1. Complete the JCCC application and the Steps for Enroll to Credit Classes
2. Complete the Interpreter Training Program selective admission application packet. While the deadline for the fall 2012 semester has passed, the application packet contains complete information about the process you may wish to review. The application for fall 2013 will be available in September. 
3. Complete the Admission Worksheet.
4. Complete the Transfer Transcript Evaluation Request.

The selection process below was for fall 2011. The application and selection process for fall 2012 will change.

Selection Process

1. Once you've applied, you will be notified if/when your application is complete. Complete means all transcripts and ACT results are received, and all application materials are completed.
2. We will schedule an interview (usually sometime in March). Interviews are meant to assess such skills as fluency in English and ASL, basic cognitive processing skills, interpersonal skills, maturity, professional behavior, and basic awareness of interpreting and critical thinking. Applicants should be prepared to demonstrate their ASL competency (both comprehension and production) during the interview.
3. After the interview, usually mid to late May, you will be notified by certified mail whether you have been accepted into the program. Final selections will be based upon a competitive process which ranks the applicants interviewed and reflects the consensus of the interview committee.

Note: Should more than 30 applicants qualify there will be a waiting list.

Accept/Decline Your Place in the Program

All applicants offered a position in the Interpreter Training Program will be notified by certified mail. To acknowledge acceptance/decline of position you must must:

1. Return the Intention to Accept/Decline form (mailed with the acceptance letter), along with a $125 tuition deposit, within 10 days from the receipt of the acceptance letter. The $125 will be applied to the first semester's tuition. This deposit will be refunded only if written notification is submitted to Admissions prior to June 10, 2011. The form is to be returned even if the applicant has decided to decline the position. This permits the next person on the waiting list to be moved into the vacated slot in a timely manner.

2. Have your hearing evaluated by a licensed audiologist. The audiologist must complete the JCCC audiogram form which will also be mailed with the acceptance letter. This form must be returned to the Admissions Office within four weeks. You will not be allowed to enroll until we receive an audiogram. If you miss the deadline or if the audiogram is not approved, your acceptance may be revoked or you may be terminated from the program. Hearing evaluations completed on or after February 18, 2008 need not be retaken; however, the completed audiogram form must be in the program and admission file. *

You are responsible for having the testing completed and for signing releases so that your audiograms are sent from the audiologist to JCCC. Some possible choices are:

Associated Audiologists
913-829-0891

Hearing Associates
913-384-5880

KUMC, Hearing and Speech Dept.
913-588-5730

Note: Prices may vary. Discounts may be available if you mention this is a requirement for the JCCC Interpreter Training Program. With or without amplification, you must have sufficient hearing to function as an interpreter. Specifically, the audiogram must show pure time threshold in at least one ear of 25 dB or below in the speech range of 500, 1000, and 2000 HZ. Your diagnostic hearing evaluation must include pure tone air conduction, speech reception threshold, and speech discrimination ability.

*  If a candidate is interested in learning the work of a Deaf interpreter and possesses appropriate linguistic and cultural competence, then the hearing test is not applicable.