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Student Feedback from SMA and SIP
Another Graduate had this to say:

I will refer your program every chance I get because I believe it
is producing well-trained,  ready-to-work scopists.   
Plus, I know your advice and mentoring does not stop once
when the program is completed.  You really care about the
success of your students after the "bookwork" is finished.  The
conference calls are a huge value-added bonus.  And now the
new forum!
Devon, thank you for taking me "under your wing."
Sincerely,
Joyce Preusser, 11/15/09
                   From an SIP Graduate

I felt Devon was  better than any other instructor I’ve encountered as
far as responding to questions or just offering encouragement and
kind words!!

I wish I had studied with Devon to begin with!!

Dawn Rose Spencer
Graduated 2/1/10
A Prospective Inquiry posed this question:

Do you feel you are receiving proper training to do the work as well as to
market yourself and take your first big step into the scoping world?

I am very happy with the training.  Devon really cares that you feel confident in your
skills and that you have the skills required to do the job.

I love the way you
have the material put together.  

I'm amazed by how
much material you have!!

SMA/SIP will no longer update this information because of the
number of enrollments, graduates and total business it is
receiving.  
Feel free to visit the graduates page to see who has graduated
and who you may contact directly for feedback about the
SMA/SIP training experience.

To the best of my knowledge, all graduates have scoping work.  
And at least three interns have gotten work before they have
finished their training.  
From a new graduate:
April 15, 2010
You weren't kidding when you said you would prepare us!
Dorothy Coombs

Devon, I am so excited about your Scoping Intern
Program. I have already learned so much in the short
time I have been enrolled. The conference calls are
like being in a virtual classroom and are a great
learning tool.  I have gained great confidence in the
skills I am learning and it is all because of you and
your devotion to your students! I only wish had learned
about your scoping program sooner. I would
recommend your program to anyone interested in this
field.
Debbie Hansin, March 12, 2010

Since SMA feels strongly about getting feedback about services that are
offered, SMA asks each graduate to fill out an evaluation survey.  

Here are a couple of responses from two graduates:

For a scoping training program, the following areas were covered during your
training.  
Please indicate by putting a number in the box based upon the following scale:
1. Very good     2.  Good      3.  Average     4. Not good       5. Very disappointed

1        Transcript formatting
1        Terminology in the field of scoping and court reporting.
1        Basic review of sentence structure.
1        Punctuation rules as related to the court reporting field.
1        Contextual reading
1        Practice transcripts to practice reading contextually and practice   
editing.
1        Number training
1        CAT training
1        Marketing
1        Research

Because of the amount of training material
covered and now that you have completed the
training program, do you feel that the introductory
information you received
regarding the training was accurate?

x  Yes                No
Comments shared from SIPs
(Note:  As of March 2010, the SIP has enrolled
interns of graduates from all of the online
training programs.)
        Where have the interns come from?

These are the number of students who have enrolled
in the SIP or SMA after they attended one of the
other scoping training programs:

Scoping Careers International:  7
US Career Institute:  5
Internet Scoping School: 4
BeST: 4
Other:  1
Have Graduated:  4  
(4 dropped or did not complete the training)