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 and discovering [...]
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 stage or [...]
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 for the [...]
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 as we [...]
