News & Updates
- Congratulations to the Sign Language Interpreting Program at Georgia Perimeter College for becoming the second program to be nationally accredited by CCIE!
- Congratulations to the Sign Language Interpretation Program at the University of New Hampshire for being the first CCIE nationally accredited program.
- As commissioners terms expire, we will need more commissioners, are you interested?
- With the increase in programs going through the accreditation process we will increase our pool of raters, are you interested?
Mission
CCIE's mission is to promote professionalism in the field of interpreter education through:
- The accreditation of professional preparation programs,
- The development and revision of interpreter education standards,
- The encouragement of excellence in program development,
- A national and international dialogue on the preservation and advancement of standards in the field of interpreter and higher education, and
- The application of the knowledge, skills, and ethics of the profession.
History
The Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education (CCIE) was founded in 2006 to promote professionalism in the field of sign language interpreter education through the process of accreditation. CCIE was established after nearly two decades of collaborative efforts of six stakeholder organizations, the National Alliance of Black Interpreters, Inc., National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, National Association of the Deaf, Conference of Interpreter Trainers, Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada and the American Sign Language Teachers Association. In 2008, CCIE became a member of the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA).