The Art of Note-Taking

Lab Practice with Intention and Focus

A series of performance-based lab practices for interpreters to improve their note-taking skills so that they can rely more on their notes for more mental agility and accuracy.

Tired of lacking a reliable system to take notes and not knowing how to fix it?

Let’s address a few principles in note-taking and create a path to reliable notes so you can finally increase your mental agility and take reliable notes with ease.

All LABS have been approved for CEUs by the AOPC, Oregon Judicial Department and CCHI/CEAP. 

SUBJECT AREAS: court interpreters, medical interpreters, school interpreters, note-taking practice, note-taking techniques, legal terminology, medical terminology, vocabulary in context

What You’ll Learn in These Performance-Based One-Hour Note-Taking Labs:

✅ Improve how you process the incoming information by applying simple organization and layout strategies.
✅ Stop note-taking everything by applying techniques to discern what goes on your page so that you take less notes.
✅ Feedback and suggestions so you can start improving your note-taking right away.

Material for practice will touch on legal, medical, and school settings.  Instruction is online and all languages are welcome.

Expanding Your Memory Skills    

Language Neutral 

In this Master Class, we are going to explore where memory happens in our brains, types of memories we rely on as interpreters, and provide practical exercises to enhance your memory skills. The focus of this master class is on expansion. This is an invitation to let go of looking at memory less as  something happening on its own and more as a skill that is connected to other mental tasks.

👩‍🏫**What You'll Learn**:

✔️ What science says about memory and our brains.

✔️ To analyze what types of memories are most useful in our work as interpreters.

✔️ To apply practical exercises to EXPAND your memory.

Instruction is in English and ALL languages are welcome. 

DATE: April 26, 2025

TIME: 10 am to 12 pm ET

COST: $100

LIVE ONLINE 

CEUs

This program is approved for 2 CEUs by the AOPC for PA courts interpreters, 2 CEUs by the Court Language Access Services (CLAS) Oregon Judicial Department.

🌟 SIMULTANEOUS STRATEGIES FOR OPENING STATEMENTS

LANGUAGE NEUTRAL WORKSHOP - Self-Paced

This is a performance based workshop for:

✅Certified Interpreters who want to review simultaneous strategies so that they can avoid mental fatigue in their daily work.

✅Interpreters preparing for oral certification

✅Interpreters who need continuing education credits. 

Goals:

✅ Apply Strategies to help you follow the thread of the story.
✅ Get Feedback that reveals why you are missing vital information and how to avoid it.
✅ Focus on structure and legal terminology (scoring units) of opening statements so you can make sense and transfer meaning efficiently.

Upon completion of the modules, send me the answers to the self-assessment questions and you will receive your Certificate of Attendance, and feedback from me based on your answers.

🌟INVESTMENT: $100.00

Self-Paced Study 

CEUs

This program has been accredited for 2 CEUs by the AOPC for PA courts interpreters, 2 CEUs by the Court Language Access Services (CLAS) Oregon Judicial Department.