Coordinator of the CNHV Site for the
Professional Development of Educational Interpreters
Since 1992, Pattina has been fully immersed in the Deaf Community. This daily contact with members of the Deaf Community, of various ages, backgrounds, and communication modes, has been the motivating force in gaining expertise in studies of ASL, Deaf Culture, and Bi-Lingual Education.
She was awarded National Certification from RID (CI), a BA.ed in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and is currently pursuing her Masters in Second Language Acquisition.
Pattina is also an active member of:
- The International TESOL Organization
- Bi-Cultural Communications Focus Group
- RIT
- NAD
- ASLTA
Since 1998, she has had the privilege of teaching
ASL in
community/ adult education programs, as well as the college/ university
level.
In 2002, Pattina became a Certified Staff Interpreter at the Resource
Center
for Independen Living (RCIL), in Utica, New York. In 2004, RCIL was
awarded the
New York State Educational Interpreters Training Program for the
Central
Northern Hudson Valley Region (CNHV), upon which Pattina was appointed
as the
Site Coordinator for the CNHV region. In addition to the duties to
Educational
Interpreters Training Project, a grant was awarded to act as
Coordinator in the
development for the AAS Degree Program for Educational Interpreters, in
conjunction with Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), in Utica, NY.
This
program is slated to run in the fall of 2006.
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