I currently work at a high school for the performing arts with a team of three additional interpreters. At that we are still spread out when it comes to providing adequate services. We are at a point of conversation with the administration that warrants us getting some concrete info that would move the union to back or requests to get services enhanced. The risk of having to pay for workcomp, hiring sub-interpreters, internal school time invested, the expense of investigation that an H.R. dept would put in is less cost effective than just getting salaried interpreters in the first place. If anyone of you have any advocacy strategies that speak to enhancing services in a public school system, please let me know.
Web sites are good.
Numbers that chart out the relationship of CMI related injuries in a corp vs expense to the institution would be helpful. Projected info would be great too. All rights reserved.