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When you join the Apprenticeship Program, we will look for assignments that are new interpreter friendly and find a Supervising interpreter to join you. You will receive your regular Freelance pay for working the assignment and the Supervising interpreter will be paid for supporting you through the grant. After the assignment, you and the Supervising interpreter are encouraged to debrief and submit a post assignment questionnaire letting us know how it went.
Apply now to get up to 25 hours of supervised experience that will help you expand your skills, add to the types of jobs you can accept, and support the Deaf community.
Additionally, you’ll be able to attend Springboard workshops for free while you’re participating in this program!
If you have graduated from an ITP in the last five years, you can apply for our Relocation Incentive program. If your application is accepted, you will receive $400 for each calendar quarter you live in Greater Minnesota, up to a maxiumum of 4 quarters (one calendar year).
Note: Relocation Stipend funds are considered taxable income and will be reported on your Form 1099.
The Interpreter Certification Preparation program is a 6 week program designed for interpreters working towards national certification. The course will help foster development of the knowledge, skills, abilities and understanding of the four domains needed to take the CASLI Generalist Knowledge Exam (see CASLI.org for more information). Program structure includes weekly virtual sessions, development activities, and group case study discussions. This program is open to all interpreters eligible to take the CASLI Generalist Knowledge Exam, and is FREE to interpreters living and working in Greater Minnesota.
This program will run weekly on Wednesday evenings beginning November 6. (Don’t worry, we’re skipping Thanksgiving week!)
Applications are now closed. We will be running another session in March of 2025.
Exam fees got you down? We can help!
We are excited to announce that we now offer financial support to take CASLI certification exams. These funds are available for both the CASLI Generalist Knowledge Exam (GKE) and the CASLI Generalist Performance Exam (NIC / CDI). These funds are available to all interpreters living and working in Greater Minnesota who satisfy the additional critera for each exam. Read on for the details!
Getting ready for the CASLI General Knowledge Exam?
To be eligible for reimbursement, you must successfully complete the Certification Preparation Program. Once you have completed the program, you will be given the opportunity to request reimbursement for your next attempt to take the GKE.
Are you looking for support to take the CASLI Generalist Performance Exam?
To be eligible for reimbursement of the exam fee, you must meet at least one of these criteria:
1. You have an EIPA score of 4.0 or higher.
2. You’ve completed a grant-funded New Interpreter Apprenticeship.
3. You are participating in grant-funded mentoring and have been told by your mentor that you are ready for the performance exam.
ASLIS offers several grant supported workshops throughout the year. This year, for the first time since Covid hit, we will also be offering at least 3 in-person workshops in various Greater MN locations. We are in the planning stages of bringing you topics like legal interpreting basics, how to work with Deaf Interpreters and advocate for them on behalf of Deaf clients, and language deprivation. To stay up to date, you can sign up for our monthly newsletter, or you can click the button below to hop over to our current list of upcoming workshops.
Get on the job interpreting experience in various specialized settings such as medical, mental health, business and more!
Have you been working in educational settings and are considering a switch to freelance work? Or maybe you want to gain experience interpreting in medical settings but aren’t sure how to start? Sign up for our Supervised Practicum!
This program will match you with a Supervising interpreter who is experienced in the domain you want to explore. They’ll screen jobs for you and join you while you’re working them. You’ll be paid for the job and the grant will pay the Supervisor for the time and effort spent supporting you and providing constructive feedback on your work.
Apply now to get up to 25 hours of supervised experience that will help you expand your skills, add to the types of jobs you can accept, and support the Deaf community.
We have both Deaf and Hearing Mentors to help enhance your skills. Through virtual mentoring sessions, interpreters have the opportunity to work on various interpreting skills in a structured, supportive environment.
Have you ever experienced leaving a job and feeling unsettled about what happened? Do you often work alone and feel isolated from other interpreters? Ever wonder how you can develop your decision making skills to be a more well rounded confident interpreter? If so, join us for Case Conferencing!
We also offer Case Conferencing specifically for SO Treatment Program interpreters. Sessions will run from 6:30pm to 8:30pm on the third Tuesday of every month, starting September 17, 2024 and finishing May 20, 2025.
This program provides up to $400 for interpreters to attend in-depth learning opportunities and workshops that would otherwise be inaccessible. This program is intended to help address knowledge and skill gaps in Greater Minnesota, and is open to interpreters who live in Greater Minnesota, or who meet our alternate eligibility requirements.
Non-certified interpreters living in Greater Minnesota may also request support for travel costs in order to take CASLI or EIPA exams. Certified interpreters may request support in order to take the QMHI exam. This is in recognition of the disparate impact geographic distance has on the costs associated with becoming certified; exam fees will not be covered as part of this program. Interpreters requesting this support must live in Greater Minnesota to be eligible.
Want to help interns in Greater Minnesota? Consider joining the Certified Interpreter Collaborative.
The purpose of this program is to support interpreting students who wish to intern in Greater Minnesota. In some areas, a single interpreter does not have sufficient, appropriate work to host an intern, but a group of interpreters collaborating can successfully host an intern. Thus the idea of a CIC was born. We are now reaching out to you to ask if you are interested, and to apply to participate. This is a great opportunity to:
Interpreters who live in Greater Minnesota. This is defined as anywhere in Minnesota that is not in the following counties: Anoka, Dakota, Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
Deaf Interpreters & Certified Deaf Interpreters who live and work in Minnesota. You can live anywhere in MN, and you do not need to be certified to be eligible.
Interpreters who perform at least 30 hours of work in Greater Minnesota locations. The hours are calculated as total job hours plus half of travel time.
Time credited is calculated per job using the following formula: (total time at the job) plus (1/2 of travel time). You may also count time allocated for jobs that were cancelled billable. For example, in January-March Jane Doe had three jobs:
Total time credited for these jobs would be 3 + 4 + 18 = 25 hours. Jane combines that with the 10 hours she has with ASLIS to achieve a total of 35 hours in the quarter. That means Jane will be eligible for GMN programs in April-June.
If you have enough hours worked through ASLIS, we will notify you at the beginning of each quarter that you are eligible. If you do not have enough hours through ASLIS, you can fill out an Eligibility Request Form to document your hours worked in Greater Minnesota.
All above Greater MN programs are provided by ASLIS and supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services: Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing State Services Division.
