Our Services

Substitute Educational Interpreters for Interpreters Employed by a School District Sick days and emergencies Maternity leave/ leave of absence Employee vacations

Educational Interpreters with Legal or Mental Health Training recommended for the following situations: IEP/CSE and MDT meetings Psychological Evaluations and Tests

Child Protective Service Interviews Academic Hearings Regents Exams, SAT/ACT Exams

Long-Term Staffing Solutions Hiring advisement and qualifications assessment Part and full-time educational interpreter placement service for full academic term

RID and EIPA Testing Available An RID Super site since 2001, Interpretek can meet the testing needs of your interpreting employees at our corporate office in Rochester, NY. Interpretek is an authorized Test site for EIPA Written and Performance testing.

Certification Track Mentoring Contact our Northeast Regional office in Rome, NY to work with a Certified mentor to create a certification track professional development program.

Pricing

Rates for per diem educational interpreters in NY State range between $50-$80 per hour by County. Depending on the availability of interpreters in your county, there may be a minimum hour requirement, which often includes travel.

Long–Term staffing is priced on a sliding scale based on quantity of hours per interpreter for the standard, 180-day, academic year.

Video Remote Interpreting is billed per min with no minimum. Interpretek recommends districts to use off-the-shelf video conferencing solutions to keep costs low. Information on custom video conferencing systems provided upon request.

School district hiring advisement and certification track mentoring are complimentary.

About Educational Interpreting

NY State Education Department is in the process of designing the regulations and it is expected that the certification will require interpreters to have least an AAS in Educational Interpreting, passing of the EIPA-Written Exam, an EIPA score of at least 3.0 as well as passing of some teacher certification state tests.

Interpretek’s educational interpreting screening and hiring practices exceed current NY State Education Department standards. These standards ensure seamless coverage during any transition periods after regulations are passed.

The first educational interpreting credentials were developed in 1991 by Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. The Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment ® (EIPA) scores the interpreter on a scale of 1.0 to 5.0 (www.classroominterpreting.org).

An educational interpreter with an EIPA score of 4.0 or greater can apply to the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf for National Certification credentials, Edu: K-12 (www.rid.org).

My name is Lynn Weissman, and I am a Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor.  I launched my video company Weisswoman Productions back in 2001.  I have been shooting, editing, and producing documentary videos about schools, education, and other topics since then.  These video projects have won festival, competition, and grant awards; aired on public and cable television, and screened nationwide and in Canada. 

  I love mixing the art and science of video production to tell a good story. I get to be both a geek and an empathetic human being, continually learning about video technology and about people. Whether I'm shooting behind the lens, editing, or producing, I have the remarkable privilege of bearing witness to many extraordinary stories and events, and meeting extraordinary people - and the helping to tell their stories.

  You may view educational video samples here:

  MIT Promo for Competition Software for the National Ocean Science Bowl

A national high school competition in ocean sciences

https://vimeo.com/15783499

  Purim Celebration: Congregation B'nai Brith, Children's School

Party Highlights

https://vimeo.com/27731823

  Interview with Jill Kaplan about JWA's Summer Institute for Educators

https://vimeo.com/16060312

  Workshop interview with Freedom Rider Judith Frieze Wright

Part of a workshop at the JWA Summer Institute for Educators

https://vimeo.com/16058480

  Jonathan Kraft, President, New England Patriots, speaking at the Belmont Hill School

https://vimeo.com/49963805

  Time to Be Heard

Stage Performance North Cambridge Family Opera Company

https://vimeo.com/17690196

  Slideshow: Photos and Video

https://vimeo.com/16862840

  Longy Music School Reaches Out to the East Somerville Community School

School Concert Highlights

https://vimeo.com/41787945

  Apple Pickin' with Ari and Zack’s Pre-school

Highlights montage

https://vimeo.com/15627777

  TecsChange: Technology for Social Change

Hip urban documentary on a life-changing computer education and repair/donation program in Roxbury, Ma.