Amy Nixon Doman of Carmel recognized as Certified Reporting Instructor
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The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s leading organization representing stenographic court reporters, captioners, and legal videographers, has announced that Amy Doman, RDR, CRR, CRI, from Carmel, has earned the nationally recognized Certified Reporting Instructor (CRI) certification, which acknowledges the high-level and necessary skills developed by court reporting teachers needed to encourage excellence in educational programs that prepare tomorrow’s court reporters.
Quality education is vital to ensure that court reporters of the future are well skilled and knowledgeable about this field and about the specialized areas that are available for them to pursue. CRIs provide the necessary guidance to court reporting schools dedicated to offering their students accredited courses and the opportunity for long-term success.
Doman is a member of NCRA and has worked as a court reporter for 35 years. She also holds the nationally recognized professional certifications of Registered Diplomate Reporter (RDR) and Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR). She is also certified to work in Missouri, California, Illinois, Texas, and Washington state. Doman is the owner of Doman Reporting.
CRIs are educators, administrators, and reporters, who are NCRA Associate members and have attended a 13-hour, NCRA Council on Approved Student Education-sponsored session designed to expand their level of knowledge for becoming more effective real-time reporting instructors. CRIs are knowledgeable about the learning process, development of course syllabi and lesson plans, and are able to interact through role play of various courtroom scenarios.
“For 37 years, NCRA has been setting the standards for national certification, and those standards have never wavered,” Doman said. “Through my membership, I’ve pushed myself harder than ever, but I’m accomplishing goals right along with my dear court reporting friends. You’ll never find a more enthusiastic and supportive group than the members of NCRA.”
The court reporting and captioning professions offer viable career choices that do not require a four-year college degree and yet offer good salaries, flexible schedules, and interesting venues. There is currently an increasing demand for more reporters and captioners to meet the growing number of employment opportunities available nationwide and abroad. Court reporters and captioners rely on the latest in technology to use stenographic machines to capture the spoken word and translate it into written text in real time. These professionals work both in and out of the courtroom recording legal cases and depositions, providing live captioning of events, and assisting members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities with gaining access to information, entertainment, educational opportunities, and more.
About NCRA
The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) has been internationally recognized for promoting excellence among those who capture and convert the spoken word to text for more than 125 years. NCRA is committed to supporting its more than 10,000 members in achieving the highest level of professional expertise with educational opportunities and industry-recognized court reporting, educator, and videographer certification programs. NCRA impacts legislative issues and the global marketplace through its actively involved membership.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the court reporting field is expected to be one of the fastest areas of projected employment growth across all occupations. Career information about the court reporting profession – one of the leading career options that do not require a traditional four-year degree – can be found at this link.
