National Association of Interpreters In Education (NAIE)

The National Association of Interpreters in Education promotes best practices and professional standards to ensure equitable access to education for deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind students.

Goals

• Identify and promote standards of practice within the field of educational interpreting.
• Provide continuing education and professional skill development opportunities to enhance the quality of educational interpreting.
• Advocate and support collaboration between members, stakeholders, and other professional groups that work directly and indirectly with deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind students to ensure collective action.
• Advise stakeholders on appropriate administration of educational interpreting services including specialized qualifications (e.g. deafblind students).
• Educate the public about the contributions of the educational interpreting profession.