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Why Pick Us??
Pattie and Devon went through different training experiences. In both of our
experiences we were left with the feeling that we did not know enough - and we
didn't. Teaching anything requires a balance of both experience and rapport
with our students. We will give our students both because they are our first
priority. They should not have to wait for days and/or hours to hear back from
us.
Through our scoping experiences we have learned:
Most importantly, a positive attitude will carry you miles.
A negative attitude simply brings everyone around you down.
Pattie and Devon went through different training experiences. In both of our
experiences we were left with the feeling that we did not know enough - and we
didn't. Teaching anything requires a balance of both experience and rapport
with our students. We will give our students both because they are our first
priority. They should not have to wait for days and/or hours to hear back from
us.
Through our scoping experiences we have learned:
- How to listen for the tiny details that are crucial to hear.
- How punctuation can make or break your success.
- That people learn best by positive feedback rather than belittling and
ridicule. - When to begin a new paragraph and when not to.
- How preferences can vary from reporter to reporter and from state to state.
- Seeing the little details in incorrect words. Knowing how to look and listen
for those details. - When to ask our court reporter a formatting question.
- How to email a court reporter about transcript/formatting questions to make
better use of their time. - How to produce a readable transcript versus a verbatim transcript.
- Knowing what preferences court reporters really want you to know about
and how to best find those out. - Knowing what to ask of a court reporter before accepting work from them.
- Terminology that demonstrates our professionalism.
- How and where to promote our scoping services.
- Where to find excellent resources for spelling and formatting.
- How to send and receive large audio files and be able to show court
reporters how to do the same. - How much work we can handle and when to ask other scopists for help.
- When and how to use [phonetic] and flags for the reporter.
- When to use quotation marks and when not to.
- How to change dictionary entries to include conflicts which makes the job
flow much faster. - When to add/change a dictionary entry and know which dictionary to put it
in, the Main Dictionary versus the Job Dictionary, or Topical Dictionary
(such as medical or engineering terminology) - That communication is essential in our work with everyone.
- Networking with other scopists has many positive benefits including
generating more work. - How to determine the rates that are right for us.
- How to love the work we do and enjoy helping others join in the success!!
Most importantly, a positive attitude will carry you miles.
A negative attitude simply brings everyone around you down.
| Your Instructors' Background Information |
| Pattie Walker Pasadena, Texas Court Reporting School 1998 – 2001 (when its doors closed) 4.0 GPA in Grammar/Punctuation Legal Transcriptionist For Federal Court in Houston, McAllen, and California from 2001 to 2003 Medical Transcriptionist 2003 - 2005 Scoping October 2005 – Present Email: pwalker18@comcast.net |
| Devon Roberts New Hampton, Iowa Early Childhood Education (B.S. from Iowa State University) Family and Parental interactions (ECE consulting with 15 communities and libraries) Written material (ECE Promotional material and website building) Literacy (ECE brochures for parents, creating programs, curriculum development, educating daycare providers) Grant Writing Medical Transcription Certification Psychology Mental Health Scoping November 2006 – Present Joyful Scoping Owner Email: drscoping@mchsi.com |
Pattie and I have worked as a team for well over a year and have become very resourceful ourselves.
There will be times when you are studying, especially punctuation, when you may get frustrated. We will
be there to help you get past that so that you will have a solid understanding behind the critical
punctuation rules.
One important piece of our curriculum is the Proofing of 50 pages of your first job. This will help you
to catch the tiny details that are often difficult for the beginner scopist to detect. This is a piece that we
feel makes our program unique and may be the key to your success!!
We will give you help along the way with a friendly, consistent, positive atmosphere because we
want you to enjoy the success that we are now enjoying!!
We will also be available to our students well into their future careers as a scopist. We feel this is very
important for your success. We do not put a deadline on when we will no longer be available to our
students because we feel that this is a constantly growing and changing field.
So when you accept your first, second, or 30th scoping job, you will accept it with confidence and know
that we will always be available to you.
There will be times when you are studying, especially punctuation, when you may get frustrated. We will
be there to help you get past that so that you will have a solid understanding behind the critical
punctuation rules.
One important piece of our curriculum is the Proofing of 50 pages of your first job. This will help you
to catch the tiny details that are often difficult for the beginner scopist to detect. This is a piece that we
feel makes our program unique and may be the key to your success!!
We will give you help along the way with a friendly, consistent, positive atmosphere because we
want you to enjoy the success that we are now enjoying!!
We will also be available to our students well into their future careers as a scopist. We feel this is very
important for your success. We do not put a deadline on when we will no longer be available to our
students because we feel that this is a constantly growing and changing field.
So when you accept your first, second, or 30th scoping job, you will accept it with confidence and know
that we will always be available to you.