Pursue a New Direction with COMPASS

Are you a heritage language user of ASL (a Coda, Mother-Father-Deaf, Deaf-parented)? Are you considering using your native ASL talents to develop a career in ASL/English interpreting and possess an innate understanding of the Deaf community?

Click here to learn more about the COMPASS program, developed to support your goal of working as a professional ASL/English interpreter.

• The VRSII is making exciting advances by providing innovative educational experiences for interpreters and interpreter educators through engaging and relevant programming. Their state-of-the-art instructional suite is user friendly and conducive to learning.

  - Carol Patrie, Ph.D., CEO, Spectrum Concepts, Inc., Director of Curriculum and Instruction EIPES, Language Matters, Inc.

• The contributions VRSII makes to the field of interpreter education are unmatched. The programming and support offered is innovative and evidence-based, not to mention easily accessible to interpreter educators across the country. The School-to-Work program and other student programming is excellent. Thank you for the ongoing commitment to our field!

  - Paula Gajewski Mickelson, IEP director, St. Catherine University

• The VRSII is making significant and powerful contributions to the field of interpreting and interpreter education. The faculty’s dynamic, evidence-based approach makes for innovative, holistic and creative solutions to the challenges facing the profession as a whole as well as those facing the individual interpreter.

  - Sharon Neumann Solow, MA, CSC, SC:L

• The VRSII has provided numerous opportunities over the years for interpreter educators to gather, discuss and enhance our profession. I am beyond grateful for these opportunities!

  – Cindy Volk, IEP associate professor of practice, University of Arizona

• The VRSII has an unstoppable ripple effect of empowering interpreters and interpreter educators that encourages collaboration, networking, and extremely high standards.

  - Marty M. Taylor, Ph.D., Interpreting Consolidated

• Through the SVRS^® Excellence and Innovation in Interpreter Education Award, the VRSII motivates interpreter education programs to continually improve themselves by recognizing excellence. This award and other recognition activities, sponsored by the VRSII, spotlight effective teaching and bring educators together to share knowledge.

  – Richard Laurion, project manager for the CATIE Center at St. Catherine University