Tailor Your Training: Adaptions You Can Make to Improve Your Interpreting Skills

NOTIS’ Community Interpreters Division presents

Tailor Your Training:  Adaptions You Can Make to Improve Your Interpreting Skills

Presented by Eliana Lobo

 Whether in a conference workshop, webinar, or in a classroom-based setting, interpreters can be faced with the challenge of extracting meaningful personal learning experiences from content that may exceed (or be far below) their individual skills and prior experience. Basic pedagogical concepts such as Bloom’s Taxonomy and how to create rubrics will be introduced. Methods for customizing learning for different degrees of difficulty, as well as learning preferences, will be demonstrated in an interactive manner.

This webinar is designed to provide attendees with a variety of tools and strategies to be able to customize skills drills and techniques to one’s individual skill level, and to set stretch goals.

• Learn about Bloom’s Taxonomy and how to apply it to a desired skill or learning
• Understand what Rubrics are and learn and how to create and apply them
• Learn how to increase or decrease the level of difficulty of sample exercises
• Gain strategies on how to prepare activities that are challenging to your skill level
• Learn how to modify existing content, to be able to address your learning preferences

Step-by-step examples of how to use and apply said tools will be demonstrated and discussed.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will learn how to:

• Understand how to use Bloom's Taxonomy as a guide to establishing clear learning objectives targeting specific skills and levels of proficiency 
• Learn how to adapt training material to create learner-centered experiences that work for you  
• Learn how to utilize tools to create rubrics and include technology in your self-improvement plan

Presentation level: All levels of experience

What is a Webshop? A webshop is just like an interactive onsite class, but held online through Zoom. During a webshop, you can ask questions and engage in discussion. You may be divided into “break-out” rooms where you’ll be working with other participants on exercises or on practicing a skill. There may be quizzes and polls. So, while there may be some PowerPoint and lecture, this is not like your typical webinar. Your full attention and participation is expected; that’s what makes it fun!

 Sunday, May 1st, 2022, 9am to 12pm, PST

 Three days in advance, and again the day before the event, you will receive reminder emails with log-on instructions. Email or Text/Call 425-247-0684 (voice message only) if you don't receive a reminder. Skype Name: live:notisnet

 $50 NOTIS members, $80 Non-members (Click to Join NOTIS)

Via the web (before midnight on April 29th). After registering, you will receive an email confirmation; if you do not receive a confirmation, your registration did not go through. This session may be recorded.

 Credit status will be updated upon approval.

Eliana Lobo is a nationally certified CoreCHITM Portuguese medical interpreter, and DSHS Certified medical interpreter, with two M.A.s from Brown University:  Bilingual Education and, Portuguese & Brazilian Studies
Formerly a medical trauma center interpreter services Supervisor & Trainer, Spanish & Portuguese Translations Supervisor, National Director of Interpreter Quality, and currently Director of Lobo Language Access in Tacoma. Since 2013, Eliana has helped create and host over 50 national webinars on effective medical interpreter training via the NCIHC’s “Home for Trainers” webinar workgroup. Currently, Chair of the Standards and Training Committee of the NCIHC, and a NCIHC Board member.

Please allow yourself enough time to log on and sign in before the webshop begins. While latecomers are welcome to stay for the educational value of the webshop, you will not receive CE credit if you arrive late, for any reason.

 No refunds can be given after April 25th. A $10 processing fee will apply for refunds requested before April 25th. Contact the NOTIS office manager for cancellation. Transfer of credits to another workshop is not allowed. No refunds will be given for reasons unrelated to this content, such as unstable internet connection, not receiving reminders, or problems with system requirements.

Be sure to read System Requirements for Zoom.

Registration will be automatically canceled if payment is not received within 15 minutes. Mail-in registration is not available.

If you require accommodation, please contact the NOTIS Office Manager at least 3 weeks in advance if possible.

 Email to office manager