About the Developer, Lynne Wiesman:
A little about me, the developer of these groups ~ I have been interpreting over 20 years and possess:
- RID CI/CT
- RID SC:L (legal certification)
- Master Mentor Certificate
- TX Legal Certification
In the past I also had NC Class A (highest level) and MO Level 5 (highest level), though those have expired since I no longer live in those states.
I have worked in most every avenue
an interpreter can work and bring a lot of experience: community, post-secondary,
k-12, rehabilitation, etc. I also was responsible for developing and
administering two state tests in NC to test educational and community-based
interpreters. This experience enables me to bring a great deal of experience
in test development and test taking to the group.
I have an MBA, have completed my first
year of law school, and am currently ABD for my Ph.D. in Training &
Performance Outcomes. These academic experiences have brought a lot
of experience in testing and approaching multiple choice tests.
Finally, I was a student in the first
cohort of the Master Mentor program, an 18 month graduate program to
train mentors, and taught in the program the final three years of the
grant. This allows me to bring extensive formal education in mentoring.
Other than that, I am the founder and
owner of Signs of Development and am passionate about professional development
for interpreters!!! I have mentored over 1000 people in the past 5
years and it's what I most like to do. I also teach online business
classes for DeVry so also have a great deal of experience in online
education having been on both sides (student and educator) of the online
learning experience!
Beginning in 2009, I became the Director of the Interpreter Education Program at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. This is an on-site and on-line Bachelor Degree program that's like no other! See more information about this program here: http://troy.troy.edu/education/itpindex.html
