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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 9/27/2023 11:59 PM
Last Date to Cancel: 9/26/2023 11:59 PM
Agency: Metro ECSU
Agency Contact: Ann Mayes
Agency Assistant: Gail Jankowski 6126381522
Audience: Minnesota ASL Educational Interpreter Mentors
Location: Virtual
Zoom link
Metro ECSU, MN 55112
Facility: Virtual
Date/Time:
9/28/2023 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Community of Practice for Educational ASL Interpreter Mentors

Date:   Thursday, September 28, 2023
Location:  Zoom. 
Link for participation will be emailed to registrants closer to the date.
Time:  6:00 - 7:00 p.m. (note time change)
For:  Minnesota Educational ASL Interpreter Mentors 

Agenda:

Reminders & Check-in:

  • Encourage mentees to take EIPA written test; it should be taken even if people are waiting to retest.

  • Continue encouraging people to test yearly

  • Collect data around how many people are being mentored? 287, 916, 917, Freelance mentors working with other districts

  • Who are the mentors? Other mentors are not part of the group that we can invite. 

  • Continue to encourage people to join RID, despite the challenges of the system. Pros: CEU tracking, reduced fee for testing vs. nonmembership, workshops, job announcements, support for the community, and some districts require professional organizational membership

  • Should CoP meetings be 1 or 2-hours?

Resource Sharing:

  • Ask the group about their preference for spring workshop presenter/topics (see workshop ideas section)

  • Mentoring activities

  • Open house for mentees to meet and network with each other

Workshop Ideas:

Fall workshop: Paul Glaser - Advanced Math workshop

Spring workshop: potentially Bill Ross (hearing/CODA) ethical focused workshop; Richard Brumberg (hearing) boundary issues in K-12, Nic Zapko Deaf/CDI presenter, Vyron Kinson - Social work/History of Black ASL/K-12, Sarah Houge - Deaf/CDI, Deaf education background, Language & Literacy.

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This initiative is funded with a grant from MDE using federal funding, CFDA 84.027A, Special Education - Grants to States. This initiative does not necessarily represent the policy of the federal Department of Education or the state Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the federal or state government.

Cancellation: You can cancel your own registration for an event before the cancellation deadline. (Please check the event information for specific cancellation details.) If the event has a fee, refunds are possible only if cancellation is prior to the deadline. If you do not attend and do not cancel prior to an event, you are still responsible for payment and will be billed.

Special Accommodations: Please alert BrightWorks 2-3 weeks prior to the workshop/event if you need special accommodations, including sign language interpreters. (BrightWorks requires a notice of 2 business days to cancel a sign language interpreter. If you fail to cancel, we reserve the right to bill your school/district for this expense.) Update your profile as needed. Special accommodations are not included with each registration, but are stored in your profile until you make changes.