Each candidate's performance will be assessed either by a
screening panel present during the assessment or videotaped and rated by
individual raters. Panelists/raters will assess only the segments for which
they have been specifically trained.
A. Assessment team.
1. A screening panel or individual ratings
shall consist of at least one panelist/rater who is hearing and one
panelist/rater who is deaf or hard of hearing.
2. All panelists/raters shall be fluent in
the language mode being assessed and shall have successfully completed rater
training as administered by the agency.
B. Screening components.
Each screening is comprised of two major categories:
1. Part I - Code of Ethics: (General
knowledge and application). Shall be administered prior to the other category
orally (in front of a live panel, on videotape, or both) or in writing (in the
presence of a monitor).
NOTE: A candidate may not participate in a performance
assessment until 90% competency has been demonstrated on Part I, the Code of
Ethics assessment.
2. Part
II - Skills Assessment.
a. Sign Language
Assessment. Interpreting (ASL) Performance: (Expressive and receptive abilities
using ASL vocabulary, structure, and components) and Transliterating (English)
Performance (Expressive and receptive abilities using a form of manually-coded
English). The assessment may be administered in front of a live panel, on
videotape, or both.
b. Cued Speech.
Transliterating Performance: Expressive and receptive abilities using cued
speech hand shapes and mouth movements. The assessment may be administered in
front of a live panel, on videotape, or both.
C. Awarding of screening levels.
Each panelist/rater will independently assess a candidate's
performance and assign a raw score for the required competencies within each
category (Parts I and II). Raw scores will be totaled for each part, converted
to percentages, and averaged with the other panelists'/raters' scores. Parts I
and II will be scored independently of each other by the department. Depending
on the results, a candidate may:
1.
Not receive any level at that time;
2. Receive a level for Interpreting (ASL)
only;
3. Receive a level for
Transliterating Sign Language only;
4. Receive a level for both Interpreting
(ASL) and Transliterating Sign Language; or
5. Receive a level for Transliterating Cued
Speech only.
D. Criteria
for screening levels.
A screening level of I, II, III, or IV will be awarded to
candidates who satisfy the minimum competency requirements. (Refer to
22VAC20-30-110 B Screening
Components.) These minimum requirements are:
1. 90% Code of Ethics (Part I) and
2. Performance Scores (Part II Interpreting
or Transliterating):
a. 95% - Level
IV
b. 80% - Level III
c. 65% - Level II
d. 50% - Level I
E. The department will notify
candidates in writing of the status of their screening results within 90
working days of the screening date.
Notes
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Va. Admin. Code §
20-30-110
Derived from
VR245-03-01 § 3.6, eff. August 30, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume
7, Issue 2, eff. November 21, 1990; Volume 9, Issue 6, eff. January 13,
1993.
Statutory Authority
§§ 51.5-112 and 51.5-113 of the Code of
Virginia.
