Working with Interpreters

This article highlights six strategies that teachers can use to partner with families who speak languages other than English.

Learn how to stay in contact with English learners and their families and how administrators can support that outreach. This article also includes multiple tools, resources, and tips for collaboration.

This article provides information on how teachers, administrators, bilingual staff, and families can collaborate with interpreters in order to ensure students have equitable access to their education.

This article gives tips for educators working with interpreters before, during, and after meetings.

This one-page handout from the EITP 3-Day System Overview for Bilingual Interpreters/Translators offers meeting tips, including ground rules for communicating with families through the interpreter.

These recommendations for educators include how to team with, communicate with, and develop relationships with diverse families.

This article provides tips to bridge the language gap, take cultural expectations about education into account, and provide your students’ parents with the information they need about their children’s progress in school.

This one-page handout gives educators and therapists practical tips on how to best conduct family meetings and home visits.

This one-page handout for early intervention professionals gives tips about working with interpreters.

This five-minute video gives basic tips that will allow you to communicate effectively through an interpreter with a person who doesn’t speak your language.