Improve communication access across Greater Minnesota by pairing interpreters with local Deaf mentors with the goal of preparing interpreters to work in a wide variety of settings within their community.
We provide training/workshops, mixer meetings, and interpreting opportunities for our Deaf Mentoring Program members.
This interaction is key to developing confidence in interpreting in educational and freelance settings.
⭐ Meet the freelancers in your area. Get to know them.
⭐ Meet the deaf community and get to know their needs and wants.
⭐ Develop long lasting relationships and support!
What are you waiting for? Sign up now. If you don’t want to do the full program, just join us at any mixer meetings.
A training is a mandatory orientation for people who are interested in participating in the Deaf Mentoring Program. If you are not sure if the Deaf Mentoring Program is for you or haven’t applied yet, the training is a perfect opportunity for you to learn more about the program.
A mixer meeting is a two-hour community event. During this meeting, you will participate in fun activities designed to help you discovering your strengths and weaknesses.
This event is a gem mainly because you will get a chance to know the Deaf community better and to become more visible as an interpreter.
As long as your guest is someone who can become a mentor or an apprentice, you can bring this guest to the training or a mixer meeting.
No worries! You can attend a training outside your location.
If it proves impossible, please contact us.
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Full of events and activities to support mentors and interpreters
Depends on your location
Meet each other, set expectations for all, share useful tools.
Task force members check in with participants to offer ideas and support for mentor sessions.
Are you an active member in Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing and interpreting communities?
Do you have years of unique experiences as an educational interpreter, freelance interpreter, or as a Deaf educator, consultant, or consumer and are ready to contribute to your community?
Are you an energetic Deaf, DeafBlind or Hard of Hearing person fluent in ASL who loves working with interpreters?
Are you an interpreter with a few years of educational interpreting who wants to polish up your ASL skills through mentoring and become an active member of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing community?
Evaluate our Deaf Mentoring Program. Let us know what you like or don’t like.
We greatly appreciate it!
The Deaf Mentoring Program is provided by ASLIS for locations in Greater Minnesota, and is supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division.
