Interpreter Workshop: Be a Team Player, Not a Crab 9/14/13 – Beaumont

Be a Team Player, Not a Crab
 
Have you ever accepted an assignment excited you have a team only to find out they turned out to be a crab? What does that mean? Come find out how to be a team player in the world of interpreting. We will cover many different scenarios in which teams are utilized. This will be an interactive workshop so come prepared to participate and have some fun!
 
When: Saturday, September 14, 2013

Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (lunch on your own)

Where: Lamar University 
Speech & Hearing Building, Room 170
121 Rolfe Christopher
Beaumont, Texas 77705

RSVP or questions contact Paige Abshire at [email protected] or 979-218-7533.

RSVP by September 9 , 2013
 
Cost: Non-members $40.00
GTID or TSID chapter Members $30,
Student $15 (no) CEU’s.

All fees will be collected at the door.
Cash or checks only.
 
BEI and RID CEUs approved
 
Presenters: Debbie Glass-Stufflebean and Deanna Donaldson
 
Debbie Glass-Stufflebean is the Professional Development Coordinator and a staff interpreter for Visual Communication Services. Debbie has been a professional interpreter for 23 year. Debbie is passionate about continuing education and developing the skills of fellow interpreters as well as interns. Debbie, originally from St. Louis Missouri, is a RID CI/CT certified interpreter, and has sat on two different AC boards under TSID while presently on the board of Trustees for TSID. Over the next year Debbie will be highlighting in her “Tools for Success” series areas of interpreting that she feels will help develop interpreters in their pursuit of a successful professional career.
 
Deanna Donaldson graduated from Western Oregon University in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in ASL/Interpreter Training. She has had over 8 years of experience working with deaf/blind in Seattle Washington and in Houston. She continues to work with deaf students and adults with minimal language sign knowledge. As support staff with VCS Deanna works closely with Debbie in Professional Development and is a valuable mentor to our interns. Deanna also works as an ad-junct instructor in ITP at Lone Star College System. As a Deaf individual she will share her firsthand experience with interpreter teaming situations.
 
Sponsored by: Visual Communication Service and Golden Triangle Interpreters for the Deaf
 
There will be a GTID Meeting after the workshop.
 
Thanks,
Barbara Tippett Johnson 

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