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"SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER:
CREATING TARGET EQUIVALENTS THEREIN"
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are thrilled to have the highly respected Dr. Bernhardt Jones as our
presenter at the WYRID 2002 Spring Professional Development
Workshop. Dr. Jones comes to us with esteemed credentials, tons of experience
and is an expert in the field of Educational Interpreting.
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Dr. Jones started his career at the Arizona School for the Deaf and
the Blind as a teacher of deaf students. He has been Principal at
the Nebraska School for the Deaf, Administrator at the Regional Day
School for the Deaf in the El Paso Public Schools, and Assistant
Dean of Instruction at the South West Collegiate Institute fore the
Deaf in Texas.
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For the past 18 years, Dr. Jones has been teaching sign language
interpreting. Most of this experience is in traditional face-to-face
(F2F) classes at Johnson County Community College in Kansas. In
addition, for 5 years, he taught educational interpreters from 12
different states in both F2F and distance learning classes within
the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP), housed at
Front Range Community College in greater Denver, Colorado.
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Dr. Jones is a state evaluator of interpreters for the Kansas
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (state Certification,
KQAS) and the Kansas State Department of Education (Educational Interpreting
Performance Assessment, EIPA).
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Dr. Jones earned his B.A. in Education of the Deaf and M.Ed. in
Educational Administration at the University of Arizona; holds the
comprehensive Skills Certificate (CSC) from the Registry of
Interpreters for the Deaf; and earned his Doctor of Education Degree
in Special Education from the University of Kansas in 1993.
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Dr. Jones is interested in the roles and responsibilities,
qualifications and education of sign language interpreters working
in K-12 public school settings and has done research in this area.
He is a passionate advocate of K-12 interpreters and the improvement
of both their interpreting skills and knowledge in the field.
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- WHERE: In the Spruce Room at the
Holiday Inn, Casper, Wyoming
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Address: 300 West F Street, Casper, WY 82601
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Phone number: (307) 235-2531
- WHEN: Saturday, April 20th and Sunday,
April 21st
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Saturday's workshop hours 9:00-11:30 a.m., 1:00-5:00 p.m.
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Sunday's WYRID business meeting hours 8:30-10:30 a.m.
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- *PRE-REGISTRATION FEE:
- $50.00 WYRID
member's fee for pre-registration by April 5th
- $60.00
non-member's fee for pre-registration by April 5th
- *LATE REGISTRATION (at the
door): $65.00 member's fee ~ $75.00 non-member's
fee
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- MOTEL COST:
- Holiday Inn; single room $55.00 ~ double room $65.00. There is a block of
room on reserve at the Holiday Inn. The Holiday Inn requests that you make your
motel reservation by April 5th. (Please note that this is a busy weekend in
Casper with other events happening throughout the city. We urge you to make your
reservation early, after that date of April 5th
availability decreases and the
prices are subject to change.)
- (307) 235-2531
- *MEALS: Inclusive with the registration fee!
(provided by the Holiday Inn
~what a deal!)
- Saturday ~ Workshop ~ 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Early-morning breakfast:
fresh fruit, bagels
and cream cheese, coffee, hot tea, chilled fruit juices
- Mid-morning:
coffee, hot tea, chilled soft
drinks, bottled mineral water
- Lunch: New York Deli; a club
sandwich on an
oven toasted bagel, served with potato salad, dill pickle spear, your
choice of beverage and a freshly baked brownie
- Mid-afternoon:
giant soft pretzels with cheese
sauce, freshly baked cookies, coffee, hot tea, chilled soft drinks
Sunday ~ Business Meeting ~ 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
- Breakfast snack:
doughnuts, muffins, coffee,
hot tea
- Please send your:
- 1. The
pre-registration form at the registration form site BY April
5th
- 2. Personal Check, Business Check, or Business Voucher
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- Mail to: WYRID Secretary;
- Cindy Woolston, 1836 Kristi Lane, Sheridan, WY 82801
- Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Go to Spring 2002 Registration Forms
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