La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXI-709

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CXXXI-709 - Educational Transliterator

A. An educational transliterator certificate is issued to individuals who provide cued language transliteration 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 transliterators: provisional and qualified.

C. Provisional Educational Transliterator Certificate eligibility requirements:

1. hold certification as a cued speech transliterator from a national or state recognized organization or certifying body; or

2. pass the cued American English competency screening.

D. Renewal requirements:

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

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

E. Qualified Educational Transliterator Certificate eligibility requirements:

1. pass the Cued Language Transliterator State level Performance Assessment; or attain a level of 3.5 on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment-Cued Speech (EIPA-CS); and

2. pass the Cued Language Transliterator State Level Written Assessment.

F. Qualified Educational Transliterator Certificate renewal requirements:

1. May be renewed every five years at the request of the Louisiana employing authority upon completion of six semester hours of credit or equivalent continuing professional development (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 the date of issuance of the Qualified Educational Transliterator Certificate.

G. An individual who does not meet Qualified Educational Transliterator Certificate requirements may apply for a provisional certificate.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXI-709

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 41:2129 (October 2015), Amended, LR 45527 (4/1/2019), Amended LR 33:1617 (August 2007), amended LR 48446 (3/1/2022), Repromulgated LR 481052 (4/1/2022), Amended LR 50665 (5/1/2024).

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.