Attention Teachers and Students!
As our world becomes more integrated globally, businesses and governments are realizing the importance of using skilled professional translators and interpreters to communicate their message effectively and successfully to global audiences, avoiding potentially costly and embarrassing mistakes.
In 2004, ATA launched the School Outreach Program to educate students about translation and interpreting to build awareness of careers in the language industry.
The School Outreach Program encourages professional translators and interpreters to visit classrooms—in person or virtually—to share their passion for language.
Request a School Outreach presentation for your classroom:
The Impact of Outreach
Read about the experiences and activities of School Outreach presentations.
2017 School Outreach Contest Winner: Marybeth Timmermann
Marybeth Timmermann, an ATA-certified French>English translator, is the winner of the 2016–2017 School Outreach Contest. She won a free registration to ATA’s 58th Annual Conference…
2016 ATA School Outreach Contest Winner: Rika Mitrik
This year’s ATA School Outreach Contest winner showed her audience how language professionals can save the day! Rika Mitrik, a Japanese<>English interpreter and ATA-certified English>Japanese…
2015 ATA School Outreach Contest Winner: Molly Yurick
ATA member Molly Yurick, a Spanish>English translator based in Oviedo, Spain, won a free registration to ATA’s 56th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida. Molly won…
2014 School Outreach Contest Winner: Jenny Stillo
The 2014 School Outreach Contest winner was Jenny Stillo, a Spanish interpreter and translator based in Crested Butte, Colorado. Jenny took an interactive approach in…
2013 ATA School Outreach Contest Winner: María Elena Gaborov
A photo taken during a presentation at the University of North Carolina (UNC) won the 2013 ATA School Outreach Contest. María Elena Gaborov said that…
2012 ATA School Outreach Contest Winner: Birgit Vosseler-Brehmer
Birgit Vosseler-Brehmer, winner of ATA’s 2012 School Outreach Contest, recalls that the idea of speaking to an 11th-grade English class at the Kurfürst-Salentin Gymnasium was…
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Understanding the Value of Educating the Public
In classrooms from grade school to graduate school, you can find the next generation of language professionals and the next generation of clients. The more these future doctors, lawyers, and business owners know about our field, the more likely they'll appreciate the importance of our work.