Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXXXI - Bulletin 746-Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel
Chapter 7 - Ancillary School Service Certificates
Subchapter A - General Ancillary School Certificates
Section CXXXI-707 - Educational Interpreter

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXXXI-707

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

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.

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.

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