Session 1:

Ethics - It’s YOUR License - 1.5 hours 

Instructor: Pam Coder

Course Description: 

Learn how ethics play a part in keeping your
license intact and keeping you out of trouble with
the COA and clients.

This session will include cases studies of reporters in 
trouble with the licensing authority and what
happened when issues arose.

Pam Coder will also show how to respond to a
disciplinary action and what common complaints
are regarding your licensure.

Session 2:

Ethics - Sink That Ship - 1.0 hours

Instructor: Pam Coder

Course Description: 

In this session, reporters compete to see
who remembers all the pertinent information about
transcript production, gift-giving, rules and
ethical standards.

Session 3:

Teamwork Makes the Process Work - 1.5 hours

Instructor: Pam Coder & Kathy McDaniel

Course Description: 

Pam and Kathy will help reporters learn how to
train their own scopists/proofreaders and what skill
set to look for in a trainable scopist/proofreader.

Participants will discover:

How to communicate with and keep the right
scopists/proofreaders to help in their
workflow, the best places to find these skilled
workers, how to best train these workers and
keep them motivated.

Session 4:

Virtual and In-Person Style - 1.5 hours

Instructor: Pam Coder 

Course Description: 

Pam will review and demonstrate the proper
attire for depositions, hearings, arbitrations,
trials,zepos, and more.

The participants will discover the following:

What to wear and what not to wear depending
on the location of their “job.

Session 5:

Modern Dialects and Identifiers - 1.5 hours

Instructor: Kathy McDaniel

Course Description: 

Kathy McDaniel will help you understand the proper protocol when using interpreters.

This program will cover the following:

• Swearing in the interpreter at depositions
• Interjecting yourself when the deponent is
speaking “English
• Gender-neutral identifiers in transcripts

Participants will discover:

How to handle an “out-of-hand” language barrier
and/or crosstalk situations in depos or in court.

Session 6:

Harassment and the Court Reporter - 1.5 hours

Instructor: Pam Coder & Kathy McDaniel

Course Description:

Kathy and Pam will discuss what is and is not
considered harassment.

Participants will discover the following:

The various types of harassment and what to do if you find yourself
in one of these situations, who to turn to, and
how to report harassment.

Session 7:

Grammar Boosters - 1.5 hours

Instructor: Pam Coder & Jeff Justice

Course Description:

Jeff and Pam will help reporters increase their
skills in grammar and punctuation through
correcting transcripts and completing exercises
in vocabulary, prefixes, and suffixes.