La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXI-707

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024

Section CXXXI-707 - Educational Interpreter

A. An Educational Interpreter certificate is issued to individuals who provide sign language interpreting services by facilitating communication within an instructional environment via an enhanced visual and/or tactile mode between and among deaf/hard of hearing and hearing individuals in situations in which those individuals are unable to communicate with one another using a speech and hearing mode.

B. This certificate is issued to individuals who have at least a standard high school diploma, HiSET, or a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and who meet the guidelines outlined in this document. There are two basic types of certification for Educational Interpreters: Provisional and Qualified.

C. Provisional Educational Interpreter Certificate eligibility requirements:

1. complete an accredited interpreter preparation program with a minimum of a certificate of completion;

2. hold certification as a sign language interpreter/transliterator by a national or state organization or certifying body;

3. achieve an advanced level or higher, as measured by the sign language proficiency interview (SLPI) or sign communication proficiency interview (SCPI); or

4. pass the pre-hiring screening of the educational interpreter performance assessment (EIPA).

D. Provisional Educational Interpreter Certificate renewal requirements:

1. valid for one year, may be renewed annually at the request of the Louisiana employing authority, and can be held for a maximum of three years; and

2. renewable upon completion of 10 contact hours of professional development annually with course credit leading to a Qualified Certificate applied towards the 10 hours and accrued beginning with the issuance of the Provisional Educational Interpreter Certificate.

E. Qualified Educational Interpreter Certificate eligibility requirements:

1. pass the Educational Interpreter Assessment, Written Test; and

2. achieve a level of 3.0 on one of the standardized videotape versions of the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment: American Sign Language (ASL), Manually Coded English (MCE), or Pidgin Signed English (PSE) at the Elementary and/or Secondary level.

F. Qualified Educational Interpreter Certificate renewal requirements:

1. valid for five years and may be renewed at the request of the Louisiana employing authority upon completion of six semester hours of credit or equivalent continuing professional development of 90 Contact hours.

2. the six hours of credit or 90 equivalent clock hours shall be directly and substantively related to one or more of the permits or certificates held by the applicant or related to the applicant's professional competency.

3. these hours shall be accrued beginning with the date of certification issuance.

G. An individual who does not meet the qualified certificate requirements may apply for a provisional certificate.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXI-707

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1823 (October 2006), amended LR 33:820 (May 2007), LR 38:43 (January 2012), LR 38:3138 (December 2012), LR 39:1465 (June 2013), Repealed by LR 412129 (10/1/2015), Adopted LR 33:1616 (August 2007), LR 48445 (3/1/2022), Repromulgated LR 481051 (4/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15), R.S. 17:7(6), R.S. 17:10, R.S. 17:22(6), R.S. 17:391.1-391.10, and R.S. 17:411.