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Inter-institutional Collaboration: Our Process

Kim Bates, Kim Kurz, Darryl Luton, Stacey Storme

The Conference of Interpreter Trainers 2018 Biennial Conference Friday, November 2, 2018 Key Acknowledgements: Ruthann Atchley, Shannon Portillo, Petra Horn-Marsh, Bonnie Goben, Caroline Jewers

Agenda

• BACKGROUND
• Context around JCCC’s decision to transition from

interpreter education to only ASL education,

• PROCESS
• Highlight the cooperative relationship with KU for

proposing advanced ASL education and interpreter education,

• CURRENT UPDATE
• Program development & goals for the next two to five

years.

• Q & A

Who are we?

• Stacey Storme, JCCC Professor
• Darryl Luton, JCCC Professor
• Dr. Kim Kurz, external consultant
• Kim Bates, participant observer (PhD student)

Not present

• Bonnie Goben, CDI, MA
• Dr. Petra Horn-Marsh
• Dr. Caroline Jewers, KU SLLC Professor

KU Administration

• Dr. Ruthann Atchley (June 2016 –March 2018)
• Dr. Shannon Portillo (March 2018 – present)

Who are you?

• Show of hands
• Two-year program (AA, AAS, Certificate program)
• Four-year program (BA, BS)
• Graduate Program
• Not affiliated with a program
• Educator
• Mentor/Practicum Supervisor

BIG PICTURE

• Last graduating class receiving an AAS in ASL/English

interpreting will be May 2019

• JCCC is no longer providing any interpreting education
• JCCC will offer foundational ASL and Deaf Studies

coursework

• KU is currently in program development and proposal

stages of Advance ASL/Deaf Studies and Interpreting education

Factors that lead to this decision

• Changes in Interpreter Education and Interpreting

Profession

• 2007 NCIEC AA~BA Work Team Summit
• RID Mandates & State Certification changes
• Assessing possible future models
• University Centered Model
• Dual Enrollment/Dual Degree
• Language to Interpretation Model
• Program Review
• Need expansion
• No longer willing to make the impossible seem

possible

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” ~ John D. Rockefeller

JCCC’s History

• 1980’s one of federally funded Regional Interpreter

Consortium Programs

• 1990’s early attempts to partner with the University
• f Kansas
• Originally focused on educational (K-12)

interpreting

• 2002 Dr. Bern Jones’ 2+2 model proposal for

partnership with KU Edwards campus failed

JCCC’s History

• 2000 – 2010 responded to credentialing shifts (RID,

KQAS)

• Major curriculum revisions, pedagogy shifts
• Statewide Taskforce/Stakeholder meetings initiated

by JCCC

• Articulation Agreement with WWU
• 2010-2018
• CCIE accreditation granted 2010
• Conversations with various institutions
• Spring 2016 decision to stop providing interpreter

education

• Sabbatical 2016-2017

Why 17+ years and still waiting?

“ The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark” ~Michelangelo

KU Developments

• KU Lawrence Campus
• 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

(SLLC) established

• KU Edwards Campus
• Campus growth
• Mission & Scope to focus on workforce needs in the

greater KC area

• Administrators focusing on expanding undergraduate

programs

JCCC & KU CONVERSATIONS

• SLLC (Kim Bates and Marc Greenberg)
• SLLC & KU Edwards campus Leadership
• KU Edwards Leadership and JCCC AIEP Faculty
• Stacey and Ruthann
• Stacey, Ruthann, and various informal and formal

consultative meetings

• Including KCDHH Executive Director, Robert Cooper
• Determining key stakeholders to invite

Outreach Committee Curriculum Committee

Timeline

• Fall 2015
• JCCC begins serious discussion about ending

AAS

• KU – internal, unofficial conversations with

Kim Bates

• Spring 2016
• JCCC final decisions – narrowing down options

(KU and Baker)

• KU – reaches out for conversation

Timeline

• Summer 2016
• Stacey’s sabbatical begins
• Dr. Ruthann Atchley, new position Assistant Vice

Chancellor for Program Development meets with Stacey

• Fall 2016
• Meetings with KU folks
• Educating & building relationships
• Spring 2017
• Symposium on Translation and Interpreting at

Gallaudet – Ruthann Atchley attended

• 1st JCCC VLOG https://youtu.be/wDHgq578V44

D R A F T

Timeline

• Summer 2017
• Establish outreach committee
• KAI-RID & KAD announcement and Q&A session
• Fall 2017
• 2nd JCCC VLOG https://youtu.be/AMM0uuLwkpE
• September 13, JCCC/KU Open House
• First meeting of curriculum committee
• December 2017
• Curriculum Retreat
• SLLC Luncheon

Curriculum Planning Retreat December 3-4, 2017

Facilitated by Dr. Ruthann Atchley, who utilized a Collaborative Leadership in Action model (Sanaghan & Gabriel, 2011). Generated a lot of data!!

Rabbit Hole vs Shooting for the Moon

Meeting Process Techniques

• Backward Design – Begin with the big picture
• Las Vegas Voting Technique

Process

Required Elective Future

• BA Years 1,2,3,&4
• MA Years 1 & 2

D R A F T

Continued Timeline

• Spring 2018
• Follow through with Curriculum proposals
• Ruthann Atchely left KU for USF
• Shannon Portillo took over
• Major KU Budget Cuts
• Record 3rd VLOG https://youtu.be/0IVIAon6roM
• Summer 2018
• 2nd Curriculum Retreat
• Addressed budget cut and impact

Stackable Certificates UNDER REVIEW

***DRAFT****

Transitions at JCCC

• Foreign Language Department
• ASL Studies Certificate
• Transfer degree
• Silent Weekend modifications

Fall 2018 at KU

• KU internal Dean’s review
• College Processes (curriculum

systems)

• Letters of support to submit to KBOR

Possible next steps…

• December 2018 – January 2019
• Plan for Kansas Board of Regents review and

approval

• Spring 2019
• Develop course outline and outcomes
• Hire faculty
• JCCC & KU Joint Advisory Board
• Fall 2019
• Program launch

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” ~ John D. Rockefeller

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~Lao Tzu