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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2016 through Summer 2020
- Course Number:
- ITP 268
- Course Title:
- Interpreting Theory IV: Business Practices
- Credit Hours:
- 2
- Lecture Hours:
- 20
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Covers current business practices, marketing, networking, and resources at national, state, and local levels. Includes development of a business plan, resume, portfolio, certification plan, and other tools for beginning one's career as a professional sign language interpreter.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Be prepared to establish a freelance interpreting business.
- Accept interpreting assignments appropriately as an independent contractor.
- Use business and job-finding skills to advance professional goals.
- Use networking contacts to gain employment and develop professional relationships.
- Understand basic budgeting, invoicing, accounting, tax preparation, and other financial aspects of running a freelance business.
- Take the first steps toward gaining national certification and/or other qualifications such as passing the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment according to state standards.
- Engage with and contribute to local professional organizations, Oregon and/or Washington Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Course Activities and Design
This course will consist of lecture, discussion, videos, guest speakers, and hands-on application of techniques.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Students will be assessed by formal examinations or quizzes, mock invoices, a written business plan, a portfolio, and a research paper.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Course content includes:
- Business practices for working in private practice
- Students will practice financial aspects of business such as invoices, tracking mileage, accounting, scheduling, budgeting, and filing state and federal taxes
- The process of becoming a qualified, certified interpreter
- Networking approaches, professionalism, resume development, public relations, and skills
- Resources for developing a small business
Related Instruction
Computation
Hours: 40- Understand basic budgeting, invoicing, accounting, tax preparation, and other financial aspects of running a freelance business.
- Students will practice financial aspects of business such as invoices, tracking mileage, accounting, scheduling, budgeting, and filing state and federal taxes
Communication
Hours: 15- Accept interpreting assignments appropriately as an independent contractor
- Use business and job-finding skills to advance professional goals
- Use networking contacts to gain employment and develop professional relationships
- Engage with and contribute to local professional organizations Oregon and/or Washington Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
- Business practices for working in private practice - such as negotiate agreements with agencies, write contracts, and compose letters
- Networking approaches, professionalism, resume development, public relations, and skill