Deaf Mini-Etna

 

Online Deaf Mini-Etna

every other week on Mondays

April-June 2021

Target Audience

 

This seminar series is for Deaf Interpreters and Deaf students who have taken Foundations

Language of Seminar

 

This seminar series is conducted in ASL with no interpretation

All events are scheduled for Eastern time zone. Adjust accordingly.

Deaf Mini-Etna

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There will be five sessions. Each session will be 3 hours, for a total of 15 hours over the course of 10 weeks meeting every other week on Mondays. Attendance at all sessions is required.
The purpose of this mini-series is to explore interpreting deeply through activities and dialogue. We will also explore dialogue itself, and how we communicate with our colleagues and peers. We will also reflect on the learning process and analyze it. We hope to create an environment of mutual respect and curiosity where we can grow and learn. We also hope this series will lead to new ideas about how to support Deaf interpreters and the interpreting field in general.

Seminar Details

Start Date 04-26-2021 6:00 pm
End Date 06-21-2021 9:00 pm
Capacity 18
Registrations Completed 6
Regular Price $250.00
Early-bird Rate $225.00 (Until 04-02-2021 17:00)
Coordinator: Nathan Fowler
Please contact Nathan with any questions.
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Betty M. Colonomos Bio

Betty Colonomos head shotBetty M. Colonomos, currently serving as Director of the Bilingual Mediation Center, is a fluent ASL/English bilingual. Her academic background is in Deaf Education/Speech Pathology (B.S.), Counseling (M.A.), Linguistics (Doctoral program). Betty holds the Masters Comprehensive Skills Certificate (MCSC) from RID. She was the second recipient of the Mary Stotler Award for excellence in Interpreter Education from CIT.

Betty has chaired and served on many national committees on standards and evaluation of interpreters and served as President of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT). Ms. Colonomos has authored and appeared in video materials on interpreting and she co-authored (with MJ Bienvenu) videos on Deaf Culture, ASL Facial Grammar, and ASL Numbers. She worked as an International Sign interpreter for numerous conferences worldwide. Betty also consults with schools and the legal system as an expert on linguistic and cultural issues impacting the Deaf Community.

Betty is the developer of the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI), which is the most widely used model in the U.S. for teaching cognitive processes in interpreting.

She teaches the Foundations of Interpreting Series for hearing, Coda and Deaf interpreters that combines the IMI with a Vygotskyan approach to learning.

Betty is the creator of the Etna Project (2002 – present) held in New Hampshire and Maryland. The project is a series of retreats supporting a Community of Reflective Practitioners who are interpreters committed to their own growth as they seek to become change agents in the field of interpreting.

Using Zoom

We are using Zoom as the video platform for our meetings.  This requires that you:

  • Use Zoom on your computer or iPad/tablet
  • the Zoom phone app is not suitable  
  • Have a reliable internet source
  • Participate from a quiet, well-lit location
  • For meetings using audio, headphones are strongly suggested 

Click on the zoom logo for additional tips.

Foundations of Interpreting


The Foundations of Interpreting Seminar Series provides insights into The Integrated Model of Interpreting and the processes we engage in while interpreting. Click here for more information on the series as well as a schedule of current seminars being offered.

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