2 Years for interpreting degree I can hande, and if Im going through the program I would love to be certified, but if I have to go for a BA, I just dont feel its worth it, since my dream wasnt an interpretor...its just a receptionist, in a deaf facility.
 
Not all places require the RID certification. Its prefferable to have, but not always required. Sadly some places dont even know it exists. Ask around in the area you want to work.
 
marcyp06 said:
Not all places require the RID certification. Its prefferable to have, but not always required. Sadly some places dont even know it exists. Ask around in the area you want to work.
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That's true. RID certification is NOT required for every job.
 
hellos245 said:
If I attend the Interpreting program in Portland, OR they require 1 year of ASL classes before you enter the program. So I wouldnt start the program until fall 2012. Its only a certificate, 2 year program, can be turned into an Associates.
Ive always wanted to know ASL & work in a medical facility with the deaf. I dont know exactly what education I need for that. Do I have to go as far as an interpreting degree?
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If you're not interpreting, then you don't need an interpreting degree.

When you say that you want to work "in a medical facility with the deaf" do you mean a facility that is for deaf people only, or do you mean a regular medical facility where occasionally deaf people show up?

... if I have to go for a BA, I just dont feel its worth it, since my dream wasnt an interpretor...its just a receptionist, in a deaf facility.
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As a receptionist, you would probably need only conversational ASL skills but it depends on what you mean by "deaf facility." I don't know what that is.
 
Reba said:
If you're not interpreting, then you don't need an interpreting degree.

When you say that you want to work "in a medical facility with the deaf" do you mean a facility that is for deaf people only, or do you mean a regular medical facility where occasionally deaf people show up?


As a receptionist, you would probably need only conversational ASL skills but it depends on what you mean by "deaf facility." I don't know what that is.
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Either type of place would be fine, but I would prefer more deaf people. I want to be able to use my skills daily.
 
hellos245 said:
Either type of place would be fine, but I would prefer more deaf people. I want to be able to use my skills daily.
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So, I'm confused... you want to use ASL daily but don't want to interperet? What about working as a terp in a school? Its a little less intimdating than being a terp in a medical or legal field... may I ask where your intrest in ASL/Deaf culture stems from?
 
hellos245 said:
Either type of place would be fine, but I would prefer more deaf people. I want to be able to use my skills daily.
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I've never heard of a medical facility for just deaf people. Do you know of such a place?

Other than deaf schools, I don't know of any work places that need full-time hearing signing staff people who aren't interpreters. If you were a counselor you might be able to work in VR with deaf clients. That would take more than a two-year degree though.
 
I thought they waive the degree requirement for a certain number of years of interpreting experience?
 
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