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Intersteno Congress 2009 Beijing, China. Karen Yates RPR, CRR, CCP, CBC President. National Court Reporters Association. Lessons Learned:. Practical Experiences in Realtime Machine Shorthand Education. National Court Reporters Association Excellence since 1899.
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Intersteno Congress 2009Beijing, China Karen Yates RPR, CRR, CCP, CBC President National Court Reporters Association
Lessons Learned: Practical Experiences in Realtime Machine Shorthand Education
National Court Reporters Association Excellence since 1899. Engaged in court reporting education for more than 20 years.
NCRA’s Council on Approved Student Education (CASE) • Provide assistance • Outreach • Guidance
General Requirements and Minimum Standards (GRMS) • Administrative requirements • Academic staff standards • Resource/library • Professional standards • Curriculum standards
Reporter Education Commission • Reassessing the quality of the nation’s court reporter education system • Developing strategies • Research findings
Research primary focus: • Expand • Gather • Build • Enhance • Create • Improve • Teaching • Plan
EXPAND Student Recruitment: Career Toolkit • Information about the reporting profession • Profiles of working reporters • Background about how to enter the profession • The “Spotlight On Court Reporting and Captioning” video that was broadcast on public television • Creative suggestions for advertising materials • Photos and graphics for use in promotional materials
BUILD A Community of Interest committee that focused on the needs of the schools.
CREATE • A means for gathering information to assess and distribute to schools. • An email distribution list to share questions, dictation materials, and general practices. • A collection of speed dictation available only to teachers.
ENHANCE Professional development opportunities for educators. •Certified Reporting Instructor (CRI) certification •Teacher’s Workshop – cutting edge of education and the profession
IMPROVE The current approval process for reporting programs. • Streamline the approval process • Maintain the high standards • Make the process more inclusive • Build stronger relationships between NCRA and school personnel
Distance learning Classes taught online • Some or all classes of training programs may be online • Maintaining online program’s high standard
Government investments in realtime education Higher Education Opportunity Act • A competitive grant funding program for schools • To increase the number of realtime writers and captioners • Provided captioning (subtitling) services
Total Immersion Pilot Project March 2009 • To develop a more streamlined program • Shorten the program from the average 3.5 years • To reduce the high dropout rate
Thank you for your kind attention Questions?