Supervision

What is Supervision and Reflection-in-Action?

Students and mentors are strongly encouraged to use the Demand Control Schema, a research-based ethical decision-making model for interpreters, as the framework to guide the weekly Supervision meetings.

Dean & Pollard (2011) state: “We use the term supervision in the way psychologists and other mental health professionals use it–describing a supportive, confidential, interactive dialogue between two (or more) professionals regarding their work with consumers, the goal of which is to enhance professional practice. Engaging in reflective learning, such as through supervision, are ways that many practice professionals pursue a career-long process of maintaining effective awareness and management of the intrapersonal elements of their professional activities....”

Dean, R. K., & Pollard, R. Q., Jr. (2011). Context-based ethical reasoning in interpreting: A demand control schema perspective. Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 5 (1), 155–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2011.10798816

For more information on Demand Control Schema, visit: https://www.robynkdean.com/.

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Schön (1983) describes reflection-in-action as "reflecting on the incident while it can still benefit that situation rather than reflecting on how you would do things differently in the future. This is the practice of continuous reflection and analysis of real-time decision making and dynamic shifts in the setting to respond responsibly in the moment. Reflection-on-action is also a vital tool as it serves to inform and equip practitioners to more accurately reflect-IN-action in the future."

SCHÖN, D. (1983) The Reflective Practitioner New York: Harper and Collins.

For more information regarding supervision and formalized training, please visit the Interpreting Institute for Reflection-in-Action & Supervision's (IIRAS) website: https://www.iirasinternational.com/

For additional suggestions on Supervision meetings, See the Weekly Meeting Tips page.