Super 15 Hour Seminar Package #5
Super 15 Hour Seminar Package #5 (2024) Lesson 1: Title: "The Game of Court Reporting Life" - (Ethics) 1.0 Hour - Instructor: Pam Coder Learning objectives include employing various methods of solving...
Super 15 Hour Seminar Package #5 (2024)
Lesson 1:
Title: "The Game of Court Reporting Life" - (Ethics) 1.0 Hour - Instructor: Pam Coder
Learning objectives include employing various methods of solving issues that happen to us each and every day in the “game of court reporting life.” We each have our own methods of solving problems. We will have a game and lively discussion on how to handle those common and uncommon situations.
Lesson 2:
Title: "What is AAVE"? 2.0 Hours - Instructor: Kathy McDaniel
Learning Outcomes: The familiarization of different forms of speech within the urban African-American community.
Content Outline:
- Video presentation – “Reviewing Black American Slang Words” – Discussion
- Short Article – “What is Ebonics?”
- What does AAVE sound like?
- What does it look like; how is it written?
- What do people think of it?
- Where did it originate?
The participants will learn:
- How “code switching” is used.
- Urban slang
Lesson 3:
Title: "Simple Solutions" 2.0 Hours - Instructors: Pam Coder & Jeff Justice
Learning Outcomes:
- Include learning the correct punctuation, use of numbers, when to capitalize, whether a word is one word or two, homonyms and will cover the areas of research, sic, phonetic and verbatim.
Content Outline:
This session will cover some of the problems court reporters face with
- Punctuation
- Comma, virgule, hyphen, or nothing?
- Numbers and capitalization
- One word or two?
- Homonyms
- Research, sic, phonetic, verbatim
Lesson 4:
Title: “Networking”
Presenter: Pam Coder, CSR
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Communicating with reporters the importance of staying informed about current legislative matters affecting our positions across the nation, how to get involved in helping firms/clients with the current shortage and being effectual.
Specific topics and design: This session will be in two parts with the group discussion starting us off with matters happening all across the country with regard to reporting and what has been effective and not effective in helping with our career paths. Part 2 will be a competitive game to see who knows more about what is happening in our industry pitting one side of the room against the other with prizes. We will discuss current legislation, knowing your worth, dealing with difficult attorneys and situations associated with the shortage of reporters, last minute requests when you are already on overload, rough drafts – what are they, reporting layoffs and how you can help your colleagues, etc.
Lesson 5:
Title: "Can You Repeat That”? Linguistics: Translating, Transcribing, or Interpreting?
Presenter: Kathy McDaniel, CSR
About This Program:
Learning Outcomes:
This session consists of following the rules of verbatim reporting/writing and transcription.
Content outline:
This session will include different “dialects” spoken and will address the most current articles and studies available regarding those dialects and their effects and consequences in the courtroom and beyond.
(Via discussion and PowerPoint presentation)
Participants will learn:
Urban linguistics – The phonetic structure of urban language.
Appropriate methodology:
This session includes PowerPoint group discussion and Q & A open forum.
Lesson 6:
Session Title: “Balancing Your Life With Humor For Court Reporters”
Skills for balancing your life: 4.5 hours
Presenter: Jeff Justice
If you have ever attended one of Jeff’s programs, then you know how much fun getting your CEUs can be. You’ll Discover:
- The benefits and strategies to achieve balance
- Laughter is still the best medicine – When to employ internal and external humor
You’ll Learn How to Use Humor to:
- Harmonize your home and work-life
- Reduce stress
- Reframe negative situations
- Deal with a lack of respect
- Move toward a balanced life
- Reduce and prevent burnout
- Enjoy life more
Lesson 7:
Session Title: “Grammar and Punctuation Problems Solved”
Presenter: Pam Coder, CSR and Jeff Justice, CSP
About This Program:
Learning Outcomes:
To show the court reporter the proper way to deal with many of the grammar and punctuation problems that they encounter on a daily basis.
Content Outline:
The session is interactive and combines hands-on instruction. Participants will discuss what works for them in their surroundings and what might work for others in same or similar circumstances.
The participants will discover:
- When to use and not use capital letters
- The proper ways to write numbers
- Many examples of using one word or two
- How to get homonyms correct
- General rules for dictionary usage
- Solutions to verbatim problems
- A different way to use parentheticals
- General guidelines for colloquy and Q&A
Appropriate Methodology:
The session is interactive and combines hands-on instruction. Participants will discuss what works for them in their surroundings and what might work for others in same or similar circumstances. They will also correct the examples given in the handouts.
