This month is always fast and fleeting.
As they say, take time to smell the roses...
Let's explore themes around finding admiration.

SECRET ADMIRERS

The Newsletter Committee elicited notes of admiration from your colleagues. Check out all the appreciation and feel the love!

TEACHER ADMIRATION

We know they have one of the toughest jobs. We witness it everyday. Share this free resource with your educational team (HES, classroom teachers) AND learn these strategies for yourself!

Silent Garden Series is offering "58-in-Mind: Multilingual Teaching Strategies for Diverse Deaf Students"
Details: Saturday 2/22
Time: 11am -7pm EST
Cost: FREE!
CEUs: 0.5 PS ($35 processing fee)

ADMIRING YOUR WORK

Thank you to who joined us for our first workshop in the Sticky Series! Your perspectives, discussion and role play were so vital to learn and grow from in this challenging role!

Next up in the series:

Wisdom in Action: Professional Boundaries for K-12 Interpreters
March 20th 5-8pm EST
CEUs: 0.3 PS
FREE
Limited seating: Priority to full time & part time K-12 interpreters.

Details to come!

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:

BMC-- Are You a Team Player?
- Date: February 4th
- Time: 6-9pm EST
- CEUS: 0.3 PS
- COST: $75 [DISCOUNT of $10 off provided for Deaf and BIPOC interpreters]
- Presenter: Betty M. Colonomos

RID-- T o Be Disabled, or Not To Be Disabled: That is the Question
- Date: February 6th
- Time: 6pm-8pm EST
- CEUS: 0.2 PS
- COST: $49 (member) $75 (non-member)
- Presenter: Ben Jarashow

ASLIS-- 6 Pack Part 3 - Low Back and Lower Extremities
- Date: February 27th
- Time: 7pm-9pm EST
- CEUS: 0.2 PS
- COST: $20
- Presenter: Joel Wills (NIC, PTA, CMS)

RID-- T hrough My Hands & Eyes: The Story of a Black, Deaf Woman in America
- Date: February 28th
- Time: 10am-12pm EST
- CEUS: 0.2 PPO PS
- COST: $35 (member), $50 (non-member)
- Presenter: Tempest Cooper (MSW, ASW)

ASLIS-- T he 4% Experience (The Black Interpreter Journey)
- Date: March 5th
- Time: 7pm-9pm EST
- CEUS: 0.2 PPO
- COST: $20
- Presenter: Sabrina Boykin (BEI 1)

NAIE -- Not Your Typical Black Deaf Student: What Educational Interpreters Should Know
- Date: March 15th
- Registration & Details provided: February 15th
- Time: TBD [on Zoom]
- CEUS: TBD
- COST: Free with NAIE Membership
- Presenter: LJ Williams

BMC -- The Big Myth: Language = Interpreting (ASL)
- Date: March 29th
- Time: 11am - 2pm
- CEUS: 0.3 PS
- COST: $75 [$65 when registery by 2/28. Additional $10 DISCOUNT provided for Deaf and BIPOC interpreters]
- Facilitators: Betty Colonomos

Boys Town-- Things Interpreters Need to Know about Audiology From a Deaf Lens
- Date: April 5th
- Time: 11am-3pm
- CEUs: 0.4 PS (Additional $15 fee)
- COST: $75
- Facilitators: Gloria Nathanson, AuD, RID CDI

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE:

Interested in joining Gina, Maureen and Jamie in future Newsletter planning? Contact jamie@SLRconnect.com

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