2009 Conference Updates
ASLTA 2009 UPDATES!

Combo registration is now $475 per person. If you plan to attend, please be sure to make a bank cashier’s check payable to ASLTA 2009 Conference and bring it to the conference with you on October 28 or 29. If you will have an official check from your educational institution, please bring it to the conference. Conference registration online via PayPal was closed on October 15, 2009.

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FIFTEENTH UPDATE – OCTOBER 23, 2009 (Revised)

Larry Forestal, Secretary, ASLTA 2009 Conference

On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 29-November 1, 2009, conference attendees will receive a newsletter known as DAILY PUEBLO edited by Paul Quinn, Director of the ASL Program at Arizona State University.

 

Please visit www.aslta.org and click CONFERENCE for information: 1) Final ASLTA Conference Schedule 2) Final Conference Workshop Schedule 3) Super Shuttle from Airport to Hotel and back forth 4) CEUs for CDIs, interpreters and RID members 5) Clock Hours for ASLTA Teacher Certification 6) ASLPI@ASLTA

 

Please do not forget to reserve SUPER SHUTTLE from Sky Harbor Airport to the Arizona Biltmore Resort & SPA and back forth. You will receive $4.00 off round trip if you book online at www.supershuttle.com. Please be sure to enter the Group Discount code: TBK3G. This is our special rate for ONLY $24.00 round trip.

 

NEW and Corrected Message from DAWNSIGNPRESS to all attendees for the Signing Naturally Units 1-6 ASLTA pre-conference workshop:

This is a reminder that you need to bring only the Teacher's Answer Key (which is the student workbook with the answers filled in). If you need to place an order for the materials, please contact DawnSignPress at www.dawnsign.com and when ordering online, mention in the comment section that this is for the ASLTA pre-conference workshop. Or you can place an order by contacting the DawnSignPress Customer Service Dept. at VP# (858) 768-0478 or Voice# (800) 549-5350. Thank You!

 

Combo Registration close to the Conference and at the Gate

Combo registration is now $475 per person. If you plan to attend, please be sure to make a bank cashier’s check payable to ASLTA 2009 Conference and bring it to the conference with you on October 28 or 29. If you will have an official check from your educational institution, please bring it to the conference with you. Conference registration online via PayPal was closed on October 15, 2009.

SEE YOU ALL IN PHOENIX!!!

 
 
2009 Conference at Phoenix

 

ASLTA CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (subject to necessary changes) 
Workshop SessionCasa Grande - LCDFlagstaff - LCDSedona – LCDCanyon - LCDGrand - LCD
Workshop #1Friday, Oct 308:00-9:30 **Jacobowitz  & Moyers Academia, Accountability & Achievements (Interpreting) Belozovsky  How to Develop & Teach Visual  Gesture and Body Language (Teaching)BR & S Holcomb Sojourns thru the Deaf World (Deaf Studies) Bryant Elephant in the Room (Teaching)Gouby & D PetersonASL Language Mentoring (Teaching)
Workshop #2Friday, Oct 309:45-11:15Sanders TEAMOverview: ASL at Work Curriculum (Teaching) Roult & Stone Nation-wide Demand for ASLPI? What’s the Scope? (Assessment)**E Roth Conceptually Correct Semantics in ASL (Standards) Weast ASL Classroom Management (Teaching) Ogrizovich Going Green in the Classroom (Teaching)
Workshop #3Friday, Oct 30 2:00-3:30**Sanders Self & Peer Assessment in ASL Learning (Assessment)Zinza & Kurz  Developing ASL Only Materials: The Elephant Game(Teaching)R Peterson The Unlearning Curve in Learning ASL (Teaching) Bronk  ASL Champ: How to Visualize Classifiers & Spatial Feature (Teaching) Womack Digital Instruction & Test Tools (Deaf Studies)
Workshop #4 Friday, Oct 30 3:45-5:15 Cagle Historical and Current Curricula (Standards)Cole ASLTales: Innovative Approach (Literacy)**Kilpatrick ASL Classifiers with Mouth Morphemes (Interpreting)Slobodzian Extending Classroom Walls (Standards)
Workshop #5Saturday, Oct 31 8:30-10:00Jacobowitz ASL Teacher Education Programs (Standards) BR Holcomb & Carrillo Teacher’s Responsibilities What? (Teaching)Berkowitz & Ross Academic ASL (Teaching) Shahen Standards  and Guidelines (Standards)**Poor  TEAM Update: SLPI:ASL (Assessment)
Workshop #6Saturday, Oct 3110:15-11:45Pudans-Smith Using Rubrics in Your ASL Class (L2 & Teaching) **BR HolcombDeaf Web Sites (Deaf Studies & Interpreting)Boudreault ASL Mac Laboratory (Deaf Studies) Lane Hands-on ASL Activities (Teaching)Gouby & D Peterson Discourse Genres: Holistic Approach to Learning ASL (Teaching)
Workshop #7Saturday, Oct 311:00-2:30**Mindess Cultural Sensitivity for ASL Students (Teaching) Zinza & Kurz National ASL Standards(Standards)Diener Change: Student Activism (Deaf Studies)  Gamache Classifiers: Impact on Language Use (Teaching)Vizzini Introduction to CyberASL (Teaching) 
Workshop #8Saturday, Oct 312:45-4:15**Smith & JacobowitzASL Emancipation for Deaf Learners (L1 & Deaf Studies)EvounaAndrew Foster & LSAF(Deaf Studies)  Say Journey to Deafhood(Deaf Studies)  Hale Challenge of Faculty Life: Creative Solutions (Teaching)
Saturday, Oct 31PLENARY SESSION CASA GRANDE & FLAGSTAFF 4:30 – 5:45 PM - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Fleischer
Workshop SessionCasa Grande - LCDFlagstaff - LCDSedona - LCDCanyon - LCD
Workshop #9Sunday, Nov 18:30-10:00Scheibe  Creativity Activity in ASL and Deaf Culture  (Brainstorming and Hands-on Activity)  **Cochran & Boudreault Accountability: ASL & English Dictionaries (Linguistics) Holcomb Introduction to Deaf Community (Deaf Studies)Cagle (8:30–9:30)Information about ASLTA Evaluation System 
Workshop #10Sunday, Nov 1 10:15-11:45**Beldon ASL Immersion for ITP Students (Interpreting) Rogers Foreign Deaf People and Languages (Deaf Studies) Cagle (10:00– 11:45)Forum  for ASLTA Certified Members
 
2009 ASLTA Conference Committee

2009 ASLTA Conference Committee

  • Conference Chair: Geraldine "Gerry" Francini
  • Vice-chair: Judie Cronlund
  • Special Assistant: Judy Mohan
  • Secretary: Larry Forestal
  • Program Book Editor: Barbara Bass
 
Announcement: 2009 ASLTA Conference

Gerry Francini Heads 2009 ASLTA Conference at Phoenix

Gerry Francini The American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) announced that next national ASLTA conference would take place at Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix on October 29 – November 1, 2009. The ASLTA Board appointed Geraldine “Gerry” Francini as the Conference Chair. At present, Judie Cronlund, Vice-chair; Larry Forestal, Secretary and Judy Mohan, Special Assistant have started to serve on the 2009 ASLTA Conference Committee with Gerry. The Conference Committee, which has met numerous times, is anticipating approximately 400 participants from across the nation and foreign nations. Nearly 325 people attended the previous ASLTA conference at Tampa, Florida in October 2007. Further information and details are forthcoming.

ASL is the natural language of the American deaf community. In September 2007, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) hosted “Celebrate ASL!” in observance of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) International Day of Sign Languages at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Furthermore, the NAD has reaffirmed its stance that acquisition of language from birth is a human right for every person, and that deaf infants and children should be given the opportunity to acquire and develop proficiency in ASL as early as possible.

Concurrently, the ASLTA works closely with the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT). The CIT is a professional organization, which promotes educational advancement and specialized training for sign language interpreters. Undoubtedly, the ultimate success of professional interpreting depends on students’ ASL proficiency, academic knowledge of the linguistic aspects of ASL, and the principles of effective interpreting in various fields such as education, business, employment, community service, and cultural enrichment.

At present, the ASLTA is the only national organization dedicated to the professional growth of teaching ASL and Deaf Studies. It is an individual membership organization comprised of ASL and Deaf Studies teachers and program directors ranging from elementary education to higher education as well as public/private service agencies in the United States.

-- Larry Forestal, Secretary, 2009 ASLTA Conference at Phoenix