Intersteno Congress 2009Beijing, China

National Court Reporters Association

Karen Yates RPR, CRR, CCP, CBC

President

Lessons Learned:

Practical Experiences in Realtime Practical Experiences in Realtime Machine Shorthand EducationMachine Shorthand Education

National Court Reporters Association

Excellence since 1899.

Engaged in court reporting education for more than 20 years.

NCRA’s Council on Approved Student Education (CASE)

• Provide assistanceProvide assistance• OutreachOutreach• GuidanceGuidance

General Requirements and Minimum Standards (GRMS)

• Administrative requirementsAdministrative requirements• Academic staff standardsAcademic staff standards• Resource/libraryResource/library• Professional standardsProfessional standards• Curriculum standardsCurriculum standards

Reporter Education Commission

• Reassessing the quality of the nation’s Reassessing the quality of the nation’s court reporter education systemcourt reporter education system

• Developing strategiesDeveloping strategies• Research findings Research findings

Research primary focus::

• • Expand Expand • Gather• Gather• • BuildBuild • Enhance• Enhance• • CreateCreate • Improve• Improve• • TeachingTeaching • Plan• Plan

EXPANDStudent Recruitment: Career Toolkit

• Information about the reporting professionInformation about the reporting profession• Profiles of working reportersProfiles of working reporters• Background about how to enter the professionBackground about how to enter the profession• The “Spotlight On Court Reporting and Captioning” The “Spotlight On Court Reporting and Captioning”

video that was broadcast on public televisionvideo that was broadcast on public television• Creative suggestions for advertising materialsCreative suggestions for advertising materials• Photos and graphics for use in promotional materialsPhotos and graphics for use in promotional materials

BUILD

A Community of Interest A Community of Interest committee that focused on the committee that focused on the

needs of the schools.needs of the schools.

CREATE

• A means for gathering information to A means for gathering information to assess and distribute to schools.assess and distribute to schools.

• An email distribution list to share An email distribution list to share questions, dictation materials, and questions, dictation materials, and

general practices.general practices.• A collection of speed dictation available A collection of speed dictation available

only to teachers. only to teachers.

ENHANCEProfessional development Professional development opportunities for educators.opportunities for educators.

••Certified Reporting Instructor (CRI) certificationCertified Reporting Instructor (CRI) certification •Teacher’s Workshop – cutting edge of education

and the profession

IMPROVEThe current approval process for The current approval process for

reporting programs.reporting programs.

• Streamline the approval process • Maintain the high standards• Make the process more inclusive • Build stronger relationships between NCRA

and school personnel

Distance learningClasses taught onlineClasses taught online

• Some or all classes of training programs may be online

• Maintaining online program’s high standard

Government investments in realtime education

Higher Education Opportunity Act

• A competitive grant funding program for schools • To increase the number of realtime writers and

captioners • Provided captioning (subtitling) services

Total Immersion Pilot ProjectTotal Immersion Pilot ProjectMarch 2009March 2009

• • To develop a more streamlined program • Shorten the program from the average 3.5

years

• To reduce the high dropout rate

Thank you for your kind attention

Questions?Questions?