An educational interpreter’s job is to provide services to children, young adults, parents, staff, as required by federal law and “best practices in education.” As a professional interpreter providing services in a variety of settings you are required to learn what it takes, what you need, and how to provide the services in those different types of settings.
You need to learn to adapt and work in different settings within the educational system, work with different team members in order to help with the planning, development, and implementation of each program for each student…
LANGUAGE SKILLS – speak 2 or more languages fluently.
TERMINOLOGY – understand and learn the terminology for the business sector you want to pursue.
BUSINESS SKILLS – learn the skills needed to start and grow your business, if you are going to be working for yourself as an Entrepreneur; A/P, A/R, CSRR, SEO, Sales & Marketing just to name a few. Learn the skills needed to provide the services in educational settings.
Apart from understanding the industry and what it takes, what you need, you must learn the intense terminology involved and it’s important that you understand the requirements, your role, and always be prepared to work with a variety of settings and sectors.