Weekly Meeting Tips

Purpose

The purpose of the weekly meeting is for the mentor to monitor the student's progress and to provide supervision and guidance.

Expectation of Students

Your student is expected to come to each Supervision meeting with a prioritized agenda. If you have any concerns regarding the student meeting this expectation, address it with them. If the issue is not quickly resolved, contact the Seminar Instructor.

Suggested Activities

1. Using the weekly Timesheet as a guide, discuss all of the practicum activities the student accomplished that week.

2. Using the Practicum Goals as a guide, have the student provide an update on their progress toward their practicum goals.

3. Using a video of a lecture that includes the student's English-ASL interpretation or transliteration, provide a critique of the student's performance.

4. Using video that includes a deaf signer and the student's ASL-English interpretation, provide a critique of the student's performance.

5. Using a video of a deaf signer, have the student watch for a short time and then present a summation of the content.

6. Using notes the student made while observing the mentor or other professional interpreters, discuss the student's reactions.

7. Using the student's Language Log, discuss possible alternatives.

8. Using actual past or invented interpreting scenarios requiring an application of the Code of Professional Conduct, discuss possible alternatives.

9. Find spoken presentations on YouTube and practice English-ASL interpreting.

10. Find signed videos on YouTube and practice ASL-English interpreting.