Professional Development to Develop Professionals!

What are Communities of Practice?

We are energized with new ideas and ways to bring professional development and continuing education to interpreters across the U.S. 

We are undertaking a new venture that we hope will address the critical need expressed by many to bring professional development to more experienced interpreters. A trend in training & performance improvement circles are Communities of Practice.

Starting in January, we will embark on a new journey to establish CoP groups. The critical piece of this process is YOU!

             * Yearn for it!                 * Own it!           * Use it!

 

These groups will bring together like-minded professionals interested in discussing topics relevant to YOUR practice and interest. 

Our CoP schedule begins in January, 2011, and goes into 2013.  Subjects include 288 topics related to:  Court/Legal, Education, Settings, Various, Religious, Mentoring, Teaching, Research Topics, Business (GS), How Stuff Works and VRS Interpreting.  All provide PS CEUs with the exception of Business.

The topics relate to the thirst to expand, increase, and enhance knowledge in specific domains of practice of importance to YOU!  YOU will discuss topics that YOU yearn to discuss; YOU will own the information through the discussion, and YOU will use it in YOUR professional practice.

 

 

 

 

 

Join our CommunitY of Interpreters

Click below to learn more about Communities of Practice Subjects: 

(Each Subject has 36-40 Topics)

 

• Court/Legal
• Education
• Settings
• Various
• Religious
• Mentoring
• Teaching
• Research Topics
• Business
• How Stuff Works
• VRS Interpreting

These CoPs will be a different way to earn CEUs.  You will not be attending a workshop delivered by someone who can only guess at what YOU need.

Each topic will be developed by and for YOU, and discussed in online forums with others who share the same interests.