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AA~BA Partnerships Home / History & Goals The AA- BA Partnership Workteamwas created by the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers (NCIEC) in May 2006 during a three-day NCIEC planning meeting in Newport Beach, California. The minutes of that important meeting reflect a nascent purpose of assisting interpreter education programs at both the two-year and four-year degree level address the new educational requirements to sit for RID certification after 2012. Those in attendance at that meeting identified a number of critical issues for consideration by the AA-BA Partnership Workteam, including the lack of ASL standards, interpreter education program (IEP) entrance and exit requirements, the changing roles of two-year programs, models for A.A. to B.A. transition, and the need for effective partnership models between two-year and four-year institutions. The desire to dialogue with directors from both two-year and four-year programs, both separately and together, was clearly illuminated. Three goals were identified as critical and became the basis for the AA-BA Partnership Workteam’s efforts. The goals of the NCIEC AA-BA Partnership work team are as follows:

	“Programmatic accreditation is a critical underpinning for educational success for interpreting students.” AA-BA Partnership Work Team Conclusion
To foster quality interpreter education by forging stronger links between two-year and four-year Interpreter Education programs. To elucidate for the field, effective models of AA-BA partnerships that lead to successful interpreter education program design. To promote programmatic accreditation as critical underpinnings for educational success for interpreting students. Before the end of the grant cycle in 2010, the AA-BA Partnership Workteam intends to publish a second monograph that offers program directors information and resources to establish AA-BA partnerships. More specifically, this new document will provide interpreter educators with, among others, an updated picture of the field in terms of current partnerships, a greater understanding of the necessary or critical components needed for a successful partnership, a more in-depth study of related models including anecdotal case studies, as well as sample partnership tools and resources. Anticipated availability of this publication is mid 2010.

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The National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers is funded from 2005 – 2010 by the U.S. Department of Education RSA CFDA #84.160A and B, Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind.