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ASL and Interpreter Training
- Program Description
- Program Philosophy
- Program History
- Degrees Certificates and Course Offerings
- Department Textbooks
- Department Benchmarks
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing Mission Statement
- Interpreting Services History
- Faculty Information
- Interpreter Information
- Student Information
- Advanced Interpreter Mentorship
- Interpreter Services Staff
- Lauri Metcalf
- Darlene Ballard
- Brian Barwise
- Tom Cox
- Darin Dobson
- Julie Razuri
- Ray Rodriguez
- David Raymond
- Jo Hilton
- Melody Hull
- Rosie Lucio
- Nancy Slasor
- David Solis
- Stephanie Sween
- Amy Frasu
- Janice Ochoa
- Hamid Ibaroudene
- John Cage
- Deidra F Dobson
- Laura Kowalik
- SLNG 1206 - Aesthetic Texts I
- SLNG 1207 - Intralingual Skills
- SLNG 1211 - Fingerspelling and Numbers
- SLNG 1215 - Visual Gestural Communications
- SLNG 1291 - Visual Gestural Comm - Adv
- SLNG 1291 - Religious Signs & Songs
- SLNG 1300 - Fund & Tech for Deaf Support Specialist
- SLNG 1304/SGNL 1301 - ASL Beginning I
- SLNG 1305/SGNL1302 - ASL Beginning II
- SLNG 1317 - Intro to the Deaf Community
- SLNG 1321 - Intro to the Interpreting Profession
- SLNG 1344/SGNL 2301 - ASL Intermediate I
- SLNG1345/SGNL2302 - ASL Intermediate II
- SLNG 1347 - Deaf Culture
- SLNG 1391 - Academic Settings
- SLNG 1391 - Conversational ASL
- SLNG 1391 - Greek & Latin Roots
- SLNG 1391 - Interpreting Seminar
- SLNG 2336 - Interpreting IV
- SLNG 1391 - Interpreting V
- SLNG 1391 - ASL Linguistics Special Topics
- SLNG 1391 - Native Sign Language Users
- SLNG 2303 - Transliterating
- SLNG 2311 - Interpreting in Specialized Settings
- SLNG 2315 - Interpreting in Educational Settingsg>
- SLNG 2330 - Adv Techniquies Deaf Support Specialist
- SLNG 2334 - American Sign Language - Advanced
- SLNG 2335 - American Sign Language - Advanced II
- SLNG 2370 - Trilingual Interpreting I
- SLNG 2372 - Trilingual Interpreting II
- SLNG 2373 - Latino Interpreting Issues
- SLNG 2388 - Sign Language Interpreter Internship
- SLNG 2389 - DSS/Provider Internship (COOP)
- SLNG 2401 - Interpreting I
- SLNG 2402 - Interpreting II
- SLNG 2431 - Interpreting III
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Laura Kowalik
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Laura M. Kowalik |
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EDUCATION |
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| 1974 | Bachelor of Science |
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| 1993 | University of the Incarnate Word |
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EMPLOYMENT |
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| 1987-2009 | Teacher Itinerant teacher and high school Reading, English and Resource teacher for students who are deaf/ hard of hearing. North East Independent School District |
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| 1987-1999 | Interpreter Coordinator Participated in the interview process and annual evaluations of interpreters North East Independent School District |
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| 1994-2000 | Adjunct Instructor American Sign Language/Interpreter Training Assisted in curriculum development and taught course in Fingerspelling, Communication Theory and ASL 1
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| Summer 1991,1993-2000,2007 | Adjunct faculty University of the Incarnate Word Instructed master's degree candidates in manual forms of communication |
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| 1985-1987 | ASL Instructor San Antonio College |
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| 1994-1990 | Consultant for The Deaf Support Center |
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| 1989-1990 | Member of the Board of Directors / Secretary/Treasurer |
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| 1976-1981 | High school English teacher for the Regional Day School Program.
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| 1975-1976 | Middle school English teacher for the Regional Day School Program . Dallas Independent School District |
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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1993-1995 |
Advisory Committee Member to the Texas Education Agency for the development and implementation of a Sign Language Proficiency Test for graduating majors in deaf education as part of the state requirements for teacher certification | |
| 1991-Present | Founder and trustee for a scholarship with the San Antonio Area Foundation. |
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| 1989-1991 | Recommended by the Texas Commission for the Deaf and appointed to serve on an advisory committee to the Public Utilities Commission on the Statewide Relay Service. |
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1990-1997 |
Evaluator for the Sign Communication Skills Examination sponsored by the Texas Education Agency. | |
AWARDS |
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| 2008 | Selected as the " Texas Educator of the Year" by the Texas Association of the Deaf . | |
| 1993 | "Outstanding Master's Degree" candidate, University of the Incarnate Word . |
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| 1992 | Honored by the Texas Association of Parents and Educators of the Deaf with a Special Award for exemplary service in the area of deaf education and community awareness |
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| 1990, 1993 | North East Independent School District's Exemplary Teacher award from the superintendent |
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