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The videos below explain what is offered for each type of participant:
CSW provides professional training for Interpreters Certified & Non Certified Interpreters working in a K-12 setting in Texas, Interpreter-Aides, ASL Teachers, Deaf Education Teachers, and Parents of deaf or hard of hearing children in Texas. To be eligible, participants must satisfy one of the two criteria below:
- currently work or expect to be employed the 2020-2021 school year in Early Childhood through Grade 12 classrooms.
- parents must have a deaf or hard of hearing child in Early Childhood through Grade 12.
CSW provides sign communication improvement opportunities:
- Improve expressive and receptive signed communication skills
- Interact with Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing Professionals
- Become immersed in a signing environment
- Learn more about Deaf Culture and the Deaf Community
- Be exposed to the difference between ASL and English Sign Systems
- Be involved in a variety of activities highly conducive to professional growth and development
Educational interpreters can advance their skills:
- Improve expressive and receptive transliterating, interpreting, and sight translation skills
- Prepare for the BEI Written Test of English Proficiency (TEP)
- Prepare for the Basic and Advanced performance test
- Learn more about how to be a part of the educational team while following the Code of Professional Conduct
- Board of Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are awarded.
Session Dates and Cost:
- July 5 - 9, 2020
- Teachers of ASL
- Deaf Ed Teachers
- Parents of Deaf Children
- July 19 - 23, 2020
- Certified & Non Certified Interpreters working in a K-12 setting in Texas
- July 26 - 30, 2020
- Certified & Non Certified Interpreters working in a K-12 setting in Texas
Cost: $25 non-refundable fee (Do not send money until you have been accepted to the workshop.)
Statewide Outreach Center will be offering Mental Health Interpreter Virtual Trainings in July. See the flyer for more information.
Logisitics:
CSW will be hosted virtually for 2020 via an online Learning Management System. More information will be sent to you after your acceptance to the workshop.
