Tutoring: EIPA Standards Study Guide & Educational Interpreting Professional
Requirements Notes
What is tutoring? Is it appropriate for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students to receive this? - ✔✔-
Tutoring is an important support service.
-It may be appropriate for deaf or hard of hearing students to receive.
Can interpreters be tutors as well? - ✔✔-Yes
What should an educational interpreter have a basic understanding of? - ✔✔-basic tutoring
techniques
What resources are available for interpreters to assist with the responsibilities of tutoring? -
✔✔-local and national resources
Who should educational interpreters receive direction from? What direction should they be
looking for? - ✔✔-It is also important for educational interpreters to receive direction from the
classroom teacher
-goals, timelines and outcomes.
Is the students relationship to the interpreter the same as their relationship to the tutor? -
✔✔- These relationships are completely different. It's important that the student and
interpreter both understand this!
Why is it often most appropriate for the interpreter to function as the tutor? - ✔✔-the ability
to use direct communication
-the interpreter's knowledge of the student's educational program
-and the rapport already established
Requirements Notes
What is tutoring? Is it appropriate for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students to receive this? - ✔✔-
Tutoring is an important support service.
-It may be appropriate for deaf or hard of hearing students to receive.
Can interpreters be tutors as well? - ✔✔-Yes
What should an educational interpreter have a basic understanding of? - ✔✔-basic tutoring
techniques
What resources are available for interpreters to assist with the responsibilities of tutoring? -
✔✔-local and national resources
Who should educational interpreters receive direction from? What direction should they be
looking for? - ✔✔-It is also important for educational interpreters to receive direction from the
classroom teacher
-goals, timelines and outcomes.
Is the students relationship to the interpreter the same as their relationship to the tutor? -
✔✔- These relationships are completely different. It's important that the student and
interpreter both understand this!
Why is it often most appropriate for the interpreter to function as the tutor? - ✔✔-the ability
to use direct communication
-the interpreter's knowledge of the student's educational program
-and the rapport already established
