Articulating Your WHY Adding motivational values to the discussion How often have you been asked about your reasons for becoming an interpreter? I know I have responded to this inquiry countless times since I first decided to pursue this path and apply [...]
Mobbing in the Workplace: Addressing Professionalism Among Professionals Working in Schools Serving Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students and How School Counselors and ASL Interpreters Can Advocate in Promoting a Culture of Zero Tolerance Introduction Everyone has the right to a workplace [...]
Mastery in Mentoring: Lifelong Learning Contributors: Betty Colonomos and Kelly Decker Outlined below is an English version of the video article Mastery & Mentoring: Lifelong Learning. We suggest that you view the article in its original intended format, ASL, with this version as a supplement. KD: Betty [...]
Two Heads Are Better Than One: Collegiality and Supervision as Reflective Practice The growth of any craft depends on shared practice and honest dialogue among the people who do it. Palmer, 2007 p. 144 In today’s world practitioners in every field are researching and promoting communities of practice [...]
My Experience in Mentorship: Encouraging Potential to Accelerate Performance I'd like to share a story of my own, about mentorship and mastery. I remember a situation many years ago when I was already an experienced interpreter. However, I had very little experience with conference interpreting – either standing on [...]
Ted Baran: Law Enforcement Officer, Interpreter, CODA, Advocate Ted Baran, NIC, Gallaudet DPS Director Julia Wardle: Can you tell us about your upbringing, your exposure to the Deaf community? Ted Baran: My exposure to the Deaf community started in 1988, when I started working at the American School [...]
Revisiting: Defining the Nature of the “Gap” between Interpreter Education, Certification and Readiness-to-Work Amanda R. Smith, M.A., CI and CT, NIC Master, SC:L, Ed:K-12, Oregon Elisa M. Maroney, Ph. D., CI and CT, NIC, Ed:K-12, ASLTA Certified, Oregon In 2010 (Maroney & Smith), we submitted our preliminary findings [...]
Note from Uncle Dale: The Last Word, or Let’s Go Swimming! Dale Boam, CI Hello Everyone! If we haven’t met yet I’m Uncle Dale from Uncle Dale’s Rules for Interpreters. Hi. This is my first submission in (what I hope to be) an ongoing series of articles for Views. [...]
