M2E is a program designed to improve communication access across Greater Minnesota! Interpreters have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of experienced Deaf and hearing mentors throughout our sixteen-week program. These sessions aim to build interpreters’ confidence and skills when accepting a wide variety of community assignments.
Through virtual mentoring sessions, interpreters have the opportunity to work on various interpreting skills in a structured, supportive environment.
Mentoring-2-Excellence is a FREE program offered only to interpreters who reside in Greater Minnesota!
This program is crucial to increasing interpreters’ confidence and skills in freelance settings.
⭐ Mentoring sessions are 100% virtual.
⭐ Work with interpreters, colleagues, and Deaf individuals outside of your local community.
⭐ Build your toolkit with interpreting materials and resources.
⭐ Develop long-lasting relationships and support!
⭐ Receive detailed feedback on your interpreting skills at the beginning and end of the program!
⭐ Starting in Spring 2022, mentees will have FREE access to all of ASLIS’ Wednesday Workshops throughout the duration of the program!
⭐Four Community of Practice Sessions with Jen Hayes
Are you passionate about fostering interpreters’ confidence and skills? Do you demonstrate mentoring qualifications in:
ASLIS is seeking mentors who are highly qualified and have a background in working with interpreters to develop their skills and confidence to increase the number of qualified interpreters in Greater Minnesota.
Are you an interpreter wanting to increase your confidence and skills when accepting community assignments? Do you want to polish up your skills in a particular community setting? Are you a(n):
This program is offered for free for all interpreters who reside in Greater Minnesota!
The Mentoring-2-Excellence Program is provided by ASLIS and is supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division. Therefore, this program is offered for free for non-certified, educational, and certified interpreters who reside in Greater MN.
Greater MN is defined as any counties located outside of the seven-county metro. Counties that are excluded from being considered Greater MN are: Ramsey, Washington, Hennepin, Dakota, Scott, Anoka, Carver.
A Community of Practice is a group of professionals with a shared interest, who come together to share information, resources, and engage in conversation. The goal for a person who joins a Community of Practice is to strengthen skills, knowledge, and the network of professionals they can turn to for support, validation, and information. Ultimately, every Community of Practice generates new knowledge together that can be applied to each individual’s professional practice.
This program offers up to 15 sessions of free mentoring and 2 virtual mixer meetings.
All sessions take place virtually! This allows for mentors and apprentices to meet one another from various areas that they may not have had the opportunity to work with before.
Meet each other, set expectations for all, and share useful tools.
Apprentices will complete pre- and post-skills assessment to be best paired with a mentor. The feedback from these assessments will be used as a baseline to see where the apprentices’ strengths and areas of improvements are to enhance the mentoring time.
The Mentoring-2-Excellence Program is provided by ASLIS and is supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division.