Professional Interpreting Enterprise, Inc's
Training and Development Program

• PIE's Professional Development Program Mission Statement
• Workshop Information
• RID CMP Instructional Level Descriptions
• Professional Development (CEU) Requirements
• NAD, RID, ASLTA Certificates
• Map to PIE
• Milwaukee Hotel and Visitor Information

PIE's PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

The PIE Professional Development Planning Component shall:

• PROVIDE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES: These can be workshops, forums and other similar activities in order to enhance the professional knowledge, diverse cultural knowledge, and skills of sign language interpreters. WE ALSO PLACE A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON TRAINING FOR INTERPRETERS WHO ARE DEAF THEMSELVES.

• SEARCH-OUT A VARIETY OF WAYS IN WHICH TO CONSULT WITH AND DIRECTLY INVOLVE THE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, AND DEAF-BLIND COMMUNITIES---in the development of our training topics and identification of appropriate speakers.

RID CMP DESCRIPTIONS:

Level: Little/No Knowledge

Description: This level of Continuing Education Activity assumes little or no information on the part of the participant within the areas covered. The focus of the activity is upon general orientation and increased understanding. This category also includes activities that assume the audience has diverse levels of knowledge due to the nature of the event. Examples of this type of activity include a professional issue forum, a conference, a discussion group, etc.

Level: Some Knowledge

Description: This level of Continuing Education Activity assumes the participant has some familiarity with the literature and professional practice within the area covered. The general focus of the activity is upon increased understanding and application by the participant.

Level: Extensive Knowledge

Description: This level of Continuing Education Activity assumes the participant has extensive familiarity with current literature and professional practice within the area covered. The focus of the activity is upon recent advances, future directions, and applications of research.

Level: Teaching

Description: This level of Continuing Education Activity assumes the audience to be educators of interpreters. At this instructional level the content of the CEU activity will focus on acquisition of current pedagogical techniques for the pre-preparation of interpreters/transliterators.

Topics we've studied together

• Personal Safety and Self Defense
• Drugs and Drug Signs
• Analyzing your Work
• Interpreting for Theatre
• Working with a Deaf Interpreter
• ASL Grammar with Clayton Valli, PhD
• Interpreter/Transliterator Skills Development
• Classifier Predicates
• A-Z: The Ideal Working Situation
• Terps and Taxes
• The Halo Effect
• Balancing Our Personal, Professional & Volunteer Lives
• Schizophrenia you? Bipolar me.
• ASL Itself - 3 part series
• Bow Wow? Wow!  How the Basics of Animal Communication Apply to Interpreting
• 10 Things I wish I learned in ITP
• Say What They Mean
• Making Signs Make Sense

TO SUBMIT YOUR TOPIC AND/OR SPEAKER IDEA SEND TO:

Theresa Schmechel
PIE Training & Development Coordinator

thschmechel@tsrnet.com

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