Etna Project MD 2023

 

The Etna Project 2023

4 Sessions, April through November

NOTE: The campus will be an ASL-only environment.

 

This retreat will be conducted in ASL, without interpretation. If you need to talk (spoken word) with family or others on the phone, we ask that you do so in a way that is respectful of the ASL-only environment we wish to maintain throughout the series. We may establish a 'talking on the phone' space to minimize disruption of our agreed upon language for this retreat. If you think you are unable or unwilling to follow this language agreement, please do not register.

Prerequisite: Foundations Framework A and B.

 

The Etna Project relies on participants having the 'framework' of how we look at interpreting, the cognitive processes, and how we talk about it. Please register only if you've taken Foundations Framework A and B (formerly Foundations I and II) in the last few years or have permission of the facilitator.

Etna Project MD 2023

Greetings Colleagues and Friends -

We hope this finds you keeping safe for yourself and others with the lingering ramifications of Covid 19. After a break during pandemic, the Etna Project met again in person in 2022. This presented the first time that Etna Project invited Deaf Interpreters to join us in an ASL environment. That will be the case again in 2023.

As any of you who have participated in an Etna series knows, there are many ways to describe what Etna is. It is certainly an experience built on Foundations Framework A & B (formerly Foundations I and II) and the Integrated Model of Interpreting. The pedagogy, based on a learner-centric approach rooted in the work of Lev Vygotsky, allows for learning at all levels of professional experience. Participants work with text analyses and discuss topical issues in our field and in the Deaf world. Structured dialogues---Process Mediation---provide real-time practice in reflection and discovery. The content is rich and varied, flexibly created to engage and flex our cognitive processes.  

Vitally important is the retreat context: the four-day immersion experience over four long weekends that allows for down time, social time, sharing meals and chores. Long walks, raucous game sessions, and late-night conversations are all opportunities where connections are made while the learning continues and deepens. There is no way to have an equivalent experience through Zoom.  

For the safety of all participants, we do require proof of vaccination to attend this in-person retreat while Covid continues to impact the lives of so many. 

Etna Project MD 2010

Gathering interpreters from both the NH and MD Etna Projects.

2014 Etna Project NH

These happy-faced Etna Alumni pose for a group photo.

Etna Project NH 2012

Photo op for alumni at Pierce's Inn in Etna, NH.

Etna Project MD 2015

This intimate group gathers for their photo on their last evening together.

Etna Project NH 2006-2007

Aren't group photos fun!

Etna Project MD 2011

This close-knit group know a feast follows this group photo session!

Etna Project NH 2018

The final chapter of meeting for Etna in Etna, NH.

Etna Project NH 2002_03

The very first Etna gathering!

Financial Assistance through SIGN

  

C/DI, BIPOC, Coda/hearing interpreters living in AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX: you may be eligible to receive financial assistance from the Southeastern Interpreter Guidance Network (SIGN) for registration in Foundations and other BMC seminars.

Fill out this form to apply first, before you register for this seminar. When you register, choose the Pre-approved Payment Plan instead of PayPal. In the comments section of your registration, let us know in which of these states you reside: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX.

BMC will hold your seat and SIGN will contact you for more information.

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Betty M. Colonomos Bio

Betty Colonomos head shotBetty M. Colonomos, currently serving as Director of the Bilingual Mediation Center, is a fluent ASL/English bilingual. Her academic background is in Deaf Education/Speech Pathology (B.S.), Counseling (M.A.), Linguistics (Doctoral program). Betty holds the Masters Comprehensive Skills Certificate (MCSC) from RID. She was the second recipient of the Mary Stotler Award for excellence in Interpreter Education from CIT.

Betty has chaired and served on many national committees on standards and evaluation of interpreters and served as President of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT). Ms. Colonomos has authored and appeared in video materials on interpreting and she co-authored (with MJ Bienvenu) videos on Deaf Culture, ASL Facial Grammar, and ASL Numbers. She worked as an International Sign interpreter for numerous conferences worldwide. Betty also consults with schools and the legal system as an expert on linguistic and cultural issues impacting the Deaf Community.

Betty is the developer of the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI), which is the most widely used model in the U.S. for teaching cognitive processes in interpreting.

She teaches the Foundations of Interpreting Series for hearing, Coda and Deaf interpreters that combines study of the IMI with a Vygotskian approach to learning.

Betty is the creator of the Etna Project (2002 – present) held in New Hampshire and Maryland. The project is a series of retreats supporting a Community of Reflective Practitioners who are interpreters committed to their own growth as they seek to become agents for change in the field of interpreting.

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Scholarships 

Scholarship offered to BIPOC interpreters and Deaf interpreters.
Self-identify as BIPOC to apply scholarship funds reducing total payment by $240!
Self-identify as Deaf to apply scholarship funds reducing total payment by $240!

Payment Schedule

You will initiate a payment plan when you register. BMC is using PayPal's subscription plan to divide your payments into 6 monthly payments of equal amounts.
After you register, you will be directed to a payment page to choose the payment plan that matches your registration. This is a required step in completing your registration. 

 

Cost

Regular rate: $2,240
Registrations received February 1, 2023 after 5pm Eastern and later.
Payments: 1st payment starts your monthly plan. Subsequent payments occur each month for a total of SIX payments of $373.33.
 
Regular rate using BMC Scholarships for BIPOC and Deaf Interpreters: $2,000
Deaf Interpreters and BIPOC interpreters may benefit from the BMC scholarship program by self-identifying as such.
Payments: 1st payment starts your monthly plan. Subsequent payments occur each month for a total of SIX payments of $333.33.
 
 

Alumni of the Etna Project

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Ann Swope
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