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.