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.

Five major topics were emphasized in the training. They were 1) statistical report on the certification, 2) the requirements for three different levels of certification, 3) the application of the certification, 4) the requirements to include in the course syllabus and lesson plans, and 5) the quality and quantity of information included in the video to document the competency using ASL, and the experience and familiarity with teaching ASL.  The trainees have 60 days to mail their materials and it will take several months to receive the certification or to retake the test.

Funding for the certification training and the fees for the national ASLTA membership, certification, video dubbing, and lunch was made possible through a grant from the Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

The trainees are:

	Bonita Adair teaches the police and fire personnel, and other emergency workers for the City of Denver with the Deaf Sure Can! Program (http://www.DeafSureCan.com).  Email:  Sn0wyBelle@aol.com
	Cathy Bennett teaches the deaf students in ASL as the first language at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind in Colorado Springs.  Email:  vicepresident@asltac.org
	Joyce Brubaker teaches the deaf students at Rocky Mountain Deaf School in Lakewood and at Metropolitan State College of Denver.  Email: j7colo@comcast.net
	Karen Boyd teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder with Anderson Language Technology Center. Email:  president@asltac.org
	Linda Croson teaches at Front Range Community College with the Interpreting Preparation Program.  Email:  Linda.Croson@frontrange.edu
	Ken Eurek teaches at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
	Susan Marcus teaches at Aims Community College in Greeley. Email: Cecesusie@aol.com
	Jennifer McLellan teaches the deaf students at the Rocky Mountain Deaf School in Lakewood.  Email: jennifer@rmdeafschool.net
	Lisa Rutland teaches at Front Range Community College with the Interpreting Preparation Program.  Email:  secretary@asltac.org
	Valentino Vasques teaches at University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.  Email:  profdev@asltac.org
	Betti Bonni, ASLTA Qualified instructor works at the Distance Opportunities for Interpreter Training (DO IT) Center.  Betti attended the certification training as a world class gofer!  Thank you, Betti.
	Glenna Ashton the trainer lectured the information on the lesson plan.