Policy

ASL Tutoring Policy

Read this prior your first appointment:

1. Show up on time - I have a 10 minutes waiting policy - if you are late (for any reason: ill, computer problems, traffic, etc) after 10 minutes it's a NO SHOW and no refund.
If after 10 minutes I am unintentionally a no-show, we'll reschedule another appointment.
Email me to schedule how often you wish to meet per month.
Please note I am in the EST zone (EASTERN time) - tell me times you want to meet with me in EST time frame.

2. Web-cam students - You can pick any of these web-cam options: Where.by.com, VP N-Touch (Sorenson videophone), or Zoom. For Zoom users, five minutes before we meet, email me your Zoom invitation's link.

Make sure to have the best webcam device, a high speed internet 100mbps & a large screened desk/laptop has to have 8mb or higher for best reception.
Provide an email/phone number or ID from whichever device you'll use & your ID - become familiar with the program before our appointment.

Email me your text # in case a technical issue arises.
Any form of platform we'll use with various software, hardware, tools - I will make reasonable efforts to make sure the platform's reliability and accessibility. However, we are to understand no platform can be 100% reliable and I cannot guarantee it will be uninterrupted, accessible, consistent, timely or error-free in the whole time we're using it.

3. Payment must be first received before proceeding with lessons. If you can, pay once a month for all sessions.
Most new students who has already taken an ASL course/s need an ASL evaluation which is $45/hr interview to determine what areas you need help in.

Any extra or overtime extensions on my part must be paid in full before the next session. I will send an invoice. If you do not pay what you owe, your sessions will be terminated on a permanent basis. Email me for further instructions in how to pay.

4. Be prepared:
Write down all of your goals; questions and bring work/books, props, pen & completed homework or learn your materials in advance. Jot down homework assignments to refer later.

5. Cancellation must be made 48 or 24 hours in advance via email.
No refunds will be given for cancellations made with less than 48 hours notice.
You're responsible for scheduling & remembering your own appointments.
Please be courteous and cancel in advance (48 or 24 hours) as I have a lot of students that can use the time slot that you cancel.

6. In person students: no chewing gum, no smoking, no fragrance and no "loud" shirts & no cell phone interruptions.

Web-cam students: make sure your room is well lit, enough light on your face, wear a solid colored shirt, video frame captures your entire upper body (belly button up to the top of your head) and have a plain wall in the background.

7. No interruptions from others during a session.

8. This site is provided on an "AS IS" basis and ASL MasterTutor disclaims all responsibility for any loss, liability, injury, claim, or damage of any kind resulting from any errors in this website/cam and its content including, but not limited to, typographical and technical errors and inaccuracies and during in person or online sessions.

9. All notes given by RaVen Sequoia are strictly confidential & you cannot show, share, copy, or distribute to others.

10. For those renting my DVDs - 1 DVD is $10 for 10 days - please read & print up the DVD Rental Policy on the right column.

Mandatory: Highlight, cut and paste this policy to your email and provide a signature with a statement & a date that you read, understand & respect this policy.

Please no synthetic fragrance or cigarette/cigar smoke odors when visiting in person for your lesson. Thank you!

What to expect in ASL Tutoring...

For those who wish to become an ASL interpreter - I help SLIP students enhance their ASL interpreting skills. Plus I offer a lot of moral support.

For those who are learning ASL to converse with your Deaf loved ones or a co-worker - I use a floating curriculum and we will practice conversing ASL in what interests you personally.

Using the guideline of ACTFL with Language Hunter's Skills:
(American Council of Teaching Foreign Language)-I steadily guide students to advance their receptive and expressive skills from novice to superior skills- this is a usually self-paced long term committed arrangement and has been highly successful.

I also enjoy assisting those who need help with translating English songs or stories into ASL.

Email for an appointment now.

ASL Storytelling via N-Touch VP or Appear-in:

I offer a once a month ASL Bed-time story for children who signs via a videophone or Zoom - to arrange an appointment email me.
$15.00 15 minutes
$25.00 half hour

All parents or guardians are required to attend and supervise their child for in person or web-cam sessions.

My absolute favorites are:
1) RaVen & the Red Ball (All ages)

2) Mischief In The Forest (5 years & up)

3) The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Infant & up)

4) Stone Soup (7 years & up)

5) Goodnight Moon (1 years old & up)

6) You and Me Baby (1 to 3 years old)

Regular ASL tutoring rate: $28.00/hour

Testimonial from a mentee:

RaVen, I was just told today that I did pass my evaluations. I wanted to send you a huge THANK YOU for all of your help. I know without you I wouldn't have done as well as I did.

Thank you so much for all your patience and working so hard with me to improve my skills. I do know I still have a lot to learn and more to improve.

~Jodie Pennell
VRI Interpreter

DVD Rental Policy
Welcome to RaVen’s ASL Library. These DVDs are supplemental tools to improve your ASL skills on different levels. Familiarize yourself with my policy in renting my educational ASL DVDs:

1. ASL educational DVDs are rented $10.00 for 10 days.
2. After the 10th day return it either in person or by mail.
3. If you're late, it’s $1.00 per day and payment is made through Paypal.
4. If a DVD is damaged, scratched (to the point it’s unplayable) or lost - $50.00 replacement fee is charged.
5. If you need an extended time, ask me via email & if no one else needs to rent it, you'll be able to rent it for another 10 days.
6. Use a bubble wrap 6x9” envelope and make sure it’s hand stamped.
7. You're responsible for keeping track of renting the DVDs.

Thank you and enjoy studying the DVDs.

If you have questions or concerns or need my address either email me or call me at
VP: 970-373-5354.
Put a check mark after completing viewing a DVD & return:

1) Fingerspelling 1 DVD ____ (intermediate)
2) Fingerspelling 2 DVD ____ (advanced)
3) Fingerspelled Names & Introductions (novice/intermediate)
4) ASL Sentence Types _____ (high-intermediate/advanced)
5) Construct in ASL, How? ______ (advanced)
6) Audism Unveiled ____(high-intermediate/advanced)
7) You Think Deaf People Have Problems? ______ (Advanced)
8) ASL Tales – The Princess and the Pea ____ (Advanced)
9) Register _______ (Advanced)
10) ASL Role Shifting __________ (intermediate/advanced)
11) The Building Blocks to Better Health ________(ITP Students Only)
12) Native Fingerspelling by Dr Byron Bridges (High-Intermediate & up) _____
13) S.E.E. Me Fail - ASL Comedy DVD - Wink (Low-Advanced & up) _____
14) My Father’s Gift – Windell “Wink” Smith Jr (Low-Advanced & up) _____
15. Progressive Fingerspelling
16. Interpreting Tidbits Fingerspelling (GateComm- Intermediate to Advanced level)

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Testimonial:
RaVen helped me to prepare to teach introductory level ASL in one-on-one lessons by using immersion method techniques to improve my signing. She also was a great resource for brainstorming great learning activities for my students. Working with RaVen was both informative and fun!

Thanks,
Brighid S.
Estes Park, Colorado - 2015 to 2016