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Preparing for the BEI Test of English Proficiency
Presenter: Stephanie Rotheram
CE: 12 IL CE Only, 1.2 PS RID CEUs
Course Description: This session will provide candidates with strategies and decision-making techniques to improve English comprehension and give them a knowledge base for the Test of English Proficiency (TEP). They will focus on how to analyze a written passage and understand the relationship of ideas within the passage, and work with vocabulary that falls outside their comfort zone. It will allow for hands-on practice with sentences containing missing items, as well as identifying synonyms and antonyms.
IMPORTANT: Your participation in all four sessions in order of sequence is required. You will not be allowed nor receive the credit or CEUs for missing or skipping sessions.
Audience: Interpreting Students and Working Interpreters Planning to Take the BEI Test of English Proficiency.
Preparing for the BEI Basic Certification Test
Presenters: Kim Hunt and Lauri Metcalf
CE: 18 IL CE, 1.8 PS RID CEUs
Course Description: This workshop will walk pre-certified interpreters through an overview of certification testing, providing examples and opportunities for hands-on practice and discussion for those preparing to sit for a performance test. There will be components of the workshop to help participants differentiate between expressive interpreting and expressive transliterating as well as receptive interpreting and sight translation. Through video examples, open dialogue, vocabulary discussion and hands-on practice, attendees will complete the workshop with a better understanding of how to utilize the necessary skills when sitting for the BEI Basic test.
IMPORTANT: Your participation in all six sessions in order of sequence is required. You will not be allowed nor receive the credit or CEUs for missing or skipping sessions. Participants will need to purchase a GoReact Account $31.99 for 6 months access to all practice activities.
Audience: Working Interpreters & Interpreting Students Planning to Take the BEI Basic Test.
Preparing for the BEI Advanced Performance Test
Presenters: Lauri Metcalf & Alaina Webb
CE: 12 IL CE, 1.2 PS RID CEUs
Course Description: The focus of this workshop is to help candidates prepare for the BEI Advanced Performance Test including review of the five sections and expectations of the BEI Advanced Performance Test. Participants will have the opportunity for hands on deliberate practice in both individual and group activities.
IMPORTANT: Your participation on both days is required. Participants will need to purchase a GoReact Account $31.99 for 6 months access to all practice activities.
Audience: Certified Interpreters Planning to Take the BEI Advanced Test
Deaf Interpreter Training
Presenters: Carla Shird & Jerrin George
Course Description: 16-hour Deaf Interpreter Training designed for Deaf and hard-of-hearing participants, enabling them to earn certificates eligible for provisional licensing under Section 1515.90 of the Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007 Rules.
The training will consist of:
- 8 hours on the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct, including the ethics of professional interpreting.
- 8 hours on the role and process of interpreting, focusing on fundamental skills and best practices.
- An additional focus on ethnic and cultural diversity to enhance understanding and inclusivity in the interpreting profession.
Complexities in Educational Interpreting: An Investigation into Patterns of Practice
Presenters: Leilani J. Johnson, Marty M. Taylor, Brenda Schick, Laurie Bolster, Emily G. Girardin
CE: 2 IL CE, .2 PS RID CEUs each (Total 8 | .8)
Description: A bi-weekly Book Club discussion of select chapters, led by the authors themselves. Where have we been? Where are we now? What should happen next?
Audience: Interpreters, parents, administrators, teachers of the deaf in K12.