Resources for Service Providers
Introduction
Valencia Community
College has a long history of providing a solid structure of services
to maximize educational opportunities for Deaf and hard of hearing
students. We serve Deaf and hard of hearing students on all our
campuses.
Julie Balassa is the Assistant Director of the Office for Students with Disabilities and is responsible for DHHS and Assistive Technology college-wide. She hires and supervises all Valencia interpreters and c-print speech to text providers.
DHHS Service Provider Handbook
Service Provider Handbook
Prospective DHHS Service Providers
We
are happy to share information regarding how to become an interpreter,
c-print speech-to-text or voice recognition speech-to-text provider.
We provide these services on a daily basis in Valencia classrooms
and welcome all who wish to become proficient service providers.
If you wish to work
for Valencia as an interpreter or speech-to-text provider, including
as a sub, you must be entered into the Valencia system as a part-time
employee. To become a part-time employee, you must complete
a part-time employee appication packet including an Application
for Part-Time Employment. If you have not yet completed
this packet, please contact Julie Balassa
to make an appointment to complete the hard copy sections of the packet. You can find contact information on the
Home page of this website. In the meantime, you may complete and submit the Application for Part-Time Employment by
clicking on the link below.
Current DHHS Service Providers
To save the following
forms, please click on the link and select "Save".
Part-Time Time Sheet Schedule
In District Travel Form(Please refer to the In District Mileage
Chart below for approved mileage/ tolls between campuses. Please
do not submit any receipts.)
 In District_Mileage Chart
Online Interpreter/Speech-to-Text
Request Form (Please note: according to Valencia policy, it
is the student's responsibility to request services by filling
out this form.)
Service
Provider Availability Form
Professional Ethics and Development
Littering the long
path to professionalism lie the past relics of old ideas about the
interpreting process and the role of interpreters.
Today, we must clear the mind of outdated past practices. The
profession of interpreting has been established and enlightened
thanks to the tireless efforts of Deaf consumers, interpreters,
and the professional organizations that serve them both.
Professional ethics involve behaving in a way that empowers others.
The professional interpreter model is no longer one of helper, conduit
(telephone), or communication facilitator. The current working philosopy
of interpreting is a bilingual-bicultural (bi-bi) model in which
the interpreter is an integral member of a team of service providers
and brings to this team an awareness of the inherent differences
in the languages, cultures and norms for social interaction of the
clients using interpreting services. Our ethical decision-making
empowers us and our consumers when it is based on this bi-bi philosophy.
Our Code of Professional Conduct is a guide to putting into practice
the spririt of professionalism, not a rigid "letter of the
law" set of rules that fails to take into account the bi-bi philosophy and collaborative teamwork.
DHHS is encourages each service provider to contiually broaden horizons and
maintain and enhance interpreting, speech-to-text,
and global skills. We have a library of resource materials including
books and videotapes in our resource room on East campus.
Please remember that we must have your most
current credentials (NAD-RID certification, Florida Quality Assurance,
etc.) on file each term.
Please let us know if you have achieved a certification or educational
milestone.
Agencies
If
you are an agency who would like to provide services to Valencia's Deaf
and hard of hearing students, you must be entered into the Valencia
system as a vendor. To become a vendor, you must
complete a Supplier Business Profile and Substitute Form
W-9. If you have not yet discussed becoming a vendor for
DHHS, please contact Julie Balassa to make an appointment. In the
meantime, you may download and complete the Supplier Business Profile
and Substitute Form W-9 by clicking on the links below.
Resources
Links
to sites of Professional interest
xIn order to view PDF files, you will
need Adobe Reader, which is available for free xfrom
the Adobe
web site.
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