Northern Virginia Community College &
VDOE Educational Interpreter Grant provided by Marla Pollack
in conjunction with VRID present
"ASL Instruction"
Presented in ASL by Robert Strickler
Date: Saturday, Sept 18, 2021
Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm
0.6 RID CEUs Sponsored by VRID
Location: ZOOM
Flyer: 9.18.2021 flyer docx.pdf
Cost: VRID Members - $50.00
VRID Non-Members - $75.00
VDOE Grant Participants - $FREE with code
Registration: If you are a grant participant or student you will be asked to obtain a code to register at no cost: mspollack@fcps.edu
Workshop Description:
Interpreters will observe and interact with a Deaf instructor in a classroom setting.
He will provide extensive instruction of vocabulary & concepts using the four content areas (math, social studies, English/literature, and science) to specific types of students, (Deaf/blind, elementary versus high school students.)
The focus will be on comprehension and production of content-related information in American Sign Language with emphasis on sign production clarity and conceptual accuracy.
Presenter Biography:
Robert Strickler Jr. was born Deaf in Waynesboro, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (VSDB) in 2007. Robert then received his bachelor's degree in Deaf Studies and a minor in Linguistics from Gallaudet University in 2011. He is currently working as a teaching assistant at his alumni VSDB, and as an American Sign Language Drill instructor at the University of Virginia. Robert has been able to teach in various settings and has done some deaf interpreting.
Paula Debes Reece Marla Pollack
703-232-3192 571-982-1504
preece@nvcc.edu mspollack@fcps.edu
