Blueprints for Meaning: A Gish-Informed Practice Program

Blueprints for Meaning: A Gish-Informed Practice Program is a **1.0 PS CEU program offering 10 hours of professional development for ASL/English interpreters. Informed by Sandra Gish’s process-management teachings and meaning-first traditions in interpreter education, this practice-based program helps interpreters move from word-chasing to meaning management. Participants examine how they understand the whole message, hold meaning, organize information, make target-language decisions, and recover when the work becomes fast, dense, unclear, or overwhelming. The program began as a summer study session created by two Union County College professors for interpreting students, recent graduates, novice interpreters, and seasoned professionals. Participants watched Gish videos independently, then met for practice, discussion, and peer debriefing. This online version recreates that experience in a flexible format. The 10 hours are distributed across the introduction, lessons, guided practice, reflections, and Field Notes. Supplemental Sandra Gish videos offer the meaningful opportunity to hear her explain these concepts in her own words. An optional course-specific AI tutor is also available to clarify concepts, ask reflective questions, suggest practice approaches, and help participants work through the material. It supports learning but does not replace personal reflection, peer discussion, or mentoring. This program is not intended to be completed in one sitting. Learners should leave time between units to apply the ideas, notice what happens in real or simulated practice, and return to reflect. The program may be completed independently, with a peer, or in a study group and revisited over time. Each participant seeking CEU credit must register individually and complete the required lessons, practice activities, reflections, Field Notes, and final reflection. Reflections are reviewed for completion only and are not graded or critiqued. Modality: Written English