Common Learning Portal

Preparing Interpreters and Educators for our Second Century

The Interpretive Development Program (IDP) has been a catalyst and facilitator for defining and training professional standards for interpretation and education since 1996. The IDP brings together the voices of field interpreters and stakeholders from across the Service to participate in this on-going work.

We’ve responded to this time of growth and change by updating Module 101, which was first described over 20 years ago. Incorporating needs and skills for the 21st Century, the new competencies were written, rewritten, and edited over the past couple of years by work groups of your colleagues. Revised and updated regularly, we hope you will be an active contributor to the next process.

Check out the newly revised competencies, released for 2018!