Mentoring
without a Mentor
Increasing Your Skills Using Technology
Grace Sylvester-Samis
CAVAETS
CAVAETS
 You SHOULD have a mentor.
CAVAETS
 You SHOULD have a mentor.
 You SHOULD spend time with
the Deaf Community
CAVAETS
 You SHOULD have a mentor.
 You SHOULD spend time with
the Deaf Community
 You SHOULD socialize with
other interpreters
CAVAETS
 You SHOULD have a mentor.
 You SHOULD spend time with
the Deaf Community
 You SHOULD socialize with
other interpreters
 You SHOULD work closely with
your peers
BUT…..
BUT…..
 You CAN start alone
with the RIGHT resources
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A few important aspects of
improvement
BE PASSIONATE
BE AWARE / KEEP CURRENT
BE WILLING
STAY FLEXIBLE
BE PASSIONATE
 Love it!
 Immerse yourself!
 Talk about it!
 Get that feeling!!
Be Aware
 Know WHO’S WHO
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Angel Ramos
Robert Davilia
Jane Fernandez
Eileen Forestal, Kathy Basilotto,
Josie Durkow, SallyAnn Emilius
 Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz
 Terry Safay, Cheryl Vail,
Audrey Rosenberg
Keep Current
 Know WHAT’S WHAT
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The Mediator
Monthly Communicator
Views
Odyssey
PEPNet & PEPNet 2.0
IEISMS
StreetLeverage.com
Keep Current
 Know WHAT’S WHAT
 How Stuff Works
 (web / book)
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Google ‘reminders’
DeafTimes - NJ-L News
Starbucks Coffee Chat
The Interpreter Chat
Sign Clubs and Events:
 OCC / UCC / CCC / BCC
Extra Reading
 The Outliers
 Malcolm Gladwell
 The Power of Focus
 Jack Canfield
 Its Called Work for a
Reason
 Larry Winget
BE WILLING
 Do whatever you can,
whenever you can
 Do whatever it takes!
Be Flexible
SAYS IT ALL!
Getting down to business…
HAVE CONCRETE GOALS…
PUT IT IN WRITING!
But WHERE TO START…
when you’re overwhelmed???
Appearance (physical, comfort, clarity), Cultural Mediator/Ally; Rapport
w/Clients, Message Fluency, Set up (location, lighting, client’s view), Teaming,
Handshape, Location, Palm Orientation, Movement, Fluency, Mouth Morphemes,
Adverbial/Grammatical Accuracy, Fingerspelling, Fluency, Acronyms, Loan
Signs, Labeling, Number Clarity, Type, Fluency, Parameter, Labeling,, ASL
Structure, word order Accurate Surface Translations, Sentence Types (Topical,
Statement, Imperative, Questions-Wh, Rhetorical, Yes/No), Body Shifting),
Appropriate Sign Space, Spatial Agreement (Noun Referencing,
Pronominalization Indexing, Verb Usage), Use of Eyes, Setting, Perspective, List,
Transitioning, Identify Then Do, Noun/Pronouns (Physically Accurate, SASS),
Verb/Adverbs (Accurate Location and Action), Prosody,
Nesting/Scaffolding/Couching, Describe then Do, Faceting, Explain by
Examples/Listing, Contrast/Compare, Reiteration, 3-D Space/Perspective, Sign
Choice/Word Choice, Diverse Vocab., Register, Intent, Affect, General Message,
Clarify, Auditory Memory, Chunking, Addition, Omission, Message Fluency
ANALYZE YOURSELF
and just pick ONE
aspect to improve.
ANALYZE YOURSELF
and just pick ONE
aspect to improve.
 Classifiers
Find the RESOURCES
 STATIC VOCABULARY
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www.aslpro.com
www.dcmp.org
www.youtube.com
www.signingsavvy
www.rit.edu/ntid/sciencesigns/
www.deafnewspaper.com