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November28,2018Dr.DarlenePernerBloomsburgUniversityofPennsylvaniaDepartmentofExceptionalityProgramsASL/EnglishInterpretingProgram400E.2ndStreetBloomsburg,PA17815
DearDr.Perner:
AtitsNovember14,2018meeting,theCommissiononCollegiateInterpreterEducationvotedtoawardaccreditationwithstipulationstotheBachelorofScienceDegreeinAmericanSignLanguage/EnglishInterpretingatBloomsburgUniversityofPennsylvania.
ThisdecisionwasbasedonareviewoftheSelfStudyReportsubmittedJune2018,andthereportoftheSiteVisitTeaminOctober2018.
TheaccreditationiseffectiveNovember14,2018andcontinuesuntilNovember14,2028,assumingthatalladministrativerequirementsaremet.Thoserequirementsare:
(1) Satisfactoryremedyofeachofthestipulationslistedbelow.Directionsforcompletingthisprocessareattached.APlanofCorrectionmustbesubmittedtoCCIEbyJune1,2019.
(2) Submissionofacomprehensivereportontheprogressmadetowardcomingintocomplianceonthestandardsthatwerefoundtobeinnon-compliance.ThisreportisdueoneyearfollowingCCIE’sacceptanceofthePlanofCorrection.
(3) Submissionofareporteverytwoyears,beginningJuneof2020.ThisreportistocontainasummaryofactivitiesanddemonstrationthattheProgramremainsincompliancewiththeCCIEStandards.Youwillreceiveareminderandaformattofollow60dayspriortotheduedateofthereport.
(4) Submissionofareportwithin30daysofsignificantchangesinprogramstructure,staffingorcurriculum,and
(5) PaymentoftheAnnualSustainingFeeof$800,dueinFebruaryeachyearbeginningin2012.
AttachedistheSiteVisitReportpreparedbythesitevisitteam.Youaretobecommendedforeachoftheitemslistedasastrength.Thereweresomefindingsofnon--complianceaswell.
Pleasereviewthisforaccuracyinregardtosuchissuesastimes,dates,andpersonsinattendance.Shouldyounoticeanyerrorsoffact,pleaseletusknowandwewillcorrectthisforthefile.
Includedinthisletterisalistingofallstipulations.Eachstipulationrepresentsacomponentofthestandards,whichthesitevisitteamfoundtobeinnon--compliance.Whilethesecomponentsweredeterminedtobenon--compliant,thecommissionbelievesthattheycanberemediedwithinareasonableamountoftime.Forthatreason,theprogramwasawardedAccreditationwithStipulations.
YoumayannouncethatyouhavereceivedAccreditation,andwewillpostyourprogramonourwebsiteasaccredited.Whenthestipulationshavebeenremedied,yourstatuswillchangefromAccreditationwithStipulationstoAccredited.ShouldthestipulationsnotberemediedtotheCommission’ssatisfactionorwithinthetimeframeestablished,thereisapotentialthattheaccreditationstatuswouldbewithdrawn.
WewanttoextendourcongratulationsforachievingaccreditationthroughtheCCIE.Werealizethatitisanarduousprocess,buttrustthatitwasabeneficialoneforyourprogramandyourinstitution.
Sincerely,
MarleeDyce,PresidentCommissiononCollegiateInterpreterEducation
BLOOMSBURGUNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA
AMERICANSIGNLANGUAGE–ENGLISHINTERPRETINGPROGRAM
AREASOFNON-COMPLIANCE
WITHTHECCIEACCREDITATIONSTANDARDS
TheSiteVisitTeamreportedthree(3)areasofnon-compliancewiththeStandards.
ProgramNon-ComplianceAreas
4.10Performancereviewsareconductedatleasteverytwoyearsforallfaculty(full-time,part-time,andadjunct).Theresultsofthosereviewsaresharedwithfacultyandareusedforprogramandfacultyimprovement.
Theprogramisnotincompliancewiththisstandardatthetimeofthesitevisit.Throughinterviewswithadministrators,facultyandstudents,andreviewofmaterialpresentedintheprogram’sSelfStudyReport,theteamdeterminedthatwhilereviewsoffacultyinthetenure-trackareconductedannually,tenuredfacultyareonlyreviewedeveryfiveyears.
8.1Fieldexperience(s)mustprovideatleast300hoursofobservation,shadowing,teaming,professionalresponsibilities,duties,and/oractivities(e.g.,scheduling,preparation,invoicing,meetings,andin-servicetraining)inauthenticsettingswhereinterpretersareemployed.Thesitevisitteamhastwomainconcerns:(1)the300hoursoffieldwork/observationincludehoursthatpotentiallydonotadheretothestandardwhichrequiresthatallhoursbeinauthenticsettingswhereinterpretersareemployedandbefocusedontheworkoftheprofession,and(2)that20ofthedocumented300hoursarecurrentlyachievedbytheinternsattending“Deafevents”.
8.2Aminimumof90ofthose300hoursmustoccurduringthecapstoneexperienceandinvolvedirectprovisionofauthenticinterpretingservicessupervisedbyinterpretersholdingnationalcertificationthatispsychometricallyreliableandvalid(e.g.,certificationsrecognizedbyRIDorAVLIC).Thesitevisitteamhasaconcernregardingthequalificationsofthesupervisinginterpretersinthatifastudentinternsinaneducationalplacement,anindividualwitha3.5EIPAisdeemed“qualified”tosuperviseandmentortheintern.ThisisduetothefactthatPAstatelawstatesthattoworkasaneducationalinterpreter,anEIPA3.5istheminimumlevelrequired.Whiletheteamunderstandsthe
programisdefaultingtothestateminimum;thisdoesnotalignwiththestandardwhichrequiresthesupervisinginterpretertohold“nationalcertificationthatispsychometricallyreliableandvalid”suchasthosecertificationsrecognizedbyRIDorAVLIC.
Thefollowingstipulationswillbeimposedontheprogram:
STIPULATIONONE:Theprogramshallprovideayearlyprofessionalgrowthplanforallfaculty.
STIPULATIONTWO:Theprogramshallprovideaminimumof300hoursofauthenticinterpretingexperiencefortheirstudentsfocusedontheworkofinterpreting.STIPULATIONTHREE:TheprogramwillrequiresupervisinginterpretersineducationalsettingstoholdaminimumofanEIPA4.0.