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We at Protactile Language Interpreting National Education Program are excited to welcome applications from interpreters who live in the following nine states: California, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington State.? It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.? Please feel free to spread the word¡ªthank you for helping.
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A link and a text summary can be found below.? Good luck!
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Applications are now open for the 2023-2024 Protactile Language Interpreting Intensive Cohort!
The Protactile Language Interpreting National Education Program is charged with preparing interpreters working with DeafBlind individuals in Protactile language. Training is provided by DeafBlind educators. For those interpreters who work regularly in communities with greater concentrations of DeafBlind individuals, PLI is launching a 9-month long cohort starting in the fall of 2023. This is a small cohort of 16 participants to maintain small educator-to-student ratio and cohort experiences. Each cohort is a community of practice, sharing their newly-applied learnings, skills, knowledge and resources with each other and their instructors and mentors.
There is no other intensive, immersion opportunity preparing interpreters in learning, practicing, applying, and interpreting in Protactile language. We are grateful to the talented DeafBlind leaders, teachers, trainers, and mentors who are partnering with PLI to make this program a reality!
Under the direction of DeafBlind leaders and PLI staff, cohort participants will learn more about Protactile language, the Co-Navigator role, and Protactile's linguistic parameters through a 208-hour intensive experience, including an online learning community, 2 weeks onsite (January and May) for Protactile language immersion, and 20+-hours of mentorship and 2+ hours of applied learning (induction) in the participant's home community with DeafBlind individuals.
PLI has received a high volume of interest in this training and can only admit a total of 16 interpreters for this cohort - and only from 9 identified states - so be sure to spread the word and encourage folks to apply! For us to have the most success, we strongly encourage you to reach out to the DeafBlind leaders in these 9 states (CA, IL, LA, MA, MN, NY, NC, TX, WA) and encourage them to utilize their networks to recommend applicants.?
The application closes Friday, September 15th, 2023 at 11:59pm PT. Apply now at this link:?
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