CommitteesIn September 2019, the ITE Workgroup was founded, with a mandate to create a national effort to professionalize interpreting and translation in education. In May 2021, the ITE Workgroup became the American Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education, a professional association.
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Since 2019, we have been systematically growing the organization through the foundation of an initial steering committee which, through a consensus process, created an Admin Committee and five working committees with co-chairs and other members. These committees formed in March and April, 2020, despite the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. AAITE's working committees are described below.
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If you are interested in joining our effort and volunteering for a committee, we invite you to consider becoming an AAITE member to participate and make a difference!
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Job Task Analysis Committee The mission of this committee is to conduct a national analysis of the duties, responsibilities, and working conditions of interpreters and translators who provide language and communication access in education to students and their families, and to offer guidance based on the results. This committee is not taking on members at this point.
_ Ethics and Standards Committee The mission of this committee is to lead a national analysis of existing code of ethics and standards of practices in education for interpreters and translators, and offer recommendations towards the adoption of a code of ethics and standards of practices tailored to the professional responsibilities of interpreters and translators in education in the United States.
_ Best Practices Committee The mission of this committee is to gather, analyze, create and disseminate best practices for interpreting and translation in education, to be included in guidelines, recommendations and other media forms for use by stakeholders, as the profession evolves._
 The mission of this committee is to form the structural framework of AAITE to which members and internal committees can refer for guidance on significant aspects of the organization, including but not limited to, leadership, decision-making processes, and committee composition through collaboration and feedback from the Board, working committees, and AAITE at large, when appropriate.
_ Communications Committee The mission of this committee is to work with other committees across AAITE to inform a wide range of audiences in the U.S. and worldwide about our work. This committee is committed to creating communications that engage and inform various audiences and that promote the work of the organization.
Events Committee
The mission of this committee is to plan AAITE’s annual conference and to collaborate in the development of other events. Members of this committee can take on smaller or larger tasks (soliciting sponsors, running raffles, selecting workshops and speakers, moderating presentations, etc.).
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