2010 CIT Conference

Connecting Our World:

Expanding Our Horizon

October 27 - 30, 2010

Omni La Mansion del Rio, San Antonio, Texas

Schedule and Program

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Note: CEUs, through RID's CMP program, are applied for and in process. The schedule is also subject to change.

Wednesday, October 27
	ROOM: TBA
12:00 - 7:00 PM	Registration
7:00-8:30 PM	Welcome and Opening Ceremony
8:30-10:00 PM	Social Reception

Thursday, October 28
7:30 - 9:30	Registration:
8-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30- 10:00	Plenary Session Daniel Gile (France)
10-10:15	Break -
	A	B	C	D
10:15-10:45	Performance Does Not Match Preference in Novice ASL-English Interpreters B. Nicodemus	Expanding Our Horizon: Achieving Success Through Creative Training Alternatives J. Blackburn, C. Behunin	Six Steps to Success: For You and Your Interpreting Students J. Cassell	Expanding Our Horizons: Connecting the CCIE Accreditation Standards to the Present and the Future CCIE Commissioners
10:45 - 11:15	Expanding our Horizons by Teaching the History of SL Interpreting C. Roy	Understanding and Teaching: Avenues & Membership into the Deaf Community - Past and Present A. Gunderson
11:15 - 11:45	Designing and Grading Beginning ASL Students’ Signed Presentations M. Smith	An Examination of Deaf Physician-Deaf Patient Discourse:Implications for Interpreting Practice and Education L. Swabey, B. Nicodemus, C. Moreland
11:45-1:15	Lunch
1:15-1:45	Teaching Students to Decipher Fingerspelling through Context: A New Pedagogical Approach D. Gorman-Jamrozik, R. Wolfe	Connecting with all stakeholders: An action research model for curriculum review in T&I education J. Napier	Creating Connections through Assessment: Moving from "I Hate This!" to "Thanks!" M. Smith	Digital video in educator - student feedback: new opportunities for connections M. Koob
1:45-2:15	Interpretation Skills: Novice to Expert Characteristics M. Taylor	The Development of the ASL Oncology Training Program Melanie Nakaji
2:15-2:45	Expanding horizons: A collaborative model for the delivery of one interpreter education program in two countries D. Goswell, J. Napier, R. McKee	Improving the interpreting performance of K-12 interpreters: The results of a blended educational delivery system A. Witter-Merithew, L. Johnson
2:45-3:00	Break:
3:00-3:30	Capitalizing on Technology: ASL Curribulum in ASL Format P. Skarp, B. Shrestha	Growing a State: Increasing the Pool of Qualified Educational Interpreters Across Pennsylvania M. Schecter	K-12: What Do the Interpreters Think? C. Monikowski, R. Peterson	Toward Effective Practice: Competencies of the Deaf Interpreter and Expanding Our Programs Expanding the Field C. Lazosiak, C. Cogen, J. Beldon, E. Forestal
3:30-4:00	Principles and Practice: Teaching Team Interpreting as collaboration and interdependence J. Hoza	Evaluating Academic Service-Learning in Interpreter Education: An Initiative to Improve Connections with the Deaf Community S. Shaw, L. Roberson
4:00-4:30	Across the Pond but on Familiar Turf: Sign Language Interpreters and the Nature of Identity R. Lee	Conceptualizing a Framework for Specialization in ASL-English Interpretation: Implications for Interpreter Education A. Witter-Merithew, B. Nicodemus
4:30-5:30	Poster Sessions -
	TBA

5:30-7:00	Dinner on your own
7:00-8:30	Open Forum: Connecting our world of interpreter education through research and publication: What, how and why Dr. Jemina Napier

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Friday, October 29
7:30 - 9:30	Registration:
8-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30- 10:00	Plenary Session Strategies for Deaf IPP teachers Harumi Kamuri (Japan)
10-10:15	Break -
	A	B	C	D
10:15-10:45	Over the border: Exporting SL interpreting analysis techniques (ELAN) to spoken language colleagues D. Goswell	The CPC and Social Media: Ethics in the time of FaceBook SB. Morgaine	Relational Autonomy and Decision Latitude of ASL-English Interpreters: Implications for Interpreter Education A. Witter Merithew, L. Johnson, B. Nicodemus	Connecting Interpreter Education Programs: Models of Program Partnership to Expand BA Opportunities for Interpreters L. Stauffer, P. Annarino, S. Shaw, L. James, L. Aborn
10:45 - 11:15	Testing the test: A study of interpreter education program admission & achievement K. Bontempo, J. Napier
11:15 - 11:45	Service Learning: Active and Responsible Community Participation Cindy Volk
11:45-1:15	Lunch
1:15-2:45	A Model for Interpreting Interactive Discourses M. Taylor, S. Neumann Solow	Infusing Your Curriculum with VRS Information D. Peterson, C. Ball, H. Nelson and A. Miner	Expanding Our Programs –Expanding the Field C. Cogen, D. Doucette, CM. Hall, M. Lightfoot	Deaf-Blind Interpreting Strategies: A Model for Possibility S. Morgan Morrow, L. Siple
2:45-3:00	Break:
3:00-4:30	Research Matters for Interpreter Educators: An Authors' Panel L.Swabey, B. Nicodemus	Students’ ASL Academic Papers: The F-U-N, How To, and Benefits (1.5) R. Shaw, M. Thumann	Assessment, Standards, & Program Accreditation: Linking national standards and Interpreter Education L. Roberson, S. Shaw	Teleological vs. deontological approaches to ethical decision making: Theoretical and research evidence R. Dean, R. Pollard
4:30-5:30	Poster Sessions -
	TBA

5:30-7:00	Dinner on your own
7:00-8:30	Open Forum: CIT Executive Board and Board of Directors

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Saturday, October 30
8-8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00	Plenary Session Karen Bontempo (Australia)
10:00-10:15	Break
	A	B	C
10:15-11:45	Expanding our Understanding of Educational Interpreting: Preparing Interpreters for Work in K-12 Classrooms M. Smith	Interpreters & Intercultural Sensitivity A. Rasmussen	The Portfolio Assessment Process : Creating a Pathway for Measuring Growth Towards Mastery A. Witter-Merithew, A. Kroll, L. Johnson
11:45 - 12:00	Break
12:-1:30	Issues Forum
1:30-5:30	CIT Business Meeting
5:45-6 :15	Break
6:15-10:00	Awards Ceremony and Banquet

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday