The ASL-English Interpretation Advanced Diploma Program graduate:
- Commits to ongoing professional development by pursuing mastery in American Sign Language and English, pursuing professional accreditation, maintaining membership in professional associations and networking, and collaborating with the community.
- Interacts with the Deaf Community while respecting Deaf culture, beliefs, values, attitudes, language, traditions, and norms by being culturally sensitive and displays appropriate behaviour in cross-cultural interactions.
- Acts as an ally with the Deaf Communities through ongoing involvement and reciprocity to support community goals, builds trust and bridges cultures.
- Facilitates interactions in American Sign Language and English either individually or in a team and interprets in a manner that is conscientious of language and cultural variance while monitoring for overall message equivalency.
- Strives to manage and maintain a balanced quality of life, trust, and integrity in professional relationships.
- Prepares for interpreting on and off site by developing assignment-specific schema, gathering materials, identifying language use, contacting consumers and co-interpreter(s) and assessing logistical needs.
- Demonstrates professionalism and accountability by practicing high quality ethical decision- making and ongoing reflection, consistent with community needs and values.
- Manage working individually or with another interpreter as part of a team by networking, coordinating schedules, as well as managing and negotiating basic business and financial matters related to ASL-English interpretation bookings.
- Acts as a resource and mentor by being available to students, colleagues, and the larger community.
- Assess their own effectiveness as interpreters in a variety of settings through the use of reflective practice.
- Interprets in a variety of settings including in-person interpreting, online platform interpreting and other technologies applicable to interpreting, to allow for growth and learning.
