Showing posts with label Interpreter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interpreter. Show all posts

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Educational Interpreter Needed in Alexandria, LA

Just got a need from the school in Alexandria , LA for a sign language interpreter. Full-time 8am-3pm interpreting for a pre-k student that’s hard of hearing—HELP this little girl starts school on Monday and needs an interpreter!!

http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/personnel/current.htm

Monday, June 28, 2010

Coastal Care Fair

To request ASL interpreter - contact LA Commission for the Deaf at 1-225-219-2404 or 1-800-256-1523


COASTAL CARE FAIR

Come to the Coastal Care Fair Near You

A Series of F R E E Family Health and Welfare Events for Louisiana
Residents Affected by the Crisis in the Gulf

Schedule of EVENTS: 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. AT ALL LOCATIONS

FREE INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND WORKSHOPS

• Health screenings
• Children's entertainment and activities
• Employment resources
• Local United Way agencies
• Stress management workshops
• Mental health counseling
• And much more

Tuesday, June 22
Grand Isle School, 149 Ludwig Lane, Grand Isle

Wednesday, June 23
Jefferson Parish Library, Lafitte Branch, 4917 City Park Drive, Lafitte

Thursday, June 24
Jefferson Parish Library, West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd.,
Harvey

Monday, June 28
Lafourche Parish Library, Thibodaux Branch, 314 St. Mary Street, Thibodaux

Thursday, July 1
New Orleans Public Library, Latter Branch, 5120 St. Charles Ave., New
Orleans

Wednesday, July 7
Lafourche Parish Library, South Lafourche Branch, 16241 E. Main, Cutoff

Thursday, July 8
Terrebonne Parish Main Library, 151 Library Drive, Houma

Friday, July 9
Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center Ballroom, 3220 Jean Lafitte Pkwy., Chalmette

Monday, July 12
New Orleans Public Library, Martin Luther King Branch, 1611 Caffin Ave., New
Orleans

Tuesday, July 13
Morgan City Municipal Auditorium, 728 Myrtle Street, Morgan City

Tuesday, July 27
Terrebonne Parish Library, East Houma Branch, 778 Grand Caillou Road, Houma

Friday, July 30
Boothville-Venice Elementary School, #1 Oiler Drive, Boothville

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
www.OurHomeLouisiana.org

Sponsored by:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana | Tulane Community Health Centers |
Magellan Behavioral Health | Second Harvest Food Bank | Louisiana Serve
Commission | Louisiana Workforce Commission | Health & Wellness Institute |
Corporation for National and Community Service | United Way | Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation | Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP

Friday, May 28, 2010

Deaf on Gulf Coast (Oil Spill)

It has been reported to that there may be deaf fishermen or others on the Gulf Coast who are not getting all the information they need about the oil spill because of a lack of sign language interpreters. If you know of anyone in the affected areas who needs a sign language interpreter at any of the public meetings to inform people about the spill, please tell them to call the Advocacy Center. We would like to help.

NOTE: Walker Estes is a board member of the Advocacy Center and can contact him for assistance at awestes@msn.com or 225.302.8555 vp.

Advocacy Center
1010 Common Street, Suite 2600
New Orleans, LA 70112
1.800.960.7705 (Voice) • 1.866.935.7348 (TTY)

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Educational Interpreter Workshops

Educational Interpreter Workshops

The State Department of Education is sponsoring several workshops for educational interpreters.

Sign to Voice Interpreting: Interpreting for Child Signers
April 17, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
An Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) Videoconference Workshop will be held at the Claiborne Building in downtown Baton Rouge. There is no registration fee and there is no lunch break (you may bring a lunch if you wish). For more information, please contact Melodie Sparks at 225-342-3661.

This video conference will focus on what skills are necessary to be able to effectively interpret for child signers. We will look at a variety of child signers and identify the differences in their communicaiton styles and how to approach the S-V task during the EIPA assessment process. We will provide strategies for coping when information is missed and what to do to prepare to take the S-V portion of the EIPA.

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 who would like to be trained but have not been invited, they may contact Melodie Sparks at 225-342-3661. This training will address a variety of skills for mentoring interpreters through the tenets 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 from 8:30-9:00; workshop is from 9:00 - 4:00 with an hour for lunch, which is on your own. No registration fee.

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 from 8:30-9:00; workshop is from 9:00 - 4:00 with an hour for lunch, which is on your own. No registration fee.

Signing Exact English
July 12-16, 2010. Site TBD but will be in Baton Rouge
The SEE Center presents a weeklong workshop for educational interpreters who use 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.

For more information about any of these workshops, contact Melodie Sparks. Her phone number is 225-342-3661

Monday, September 14, 2009

NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACK INTERPRETERS, INC.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACK INTERPRETERS, INC.

2010 Biennial Professional Development Conference

“Running with the Vision: Empower. Educate. Excel”

June 24-27, 2010

Sheraton Crescent Hotel ♦ 2620 Dunlap Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85021

CALL FOR PRESENTERS

The NAOBI, Inc. 2010 Conference Committee is currently seeking creative presenters for our 2010 Biennial Professional

Development Conference. Ideal workshop proposals should include cutting edge presentations on:

Educational Interpreting Multi-cultural Interpreting Technology

Video Relay Interpreting Theatrical Interpreting Global Trends

Freelance Interpreting Distance Education Business/Finance

Religious Interpreting RID (CPC, testing, etc.) Cultural Awareness

Legal Interpreting Conference Planning Diversity

Skill Development

All workshop presentations will be three (3) hours or six (6) hours in duration and should focus on subject matter relevant

to the theme: “Running with the Vision: Empower. Educate. Excel!”

All workshop Presenters will receive the following compensation:

 Payment of $225 per 3-hour workshop, $450 per 6-hour workshop

 Complimentary Workshops Only Conference Registration: workshops, plenary sessions and forums

 One (1) night lodging (day of your presentation) and up to $300.00 travel expenses reimbursed

Proposal Submission Process

ALL of the following items must be submitted as a package to the Conference Professional DevelopmentChair by Thursday, December 31, 2009, in order for the presentation to be considered. Incomplete proposal package submissions will NOT be considered. All items (with the exception of the photo headshot) should be submitted in PDF format. (For free PDF conversion, visit https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp)

1. Workshop proposal (1-2 pages), indicating target audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced or General

2. Outline for proposed workshop (1 page)

3. Summary/Abstract of workshop that can be utilized as a description in the program book (250 words max.)

4. Presenter’s biography (to be utilized in the program book, 250 words max.)

5. RID Continuing Education Activity Instructor’s Form

(go to www.naobi.org and download RID’s Instructor form from the conference tab under Call For Presenters)

6. Current resume

7. Black and White headshot in Jpeg format.

Proposal Submission Options

E-Mail Submission: (preferred) Snail Mail:

Send to: Professional Development Chair (Noah Butler) at The National Alliance of Black Interpreters, Inc.

professional-development-chair@naobi.org

Attn: Mr. Noah Butler, PD Chair

POB 77372

Washington, DC 20013-7372

Complete Proposals will be reviewed by the Program Committee and final selections will be made by January 31, 2010.

For more information about THE 2010 Biennial Professional Development Conference please visit:

www.naobi.org/2010

or e-mail the 2010 Conference Chair, Dr. Rodney Smith at: Conference-Chair@naobi.org or call (877) 626-2487 Ext. 6

Friday, September 11, 2009

Online Survey about Sign Language Interpreter Personality

WASLI is committed to the development of the sign language interpreting profession worldwide
(The WASLI Executive Board has given permission to Karen and Jemina for this research study to be sent to its contact listing and database)

Dear Interpreter

We are inviting people to participate in an international online survey about signed language interpreter personality. The study is open to deaf and hearing signed language interpreters. The purpose of the research study is to investigate the general disposition of signed language interpreters by analyzing their responses to specific questions drawn from existing reliable and valid psychometric tools used to measure personality. These findings will then be evaluated in relation to various occupational performance data. The study will compare findings across several countries.

The study is being conducted by Karen Bontempo and Jemina Napier at the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. The project is supported by a Macquarie University Linguistics Graduate Research Scheme Grant. The Australian based research team can be contacted on telephone: +61 298 508 756; text: +61 414 801 717; fax: +61 298 509 199; email: karen.bontempo@students.mq.edu.au or jemina.napier@ling.mq.edu.au. The study is being conducted in collaboration with Laurence Hayes and Vicki Brashear at the Department of ASL and Interpreter Education; and Jerry Palmer at the Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, USA. The US based research team can be contacted on telephone: +1 859 622 4966; or fax: +1 859 622 5919; or email: laurence.hayes@eku.edu.

The online questionnaire needs to be completed before 30 September 2009.

All information gathered in the course of this research is de-identified by the anonymous online completion of the questionnaire. Individual responses therefore are confidential. Participation in the study is of course voluntary, and participants can withdraw from the survey even if they complete all questions simply by not taking the final step of “submitting” their survey responses by clicking on "done" on the last page of the survey.

The URL for the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=aM8VGCVSQ4foJwygvY4THw_3d_3d

We would be very grateful of your participation in the study, and please feel free to forward this information to your colleagues.

Thank you in anticipation.

Regards,
Karen & Jemina

Karen Bontempo & Jemina Napier
Department of Linguistics
Macquarie University
Email: karen.bontempo@students.mq.edu.au

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Interpreters Needed

Need Interpreters

DATE: September 25 to 27, 2009

TIME: morning to afternoon

ADDRESS: Dallas Texas

We are searching for fluent ASL signers to interpret for a Women's conference (Seventh-Day Adventist) in Dallas, Texas on September 25 - 27, 2009 at Hilton Anatole Hotel on Stemmons Freeway. All day seminars on September 25 and 26, morning/brunch meeting on the 27th.

There will be around 15 deaf women.

Please submit your fee and fluent levels to us for consideration. Do you have a videophone that we can call you at to assess your fluency? Include which days you're available and for which time frame.

Thank you,

Jennifer Witteborg
Secretary
Deaf Women Ministry
cc Bunola Hovey, Director
Catherine Ingram, Assistant Director

Email: witof7@comcast.net 
Phone: (540)937-3956 VP

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Wanted: Sign Language Interpreters

Wanted: Sign Language Interpreters by a School District.

If you know of sign language interpreters who want to work for a school system please respond to this post or e-mail Cindy L. Arceneaux carceneaux@laptic.org or call 504 888 9111x210 or 800 766 7736 x210.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Jennifer Kuyrkendall and Les Yoakum

Congratulations again to: Jennifer Kuyrkendall and Les Yoakum for getting accepted into the Interpreting for the Theatre summer institute at the Juilliard School in New York City. They will both be in attendance May 30th – June 7th, 2009 and have found out they will be interpreting The Lion King!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Call for Interpreters for LRID Summer Camp

Louisiana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Call for Interpreters
Summer Camp ‘09
June 20, 2009
Slidell, LA
LRID will be hosting the annual Summer Camp Training entitled ‘Summer Camp ‘09’ on June 20, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Suites in Slidell, LA from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm. This training is for educational and community interpreters on all levels.

We are honored to have Melissa Hines presenting two workshops entitled:
“Whats in a Voice” from 8:30 am -11:30 am
and
“You Say Tomātō, I Say Tomätō” from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

LRID is seeking two certified interpreters for this event. Interpreters will be compensated at an hourly rate and will be provided with a hotel room (double occupancy), if needed.

Please send a letter of interest and a brief biography to me at lrid_vicepresident@yahoo.com by June 10, 2009.

We are looking forward to working with you for this exciting event!
Gary Morgan, CI and CT, NAD IV, LA V
LRID Vice President 2007-2009

LRID Summer Camp

LRID‟s
Summer Camp „09
Saturday, June 20th
Holiday Inn * Slidell, LA
Presenter:
Melissa Hines
Having a Deaf family member, Melissa’s exposure to Deaf culture began early on. She continued involvement with the Deaf community in both Louisiana and Texas. Her interpreting skills developed by mentoring with a CDI and other seasoned hearing interpreters. She has experience in a variety of settings including medical, educational, vocational, and VRS. Melissa holds the RID NIC, CI and CT.

8:30a – 11:30a “What‟s in a Voice”
This workshop targets interpreters of all skill levels interested in linguistic analysis, culture and regional differences in languages, both spoken and signed. Participants will be able to identify facial nuances and demonstrate appropriate phrasing when voicing.

1:00p - 4:00p“You Say Tomātō, I Say Tomätō”
This workshop targets interpreters of all skill levels interested in identifying perceptions of the speaker based on accents and dialects. Participants will demonstrate how those perceptions influence word choices, intonation, phrasing, emotions and attitudes while interpreting.
_______________________________________________________________
* * * Registration * * *
LRID Members - $30 *Join LRID to pay member rate* Non-members - $50
On-site registration only * Cancellation policy not applicable
Doors open at 8:00am * Lunch on your own

* * * Site Information * * *
Holiday Inn * 372 Voters Rd. * Slidell, LA 70461
Room Rate $89.00 + tax * Phone 985.639.0890

* * * Accommodations Request * * *
Reasonable accommodations request must be submitted to lrid_vicepresident@yahoo.com by June 10, 2009

LRID is a certified RID Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities
0.3 (PS) CEUs for What’s in a Voice have been applied for
0.3 (PS) CEUs for You Say Tomātō, I Say Tomätō have been applied for

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Interpreter Workshop and Free Lunch by Sorenson

Taught by Sharon Neumann Solow, this workshop focuses on five things which can be isolated and developed to improve your work immediately. These five things are:
deeper processing, memory, use of space, transitions, and confidence.

The workshop will have a high level of participation and opportunities for collaboration and self discovery.
Lunch and a brief presentation are provided at no cost to everyone in attendance by the workshop sponsor, Sorenson VRS

Cost: Interpreters: $20.00,
Students: $10.00,
Sorenson VRS Interpreters: Free

Sorenson VRS is proud to sponsor the workshop donating all proceeds to New Orleans Black Deaf Advocates. Please make all checks payable to the New Orleans Black Deaf Advocates (NOBDA).

Date and Time:
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location:
Dillard University
2607 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70122

Contact:
Registration limited. Please RSVP to Janie Powell at jpowell@sorenson.com

Hope to see you there!
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Sorenson VRS is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. Opportunity to earn .6 RID PS CEUs will be available to those who qualify.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

World Outgames 2009

WORLD OUTGAMES 2009
 
 
We are very happy, that many of you are interested to come to Copenhagen.
The Sign Language Interpreter service will be in 4 groups:

1. Deaf International Signs Interpreters
2. Hearing Feeders
3. Hearing International Signs Interpreters
4. Hearing Danish Sign Language Interpreters

The structure is:
* voluntary work
* you will get free boarding during your stay in Copenhagen - (and meal
these days you are working)
* you will be part of two days of workshop (22nd July - 23rd July)
* you will cover your transportation to Denmark yourself.
* as a volunteer it is demanded that you will work more than 24 hours during
this week, but it is our (my and Charlotte ­ the organizers) goal that you
will work about 25 hours (inclusive preparations).
*...

For further information contact: Bo Hårdell bo@haardell.dk