EDEPS header
Certification

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

Certification Description
Holders of this certification are interpreters who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, and who have completed at least eight hours of training on the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct; eight hours of training on the role and function of an interpreter who is deaf or hard-of-hearing; and have passed a comprehensive combination of written and performance tests. Holders of this certificate are recommended for a broad range of assignments where an interpreter who is deaf or hard-of-hearing would be beneficial. This test is currently available.

Certifying Organization
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
http://rid.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 4 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No

Certified Deaf Interpreter Website

Certification Description
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has organized the standards for accomplished teachers of students with exceptional needs into 14 standards. The standards have been ordered to facilitate understanding, not to assign priorities. They each describe an important facet of accomplished teaching; they often occur concurrently because of the seamless quality of accomplished practice. These standards serve as the basis for National Board Certification in this field.

Certifying Organization
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
http://www.nbpts.org

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 10 Years
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

National Board Certification - Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/Exceptional Needs Specialist Website

Certification Description
Individuals achieving certification at the NIC, NIC Advanced or NIC Master level are all professionally certified interpreters. The National Interpreter Certification (NIC) exam tests interpreting skills and knowledge in three critical domains: General knowledge of the field of interpreting through the NIC Knowledge exam Ethical decision making through the interview portion of the NIC Performance test Interpreting and transliterating skills through the performance portion of the test. In all three domains, certificate holders must demonstrate professional knowledge and skills that meet or exceed the minimum professional standards necessary to perform in a broad range of interpretation and transliteration assignments.

Certifying Organization
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
http://rid.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 4 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

National Interpreter Certification Website

Source: CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL).