Mentor Training Program

The Mentor Training program was designed as a four-month, 10 module online community of learning that focused on reflecting on one's own journey of learning and how to extrapolate those experiences when working and mentoring others. The program utilized current interpreting models and frameworks paired with critical race theory as the lens of the discussion. The modules were designed as a continuation of each participant's path of dialogic engagement, from the Legal Interpreter Training, paired with the tools to pay it forward with colleagues in their local communities.

Program Information

• Program Results

  This Mentor Training program served to increase the number and quality of mentors in legal settings.

  

  Of the 75 participants across 4 cohorts, 62 participants (82.7%) were Project CLIMB's target audience of Deaf, Coda, & POC.

  

  Of the 75 participants, 47 participants (62.6%) were Project CLIMB's target audience of Deaf & Coda.

  

  Of the 75 participants, 31 participants (41.3%) were Project CLIMB's target audience of BIPOC.

• Program Map

  The Mentor Training program covered various topics that resulted in a comprehensive training for interpreters mentoring skills development in legal settings. 

  The curriculum consisted of 10 modules. The Mentor Training program modules are:

  • Module 1: Adult Learning Principles
  • Module 2: Demand Control Schema
  • Module 3: Role Space
  • Module 4: Integrated Model of Interpreting
  • Module 5: Growth Mindset
  • Module 6: Scaffolding and Discussion Techniques
  • Module 7: Facilitating a Community of Learning
  • Module 8: Mentoring Conversations in Practice
  • Module 9: IMI Data Analysis
  • Module 10: Activities, Resources, and Wrapping Up

  The Program Map for the Mentor Training program served as an “at-a-glance” reference guide that participants used to see the overall flow for program's modules.

• Time Commitment

  The 10 module curriculum totaled 40 hours of training and took participants an average of 4-6 hours per module over the length of the training.

Program Cohorts

Project CLIMB recognizes the hard work and dedication of the participants who have successfully completed* the Mentor Training program. To search for qualified interpreters / mentor, visit the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) website.

*Successful completion does not provide endorsement of the participant's language fluency or skills as an interpreter / mentor.

Cohort Four (Spring 2021)

by first name; NOTE: 1st column is first names starting with A-D, 2nd column is E-K, 3rd column is L-P, and 4th column is R-W.

Cohort Two (Fall 2020)

by first name; NOTE: 1st column is first names starting with A-N and 2nd column is R-T.

Cohort One (2018-2019)

by first name; NOTE: 1st column is first names starting with B-F, 2nd column is G-K, 3rd column is M, and 4th column is P-T.