Coming in Fall 2012…
The Mentoring Toolkit will include mentorship resources, such as books, articles and other printed materials, videos, assessment and diagnostic tools, sample mentor and mentee Memoranda of Understanding, rubrics, filming instructions, sample release forms, and more. Resources in the Toolkit will be on mentoring in general, as well as setting-specific resources targeting medical and vocational rehabilitation (VR) interpreting.
The Mentoring Toolkit is currently under development. It is scheduled for a pilot among sixteen selected pairs of mentors and mentees in Fall 2011. During the pilot, mentors and mentees will provide feedback on the platform and content of the Mentoring Toolkit. Once the Toolkit is revised and improved, it will be made publicly accessible on this website. NCIEC will thoroughly evaluate the Toolkit’s resources and their use to make sure it meets the mentoring needs identified by national surveys conducted by NCIEC in 2007.
Also coming soon to the NCIEC website is a comprehensive list of Deaf and hearing mentors. Via a searchable database, graduating IEP seniors and novice interpreters, as well as working interpreting practitioners will be able to find prospective mentors and actively seek mentoring opportunities both locally and at a distance.
All activities of the mentorship team in development, The Mentoring Toolkit, and the directory of mentors, is informed by effective practices identified by the NCIEC mentoring work team from 2005-2010.