WSRID Announcements
Back to News |
Categories:
Community News |
Date Posted: 07-27-2011
WSRID Conference and Meeting of the Membership
October 7-9, 2011
“Allies - Working and Learning Together"
Guest Presenter and Keynote speaker: Nigel Howard
See Flyer
Registration Information Coming Soon
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Aug 11-13, 2011 ~ Boise, Idaho ~Idaho RID State Conference ~ "PARTNERS Now! People and Resources Together: Nurturing, Empowering, Respecting & Succeeding" see website for details and registration http://www.idahorid.org
Aug 12-14 ~ Western Region Interpreter Education Center Silent Weekend on the WOU campus in Monmouth, Oregon. See website for tentative workshop descriptionshttp://www.wou.edu/education/sped/wriec/silent_weekend.php
registration form attached
October 14 & 15 ~ Olympia, WA ~
WASCLA Summit VII
"Building Systems that Work: Coming Together to Ensure Quality Language Services and to Plan for the Future." See flier for details
Job Opportunities:
The Tacoma School District
Deaf and Hard of Hearing program is looking for 3 staff interpreters to join our 14 member interpreting team. We have approximately 70 students in our pre- school through high school magnet program .The position is listed on the Tacoma School District web site. The position is entitled, pool interpreter.
If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Paul Bert, at " href="https://apps.rackspace.com/a/webmail.php?wsid=fWq2XbWFuYWdlckBhc2xuZXR3b3JrLmNvbSxPckJSMDRxWg2yZ4kx">
WSD positions available, see flier for details
SignOn, Inc is currently seeking pre-certified interpreters for the position of Sign Language Interpreter/Apprentice. This position is 24 hours per week and pays a small stipend based upon experience. The apprentice will work from September 7th, 2011, until November 30, 2011.
Application due by August 1st, 2011
Contact SignOn for more information on this and other positions at www.SignOnASL.com
Announcements:
There are several WSRID Board Positions open. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague. See attachment for details or contact any current board member for information.
Thursday, July 28, 6:00-8:00pm ~ Seattle Central Community College ~ ODHH is hosting a public meeting in Seattle to hear community concerns as well as to discuss policy issues. For details, download the attachment.
The Department of Justice is asking for help in getting information out to individuals with disabilities about a settlement agreement with Wells Fargo and its claims process. See website for details:http://ada.gov/wells_fargo/
feel free to forward this information on to others.
Attending RID National Conference?
- One lucky Region V member who attends the Region V Caucus on Tuesday night 8:00-10:00pm during the National Conference will win a free registration to the RV 2012 conference in Hawaii! Must be a RV member in good standing and must be present to win.
-
Attend the IDP (Interpreters with Deaf Parents) events. See website for information http://idp-rid.org/frames_index.html
Volunteer Opportunity:
See the attached request for an interpreter to assist in a Mt Rainer climb with the
mission to raise awareness for deaf children age 0-5 to access bilingual development at early age
