In some pilot interviews of interpreters, leaders, and educators in interpreting one of the main concerns of the respondents was quality – maintaining quality experiences for consumers, for sutdents learning and developing skills, and quality experiences for themselves as instructors/leaders – being able to do what they are passionate about in meaningful ways depsite the disruption of modality.

In this 7 week group coaching, we will focus on maintaining and increasing quality experiences for ourselves, students, and consumers alike.

Being present is a challenge and yet critical to the effectiveness of our work as educators & influencers. Being present in this new world, fully changed by the global pandemic, even more so. We will discuss presence and what it means to hold space for ourselves and our students in this time and beyond.

What values underpin your practice as an interpreter educator? Do you know? Do you filter your decisions, assignments, and influences through the lens of your values? 

We will explore our individual and collective values and how they inform our practices.

We will be exploring all of these things through the lens of the phases of orientation (how things were), disorientation (how things are different than we expected), and reorientation (embracing the new normal and settling in). Though the pandemic is a significant example of this, this cycle actually plays out repeatedly in our careers.