CISI - Application Form

The following instructions are also provided in this signed video: CISI application instructions in International Sign

In this application, you are asked to provide information about your education, interpreting experience, and professional development.

It is important for you to review the entire application before beginning so that you can have ALL your video links, files to upload, and other information ready BEFORE you begin the application.

If you have any questions, send to cisi@rit.edu.

PLEASE NOTE the following requirements, or your application may not be considered:

  • All form fields with a red asterisk * are required. If you submit the form with any remaining uncompleted required fields, the form will not submit. You must see a confirmation message to know the form has submitted.
  • All text information must be provided in English.
  • Do not send links to documents or videos that reside on your own computer.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS/VIDEOS

  1. Curriculum Vitae (CV), (enter all in one single file):
    The three (3) items below must be included in one CV file only, all items are required. All text must be in English.
    Only one file is accepted so make sure you have all information before sending. Save and upload your file in PDF, doc, or docx format.
    1. Educational Degrees
      • List (in English): your educational background (College, Degree Awarded, Major, Year).
    2. Professional Interpreting Experience
      • List (in English): your professional interpreting positions with dates of employment. Your experience must show at least five (5) years of national or international work in your national sign language.
    3. Interpreting Training / Workshops Attended
      • List (in English) your the trainings or workshops you have attended within the last two years — include the names, locations, and dates.
  2. Professional Certification
    1. Submit your national sign language interpreting certification (the actual certificates — not training summaries or descriptions).
    2. If you do not hold a national certification, you must submit recognised equivalents either: two (2) letters in English or two (2) videos in International Sign (or combination of letters/videos) — one submission should be from the interpreting community and one from the Deaf community in your country.
      • Any videos must be uploaded to YouTube, set as Unlisted, and the links to the videos provided.
  3. Personal Statement (video)
    • You must create a 3–5 minute personal statement video in International Sign, upload it to YouTube, set as Unlisted, and provide the video link.

FORM COMPLETION and SUBMISSION

  • You will see a confirmation message if you have successfully submitted the form. If you do not see a confirmation message after clicking the submit button, do not close the page but scroll up and check the form for error messages concerning missing information. When you have successfully submitted the form, you will also receive a confirmation of your submission in the email address you provided.
Title
Gender
Pronouns
Phone
Check all of the following that apply to you
  • For each language you enter, indicate your fluency level for sign, spoken and written skills as applicable. Select N/A if category doesn't apply to that language.
  • You may remove an entry by clicking on the — symbol at the end of the row
  • Enter at least one language (10 maximum)
Language name Sign level Spoken level Written level Comments

• Upload your written Curriculum Vitae file (all text must be in English)

Include:

  1. Educational Degrees
    List (in English): your educational background (College, Degree Awarded, Major, Year).
  2. Professional Interpreting Experience
    List (in English): your professional interpreting positions with dates of employment.
    Your experience must show at least five (5) years of national or international work in your national sign language.
  3. Interpreting Training / Workshops Attended
    List (in English) your the trainings or workshops you have attended within the last two years — include the names, locations, and dates.

One file only.
40 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.

Interpreter Certification

You must complete option 1 or 2 below, or your application cannot be accepted. Read carefully...

1. Submit your awarded national sign language interpreting certification (the actual certificates — not training summaries or descriptions)
-- OR --
2. If you do not hold a national certification, you must submit recognised equivalents, either: two (2) letters in English or two (2) videos in International Sign (or combination of letters/videos) — one submission should be from the interpreting community and one from the Deaf community in your country.
• Any videos must be uploaded to YouTube as Unlisted, and the links to the videos provided.

Certification Documents
Certification or Equivalents

• YES:  I have national certification
• NO:  I don't have a national certification and need to submit equivalents

• Upload copies or letters of your actual national sign language interpreting certifications (do not send training summaries or descriptions)


Unlimited number of files can be uploaded to this field.
40 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.

2. Certification Equivalents

• If you do not hold a national certification, you must submit two (2) recognised equivalents via either written letters or videos
• If you have no national certification and do not submit any certification equivalents here, your application will be rejected

• Upload up to two (2) written letters (in English) — one from the interpreting community and one from the Deaf community in your country


Maximum 2 files.
40 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.

 - AND / OR -

• Enter up to two (2) links to videos — one submission from the interpreting community and one from the Deaf community in your country. Any videos must be uploaded to YouTube, set as Unlisted, and the links to the videos provided here.

Create a 3–5 minute personal statement video in International Sign, upload it to YouTube, set as Unlisted, and provide the video link here.

  1. What draws you to IS interpreting program,
  2. Interpreting experience,
  3. What IS interpreting means to you.

• What do you hope to do with the knowledge gained from this program? (in written English, 250 words or less)

If accepted, I agree to complete the entire program.

The online course materials will be disseminated upon acceptance into the program.
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