Wisconsin ASLTA

National Standards for ASL Instruction

President — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:12:36 +0000

UW-Eau Claire, with the cooperation of WisASLTA and MinnLoonASLTA, is offering a course for ASL Teachers by Kim Brown-Kurz, co-author of Learning Outcomes for ASL Levels 1-4, on Aug. 9-12.

For more information such as CEU or credit options and registration, click on this link http://www.uwec.edu/CE/programs/teaching5cs.htm Please let others know of this wonderful opportunity.

Signing Naturally Workshop Registration

President — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:51:29 +0000

Training in Madison, Wisconsin with co-authors Ken Mikos and Cheri Smith to focus on the new Signing Naturally Curriculum of Units 1-6 on June 18-19. RID CEUs, ASLTA hours, and college credit are offered.

Early Bird deadline: May 15 (save $25), Click on SN Training June 2010 form and follow mailing instructions.

Scholarship Deadline Extended

President — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:57:42 +0000

Sorry for the inconvenience of our website crashing for a few days. Due to this interference, we have postponed the scholarship application deadline to April 16th.

Scholarships for Signing Naturally!

President — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:25:25 +0000

What? The Executive Board of the Wisconsin American Sign Language Teacher Association is pleased to offer 5 Signing Naturally scholarships.

Who? Deaf/Hard of Hearing ASL Teachers who are not ASLTA certified

How? Recruit D/HH WI residents living in rural areas in the state of Wisconsin to attend the Signing Naturally Introductory workshop curriculum and materials (newly revised Units 1-6).

When? June 18-19, 2010

Where? UW-Madison Waismann Center, 122 E Olin Ave, Ste 100, Madison, WI

Application: Click SN scholarship form for instructions and to print the form.

NOTE: Applications MUST BE received via email no later than April 9th.

Awards Recognized!!

President — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:22:26 +0000

Congratulations to these 10th anniversary WisASLTA award recipients!!!

Tom Harbison - Excellence in Teaching Award

Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Outreach (WESP-DHH Outreach) - Excellence in Collaboration & Service Award

10th Anniversary Update

President — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:20:38 +0000

WisASLTA workshop, awards banquet, and entertainment will be at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan on Feb. 20 (rescheduled from Nov. 21). Go to 10th Anniversary for details & registration form to be mailed by Feb. 5.

Volunteer for ASL Weekend?

President — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:40:35 +0000

Click on ASL Weekend Volunteer Form, complete, and mail by Feb. 16th. For more info, email Scott Baughman at scottbaugh@charter.net.

Review of 2009: Goals of 2010

President — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:35:40 +0000

As 2010 begins, let’s take a moment to reflect on the main things that have been accomplished in 2009:

*We met the author of Master ASL!, Jason Zinza, on February 21, to get a brief overview of National Standards and Professionalism.

*WisASLTA members volunteered and presented for ASL weekend on May 1-3.

*Jason Zinza returned on August 10 - 13 for a Master ASL! curriculum training. This was the first time WisASLTA offered scholarships for new ASL teachers.

*WisASLTA President Stefanie Saltern and Professional Development Chair Kristin Scheibe attended Chapter Luncheon at the ASLTA conference on October 30.

As Jason Zinza taught us, “A professional educator is one who looks for opportunities to connect with other professionals”, WisASLTA provides you this opportunity statewide, we encourage you to take advantage of it in 2010 and beyond. Listed are suggested goals for 2010:

*Write letters of request to your legislators to call a Senate committee hearing session on the interpreter licensure bill. For more information and sample letters, contact Joel Mankowski at mankowj@uwm.edu.

*Attend Professional Development workshops through the year. Current Winter schedule: WAFLT workshop at UW-Milwaukee on Feb. 13 (see http://www.waflt.org/), WisASLTA workshop at Delavan on Feb. 20 (rescheduled from Nov. 21), and FLESFest on March 13.

*Obtain ASLTA certification, for application at different levels see http://www.aslta.org/.

*Volunteer several hours of your time to organizations in the Deaf community.

*Support ASL Weekend on April 30 - May 2, http://www.wisdeaf.org/wp/2009/11/24/asl-weekend-save-the-date/.

*Inform members of your community about WisASLTA and our events.

Let’s be unified to make 2010 the best year ever!!

Respectfully,
Stefanie Saltern,
WisASLTA President 2007-2011

Events Fall 2009

Vice President — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:39:15 +0000

Happy Fall!! There are three upcoming events that will benefit ASL teachers.

Oct. 29-Nov. 1: ASLTA Biannual conference at Phoenix, AZ, “Vision of ASL: Challenge and Creativity”, combo registration at $425 increases $50 on Oct. 1, http://www.aslta.org/

Nov. 5-7: Wisconsin Association For Language Teachers, WAFLT, Annual Fall conference in Appleton, WI, “Learners Without Borders: World Languages for a Global Society”. Seats are filling up fast, register ASAP at http://www.waflt.org/index.php?q=node/41

Nov. 21: WisASLTA Fall Workshop & 10th Year Anniversary Banquet at Delavan, WI “Creativity Activity in Teaching Sign Language and Deaf Culture” Workshop by Kristin Scheibe and “Silence Speaks Louder Than Words” Entertainment by Ricky Smith. Register by Nov. 6.

Interpreters NOT provided

For registration and more information go to WisASLTA 10th Anniversary

Future Teacher Scholarship

Vice President — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:23:24 +0000

The WisASLTA Board and scholarship committee CONGRATULATE three members who have satisfied their COMMITMENT and criteria for Master ASL funds. They are Laura Jean Davis of Embarass, Matt Furseth of Prescott, and Jean Laux of Menasha. Please give them a round of APPLAUSE for taking the challenge to be Future ASL Teachers. We are currently planning the next Future Teacher scholarship for the Signing Naturally Teacher Training to be offered JUNE 2010. Please watch for our announcements.