Upcoming Training related to Deaf Education

Upcoming Training related to Deaf Education
Summer 2010

Deaf Education Administrators Seminar - Wednesday June 9, 2010
This one-day training opportunity is designed for principals, district coordinators / supervisors, directors, teachers and anyone interested in services and programs for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. Mr. Kevin Williams, who helped create the Educational Interpreters Performance Assessment (EIPA), will share insights and ideas about key issues related to deaf education. Kevin will talk about language deficits, the impact that has on academics, and strategies to decrease the deficits. He will discuss language choices from speech, to cuing, to signing, resources (teachers, interpreters, materials, etc.) and take your questions and concerns about providing efficient and effective services to students who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Registration is 8:30 – 9:00. Workshop is 9:00 – 4:00 with an hour for lunch. Lunch is on your own.

For more information contact Melodie Sparks 225-342-3661
There is no registration fee.
Available on Coursewhere now.

Educational Interpreter Mentor Training - Thursday June 10, 2010
This training is by invitation only. This one-day training opportunity is designed for mentors of educational interpreters (state mentor and district lead interpreters). If a district has lead interpreters they would like trained but who have not been invited, please contact Melodie @ 225.342.3661.

This training will address a variety of skills for mentoring interpreters through the tenants of the EIPA such as space, classifiers, key vocabulary, and fingerspelling. Use of prosody in interpretation will be the overriding focus of the workshop

Registration is 8:30 – 9:00. Workshop is 9:00 – 4:00 with an hour for lunch. Lunch is on your own.
There is no registration fee. Available on Coursewhere now.
This Professional Series workshop is being offered for .6 CEUs at the advanced Content Knowledge Level,
LRID is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities.

Educational Interpreter Training – Friday June 11, 2010. Claiborne Building, Baton Rouge. This one day workshop will focus on voicing and noticing opportunities to give voice to your students. Discussion will focus on when to voice, how to voice, and what to do with gestures, emotions, sounds, etc. Denise Crochet, a nationally certified interpreter and one of our state mentors, will be presenting.

Registration is 8:30 – 9:00. Workshop is 9:00 – 4:00 with an hour for lunch. Lunch is on your own.
There is no registration fee. Available on Coursewhere now.
This Professional Series workshop is being offered for .6 CEUs at the beginning/intermediate Content Knowledge Level
LRID is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities.

Signing Exact English – July 12 – 16 in Baton Rouge, LA. The Louisiana School for the Deaf is allowing us to utilize their facilities for this workshop series. The SEE Center will present a weeklong workshop for educational interpreters who use or want to learn about SEE. Five instructors work for a week with interpreters of all skill levels. Focus on fingerspelling, grammar, vocabulary and a variety of skills designed to improve the skills of classroom interpreters.
Available on Coursewhere now

To request accommodations for the workshops or information on cancellation, check on Coursewhere or contact Melodie Sparks melodie.sparks@la.gov