december 2019 newsletter
As the weather starts to change-- we are all feeling a bit more chilly, and you may be acutely aware that 2020 is on the horizon!
So take some time to relax, reflect and reconnect!
RELAX
As the Winter Recess approaches, it's time to kick your feet up and recharge. Looking for some interesting "reading" materials?
Check out these options below:
Take a look at this interactive choose your own adventure book for Deaf teens released by the National Deaf Center!
A webcast on the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center website that explores Maximizing Language Aquisition: ASL and Spoken English provides evidence base insight that might be helpful to share with parents and your educational team. Check it out!
REFLECT
As you look back on 2019, and prep for the rest of this school year, it may be time to reflect on sign choices. Do you wish you had a strong database for reviewing signs (and in context!) for the various subjects you interpret? RIT with NTID has created the site ASLCORE which highlights vocabulary in Architecture, Art, Biology, Computer Science, Literature and Physics (to name a few!).
The suggested signs you see in each ASLCORE branch are developed according to ASL linguistic principles by fluent Deaf ASL signers. Their goal is to provide descriptive signs which may serve to complement other initialized or English-influenced sign choices. These signs are presented for your consideration, modification, and adoption if they function well in your work as students, professionals, teachers, or interpreters!
Thank you to Laura Mondesando for this resource!
RECONNECT
As you kick off 2020, remember that regardless of whether you work with a team or spend your days solo--you are part of a community. You have the opportunity to connect with interpreters through various PD opportunities.
Do you know about SLR's ShareShop? Have you attended? These are held every other month (in person!) and streaming on Zoom. Share in your fellow interpreters' other credentials and experiences. ShareShops may include: cultural presentations, special skills, hobbies, former careers and helpful life hacks that can apply to your interpreting and to life in general! Interested in presenting a ShareShop? Contact Charles@slrconnect.com
(Next SLR ShareShop is January 29th!)
National Association of Interpreters in Education holds online webinars, sends newsletters and provides additional resources on their website. As K-12 interpreters you may want to consider joining this growing association and learn from fellow interpreters nationwide!
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
Unlearning Words- A Workshop for ASL Interpreters and Moderately Skilled Signers
Date: December 2nd
Location: IRT Theater (154 Christopher Street 3B NYC)
Time: 8pm-10pm
Fee: $25 (Click Here for Tickets)
Instructor: Seth Gore
DoE Workshop--Topic TBD
Date: December 7th
Time: 9am-3pm
Location: 400 1st Ave., 8th FL Conference Room
CEUS: 0.5 PS
Fee: FREE
Presenter: Dylan Geil
DoE Workshop--Topic TBD
Date: January 11th
Time: 9am-3pm
Location: 400 1st Ave., 8th FL Conference Room
CEUS: 0.5 PS
Fee: FREE
Presenter: Stephanie Feyne
SLR Classroom Interpreting Foundations 2: Skills Development
Date: January 10th
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm
Location: 100 W. 57th St NYC Apt 2B
CEUS: 0.3 PS
Fee: FREE
Presenter: Oni Nicolarakis
SLR Connect ShareShop!
Date: January 29th
Time: 5pm-7pm
Location: TBD
Fee: FREE
Presenter: Will English (fellow SLR interpreter!)