Self & Community of Practice
Overview
Course content will be guided by research, empirical knowledge, professional standards and best practice.
Wellness and self-care
- Strategies and routines for maintaining physical health
- Techniques and habits for maintaining mental health
- Managing stress, time management, organizational skills
- Making effective plans and setting realistic goals
- Establishing a personal support network
Emotional labour of interpreting work
- Potential for burnout, vicarious trauma
- Maintaining appropriate personal/professional boundaries
- Balancing professional role and social participation in the Deaf community
Interpreters as business practitioners
- Contrasting public and private sector work
- Employers, agencies, systems
- Understanding the marketplace for contract and freelance interpreting work
- Basic practices for a self-employed interpreter (business terms, invoicing, accounting, taxes, self-promotion)
The interpreting community of practice
- Participating, benefiting and contributing as a new practitioner
- Fostering mentoring relationships and peer support
- Working collegially to effect positive change
- Addressing issues of diversity, equity and inclusion
Methods of instruction for this course will include some or all of the following:
- lecture/seminar
- small group work
- guest speakers
- course readings/video
Evaluation is consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. It will be based on a combination of individual and group work, and at the instructor’s discretion may include presentations, written assignments, papers, quizzes and/or exams.
This is a letter graded course.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate ability to integrate wellness strategies into daily life;
- set realistic goals for one’s own personal health, growth and development;
- identify the factors that impact the emotional labour of interpreting work;
- recognize potential causes and indicators of burnout;
- define vicarious trauma and discuss strategies to deal with it;
- examine the characteristics of work in the public sector versus the private sector;
- describe the systems and agencies in BC that employ and/or contract with interpreters;
- produce a list of business terms and a sample invoice for use as a freelance interpreter;
- produce a one-page resume and cover letter for use when applying for an interpreter position;
- devise strategies for seeking mentorship and ongoing peer support and;
- describe plans to participate in and contribute to the interpreting community of practice.
Coursepack purchase may be required; check with Douglas College bookstore.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
Institution | Transfer details for INTR 3110 |
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Athabasca University (AU) | AU HLST 1XX (3) |
Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | No credit |
Emily Carr University of Art & Design (EC) | No credit |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU LANC 3XXX (3) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit |