Technology
As technology upgrades at ever increasing speeds the world of education has more opportunity to expand resources. The experiences of social distancing during the pandemic has shown creative new ways to learn.
Effective use of technology means staying up-to-date with media and aligning use among colleagues as well as giving students support for trouble shooting..
Community
In the classroom traditional tools foster community. Adding interactive requirements students witness how their studies take shape in the real lives of D/deaf people and interpreters with the goal of becoming allies.
Experience
My own feelings toward teaching are two-fold. I feel drawn toward it as something that I enjoy and have skill at, but I also feel that it is my duty – it is how I give back to the profession that has supported me and those who taught and mentored me as well as Deaf who weathered my green years and will continue to weather all new interpreters.
Lifelong Learning
I stay up-to-date in the field of interpreting and incorporate these updates into curricula while still keeping foundational lessons strong. Keeping up with my own CMP requirements leads by example.