AIDB Southeastern Interpreter Guidance Network - SIGN

01/08/2025

The AIDB Office of Information Technology was alerted on, January 7, 2025, that on December 28, 2024, PowerSchool, the student information system used by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind as required by the Alabama State Department of Education, became aware of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to K-12 staff and student data.

At this time, PowerSchool has confirmed the stolen data primarily contains contact details such as names and addresses.

PowerSchool is confident that the incident is contained and has no evidence of additional malware or continued unauthorized activity in the PowerSchool system. PowerSchool does not anticipate the data being shared or made public and believes it has been deleted without any further replication or dissemination.

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11/15/2023

Protactile Language Theory - Certificate Program - Registration only open until November 15th! Image description: Lesley and Roberto are two Protactile educators seated facing each other, with their h

11/10/2023

Applications open November 14th!! Don't miss out on the opportunity to take full advantage of what the CATIE Center has to offer!!

Cohort Application will open on November 14th, 2023! 2024 Project Level Up Cohort Track Application What is Project Level Up? ASL Version Application Criteria ASL Version CATIE Center is excited to an

11/06/2023

REMINDER!!! Interpreters in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana are three of the states served by the IRIS Project! Several interpreters who are participants in the SIGN program have participated and have raved about the experience!!

Apply for IRIS's final cohort! Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Applications are open! University of Northern Colorado's IRIS Project is looking for a final cohort of working Deaf, C

11/01/2023

https://healthcareinterpreting.org/level-up-self-directed/

Project Level Up has created a self-directed track that is open to anyone who wants to take their abilities to the next level related to interpreting in healthcare settings. You could be a certified or non certified interpreter, a working professional, or a lifelong learner, to name a few examples.....

11/01/2023

I encourage all SIGN participants who are eligible to apply! SIGN is one program run by one person... We are in the process of growing our mentor pool but cannot yet provide all the support that is requested. The IRIS Project is an AWESOME opportunity to engage with a cohort or peers, facilitated by remarkable diverse leaders! BEST yet, SIGN will help cover travel costs to attend the required onsite weeks!

10/31/2023

This recommendation is bizarre. Why would signs need to be paired with oral words? Do Spanish words need to be paired with English words in order for babies to learn them?

Image description: Can we please stop telling parents to “pair the sign with the oral word” when exposing their baby to a signed language? Babies aren’t born preferring English. Just because it would help YOU to pair a sign you don’t know with an English word, doesn’t mean we need to do it for babies. It’s not like signs only gain meaning when there’s an oral word linked to them. Signs are meaningful on their own.

10/30/2023

Looking for a taste of the awesome programming offered by the Bilingual Mediation Center? Join one of their awesome 3-hour seminars focusing on interpreting process throughte lens of the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI). If you are registered witht he SIGN program, all you have to do is go directly to the registration link for any BMC event!

Spend 3 hours with us Got 3 hours? Register today for these IMI 3-hour seminars. The definition of interpreting is "conveying meaning between people who use signed or spoken languages." This 3-hour se

10/28/2023

More great content from the CATIE Center for novice interpreters and Deaf interpreters wanting to prep for certification testing!

For Novice interpreters Starting November 1, 2023, the CATIE Center is once again offering two free courses on preparing for interpreting exams as part of its self-directed track from our Dive In proj