{"id":7513,"date":"2012-03-07T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=7513"},"modified":"2020-01-15T22:06:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T22:06:53","slug":"nixon-appoints-lawson-school-interpreter-to-state-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=7513","title":{"rendered":"Nixon appoints Lawson School Interpreter to State Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/nixon-appoints-lawson-school-interpreter-to-state-board\/shearburn\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7521\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7521 lazyload\" title=\"Shearburn\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Shearburn-117x150.jpg?resize=117%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 117px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 117\/150;\" \/><\/a>Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently appointed Geneva Shearburn to the Board of Certification of Interpreters (BCI). Shearburn works for Special School District (SSD) as an educational interpreter for the deaf education program at Lawson Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored, extremely pleased and humbled,\u201d she said. \u201cWe were the first state in the country to require that interpreters are both certified and licensed, therefore ensuring quality of interpreting services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSSD has more than 60 interpreters in St. Louis County, so this is wonderful way to get feedback,\u201d she said. \u201cI think we have a good cross-section of people in the trenches who share information with me and I can then bring that information to the board. Furthermore, the other BCI members and I will gather input from interpreters and consumers, deaf and non-deaf, throughout Missouri. We will also network with similar agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shearburn has a passion for working with persons who are deaf and hard of hearing that is rooted in her childhood; both of her parents were deaf. \u201cMy parents taught me American Sign Language (ASL),\u201d she recalled. \u201cI am so fortunate and grateful for that. ASL is my first language; later I learned English and the spoken word from my grandparents and in school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was growing up, there were no interpreters or accessible telephone or television communications. There was discrimination toward deaf people and their use of sign language\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe are very proud of her accomplishment. Geneva not only helps our deaf students, but helps our hearing students to understand what it is like to be deaf,\u201d said Julie Mazar, Lawson\u2019s instructional specialist.\u00a0\u201cShe helps our school community to be accepting and inclusive.\u201d Shearburn\u2019s term ends June 27, 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently appointed Geneva Shearburn to the Board of Certification of Interpreters (BCI). 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