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January 2005
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| MAY 2005 |
LOOKING FOR A TREASURER
The ASLTAC is seeking a qualified treasurer to commit to the board position until September of 2006. This position is open to any interested person who supports the goals of the organization and who now is or will become a member of ASLTAC. The minimum requirement is accounting experience and the duties are to monitor the financial affairs and to submit a financial report at each meeting once a month from September of 2005 to May of 2006. To apply for the treasurer position, send your resume to Karen Boyd, President at president@asltac.org. For more information, visit the ASLTAC website at http://www.asltac.org or send an email to Karen Boyd. |
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Players of the ASLTAC team (from left to right): Betti Bonni, Cathy Bennett, Karen Boyd, and Kim Johnson. Lance McWilliams was not available for the photo because he was abducted by Darth Vader! |
FOURTH PLACE IN ORGANIZATION FEUD!
A team of five players participated in a tense competition in providing correct answers to the challenge questions all night in a hot steamy gym of the Encounter Church on Saturday, May 21st. The ASLTAC team players were Karen Boyd, Cathy Bennett, Betti Bonni, Lance McWilliams, and Kim Johnson. After winning several great matches, ASLTAC was conquered by the Colorado Registry of the Interpreters for the Deaf (CRID) for the consolation prize. |
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 Doni Patterson explained one of the standard objectives. |
LAST WORKSHOP BEFORE SUMMER BREAK
Doni Patterson, a Deaf ASL instructor at Pikes Peak Community College in the Interpreting Preparation Program, presented the Community College Numbering Systems (CCNS), at the Front Range Community College on Saturday afternoon, May 21 st. She explained how important it is for the ASL programs offered in post-secondary institutions to have a standard course description and objectives. The workshop was summarized due to the lack of attendance. |
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Teach’ and on the sides:
‘Conversational Sign’
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OFFICIAL LOGO
Heather Withrow, a Deaf artist of Maryland, created an official logo for ASLTAC. This is the first-ever logo to represent ASLTAC as an organization. |
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OFFICERS ATTENDED RMDS 2nd ANNUAL SPRING BENEFIT DINNER
In a cozy dining room of the Table Mountain Inn in Golden, teachers, interpreters, and friends mingled to chat and to auction beautiful artworks created by the Deaf students of Rocky Mountain Deaf School (RMDS) on Saturday, May 7 th. Karen Boyd, President, and Lisa Rutland, Secretary, enjoyed the Southwestern buffet. After the dinner, the RMDS presented several awards to deserving people for the tremendous work they have put into RMDS. Lynda Remmel, a long-time member of ASLTAC, received the “Cliff Moers Award” for her unique commitment to the school and to the Deaf community. Congratulations, Lynda! |
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Barbara-Jean Slopey, a committee member of the new mentoring program for the Educational Interpreters, explaining the required commitment with the program. |
 Karen Boyd and the attendees looked at the PowerPoint presentation on the screen from Brenda Schick’s in-depth statistical report on skill categories in Educational Interpreters.
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NEW MENTORING PROGRAM FOR EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETERS
On May 7th, the education interpreters, mentors, scholars, meta-mentors, and sign masters participated in the Educational Interpreters Mentoring Program (EIMP). Brenda Schick of the University of Colorado-Boulder presented an outstanding statistical report on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA). Brenda discussed several aspects, ranging from voice-to-sign interpreting to sign-to-voice interpreting. More information on the EIPA is available at http://www.nyedinterp.net/eipa.html.
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| APRIL 2005 |
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In the lobby of Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Cathy Bennett (left) presented ideas to the 2006 ASLTACRID conference committee. |
FIRST-EVER CONFERENCE AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CRID
The weekend of April 15-17, the Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (CRID) hosted a conference at Cheyenne Mountain Conference Center, and ASLTAC President Karen Boyd and Vice-President Cathy Bennett attended. At the conclusion of the conference, Karen and Cathy met with the 2006 CRID conference committee to propose that CRID incorporate their conference with the ASLTAC’s first-ever conference next year. The CRID conference committee supported the idea, and then brainstormed about the theme of the conference, the conference location, the quantity of the attendees, and the professional development workshops.
This is the first-ever partnership between the ASLTAC and CRID and we look forward to hosting the conference as a team. Be sure to visit our website for up-to-date information on the 2006 ASLTACRID conference. |
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 Karen’s workshop on verbs drove the participants wild! Karen, kneeling in the front and on the right. |
A WORKSHOP ON ASL VERBS AT MICHIGAN-ASLTA
An all-day workshop on different types of verbs in American Sign Language was presented on Saturday, April 30th, by ASLTAC President Karen Boyd in Flint, Michigan. Twenty Deaf and hearing ASL instructors and interpreters attended the workshop to learn about the syntax and semantics of verbs in ASL. The participants participated in interactive exercises to determine how different types of verbs can be used. Each attendee received an inch of rock as a souvenir of Colorado and they all named their rocks with a verb! The verbs included teach, think, and study. |
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Peter Cook |
At the opening of the workshop on the narrative development of storytelling at Front Range Community College on March 12th, Peter Cook courteously asked the attendees to stand and form a large circle. He requested each of us to select any word and sign it. After each of us signed, he ordered us to sign the word in several different modes. Boy, didn’t we have fun!
Twenty-five people attended Peter’s outstanding presentation on the differences between the narrative and the character. His samples of these two have guided us to a better understanding of which part is narrative or character.
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On Saturday, April 9th, at Metro South campus, Anne Marie Baer lectured on her study of the rules of American Sign Language as a first language and received an encore request from the attendees for another workshop in May!
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Karen Boyd |
ASLTAC PRESIDENT GAVE A WORKSHOP
ON PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR TEENS
President Karen Boyd, presented an all-day workshop on how to do effective public speaking to seven Deaf and hard of hearing youths at the Rude Recreation Center on Saturday, April 2. The youths were taught about the history of public speaking, the purpose of our audience and the speaker, the equipment used for presentations, and how to respond to the audience’s questions.
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MARCH 2005 Peter Cook is a Deaf performing artist and master ASL storyteller whose works incorporate pantomime, acting, and movement. He has traveled around the country and abroad with Flying Words Project, a non-profit organization that promotes ASL literature, which he co-founded in 1966 with Kenny Lerner.
The title of his workshop is Narrative Development of Storytelling that focuses on the role shifting between narrators and characters. It is on Saturday, March 12 from 8:00 am to 11:30 am at the College Hill Library in room L268, 3705 W. 112th Avenue, in Westminster. This library is housed at the Front Range Community College on the Westminster campus.
The admission fees are $15 for ASLTA and ASLTAC members and $25 for non-members.
Contact: Valentino Vasquez, profdev@asltac.org
Colorado Department of Education: ASL Standards Task Force at Front Range Community College-Westminster in room L200 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. Contact: Cheryl Johnson, Johnson_C@cde.state.co.us
March 31, 2005 is the deadline to apply for the DIANE ALEXIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (DAWMS), DEAF COMMUNITY MEMBER.
Click here for more information.
Click here to download the DAWMS application.
DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A MENTOR FOR EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETERS?
Click here for more information.
Click here to download the Sign Master application.
Click here for Mentor Committee Newsletter.
CRID Conference
FEBRUARY 2005
TWO ASLTAC OFFICERS ATTEND THE GALLAUDET LEADERSHIP TRAINING
The weekend of February 11th, 2005, ASLTAC President Karen Boyd and Vice-President Cathy Bennett attended a weekend-long Gallaudet Leadership Training workshop provided by the Veditz Center of the Rocky Mountain Association of the Deaf.
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 (Left to Right) ASLTAC Vice President, Cathy Bennett and ASLTAC President Karen Boyd at the Gallaudet Leadership Training Workshop. |
Colorado Department of Education: ASL Standards Task Force at Front Range Community College.
Contact: Cheryl Johnson, Johnson_C@cde.state.co.us
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind: ASL Law Task Force at Koelbel Library. Contact: Jon Vigne, jvigne@csdb.org
Provisional Certification Training at Front Range Community
College - only for those candidates who have applied and were approved to
attend. Contact: Karen Boyd, president@asltac.org
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The provisional certification trainees. |
We Did It
The provisional certification training at the Front Range Community College provided by Glenna Ashton with the national American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) took place on Saturday, February 26, 2005. Glenna of Boca Raton, Florida, now teaches ASL levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 for hearing high school students. She has taught Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing adult and K-12 students in a wide variety of settings for over 25 years. She was president of Florida ASLTA for ten years.
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JANUARY 2005
ATTENTION! NEW LOCATION FOR ASLTAC's PUBLIC AWARENESS & GENERAL MEETING THIS SATURDAY
American Sign Language Teachers Association of Colorado (ASLTAC) will host a public awareness and general meeting on Saturday, January 22nd from 2:00-5:00 pm at CASTLEWOOD Library. The public awareness will introduce the ASL Law and a new gameboard, ASLingo. The ASL instructor is strongly encouraged to attend to better understand the standards in teaching ASL at high school and college/university. PLEASE COME!
Saturday, January 22nd
2:00-5:00 pm
CASTLEWOOD Library
6739 S Uinta St
Centennial, CO 80112
DIRECTION:
From I-25, exit onto Arapahoe Road
Go west on Arapahoe Road and stay on the left lane
Pass Yosemite
Take left onto Unita Street
Take right into the parking lot of the Castlewood Library
~ The library is located at the corner of Arapahoe Road and Unita ~
Contact person: Karen Boyd, President at president@asltac.org
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