Healthcare Interpreting - Improve Your Interpreting Skills
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Step by step registration guide.
Students need work authorization to take this class.
Course dates:
Free of charge
Class is online.
Schedule TBD
Read the description of the class before registering. Still have questions? Email Paulina: pkohan@isd271.org
Basic requirements:
Minimum ABE high intermediate level of English proficiency (score 223 on GOALS test).
Prerequisite: pass the 40 hour Community Interpreter Training class and a Introduction to Basic Medical Language or Medical Terminology class.
Don't know your score? Ask your teacher!
Are you a new student? Fill out the registration form or the interest form if registration is closed first.
More information:
This intense class focuses on skills that every interpreter needs to know: consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, sight translation, ways to find best ways to interpret phrases into others, paraphrasing training, fluency building and additional ethical dilemma practice. It ends with a Parrot fluency exam.
Students need to complete the Community Interpreter Training before enrolling in this class.
The average wage for educational interpreters in the Twin Cities Metro is $24 - 34 /hr.
Apply for a job as a language interpreter at Bloomington Public Schools here! Usually, interpreters are needed for the family conferences, educational meetings or to answer questions from the families.
Some jobs will require that you are a Certified Healthcare Interpreter. Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interpreter here
Questions? Email Paulina: pkohan@isd271.org Call: 952-681-6122
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