SUMMER 2026
9 - 11 am on:
June 18, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30
July 1, 6, 7
9 - 11 am on:
July 21, 23, 28, 30
August 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20
Tier 2 registration deadline: June 11
Tier 3 registration deadline: July 14
FALL 2026
9 - 11 am on Thursdays
Sept. 10, 17, 24
Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Nov. 9, 16, 23
3 - 5 pm on Tuesdays
September 8, 15, 22, 29
October 6, 13, 20, 27
November 3, 10
9 - 11 am on Mondays and one Tuesday
September 14, 21, 28
October 5, 13, 19, 26
November 9, 16, 23
3 - 5 pm on Thursdays
September 10, 17, 24
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
November 5, 12
SPRING 2027
9 - 11 am on Tuesdays
February 2, 9, 23
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
April 6, 13
5:30 - 7:30 pm on Thursdays
February 4, 11, 25
March 4, 11, 18, 25
April 1, 8, 15
9 - 11 am on Wednesdays
February 3, 10, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
April 7, 14
5:30 - 7:30 pm on Mondays
February 1, 8, 22
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
April 5, 12
Register early! Space is limited. Contact @email
Courses fill quickly. Secure your spot and take the next step toward becoming a DESE-trained educational interpreter.
Who should enroll?
- Bilingual individuals interested in becoming interpreters in schools
- Current school staff supporting multilingual families
- Professional interpreters seeking specialization in education settings
- Districts looking to build language access capacity
Why enroll?
- Earn DESE approval as an interpreter in the education setting.
- Build skills for specific school scenarios including parent conferences, meetings, and special education meetings.
- Become familiar with professional interpreting techniques, ethics, and decision-making.
- Gain hands-on practice with feedback and real-world applications.
- Prepare for high-demand roles supporting multilingual families and student success.
- Learn from experienced university educators and highly experienced professional interpreters.
You'll gain...
- practical interpreting skills (consecutive, sight, and introductory simultaneous interpreting).
- an understanding of how schools function and how to interpret effectively within them.
- specialized knowledge for meetings such as parent conferences and IEP/special education meetings.
- a pathway to becoming a trained or advanced interpreter in Massachusetts schools.
Our roster of DESE-trained instructors of DESE Tier 2 and Tier 3 courses includes:
Gabriela Espinoza Siebach is a Gentzler Translation Center instructor and course developer, bringing two decades of professional expertise to the high-impact training programs she designs and leads. A certified healthcare (CHI-Spanish) and court interpreter in California and North Carolina, she holds a graduate degree in Spanish translation and interpretation from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Gabriela's instruction is informed by her volunteer work for the American Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education and the American Translators Association.
Laurence Jay-Rayon Ibrahim Aibo has been designing and leading workshops for interpreters and translators in education with the Gentzler Translation Center for over half a decade. She brings her experience and expertise from her over thirty years as a translator, interpreter, educator, and researcher to each and every workshop she leads. Dr. Ibrahim Aibo has vast experience teaching and researching teaching translation and interpreting online. She works with English and French.
Yan Wu has been working with the Gentzler Translation Center as a leader, facilitator, and language coach of workshops for interpreters and translators in education since 2021. Trained and certified in conference interpreting, she has actively served as a community interpreter in educational, healthcare, business, and legal settings. With 15 years of professional experience in the language services industry, Yan has taught translation and interpreting courses at various academic levels and to professionals and non-professionals with diverse backgrounds. She works with English, Mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese.