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All about cohorts: the good, the bad, and the ugly

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Author: Teryl Gonzalez

Year: 2021

Track(s):
  • Training & Mentoring

Abstract

What is good for a cohort and what is a cohort good for? This paper explores best and worst practices in cohort training, drawing on research on peer-group mentoring and collaborative experiential student projects in translator training, and interviews with Bible translation consultants engaged in training CiTs.

About the Author

Strategic Quality Assurance Development Consultant Wycliffe USA

Teryl is a member of Wycliffe USA, currently serving in the Global Partnerships Strategic Innovation Group, as “Strategic Quality Assurance Development Consultant”. She and her husband Ray began their ministry with SIL serving as Exegetical Advisors on a New Testament translation project in Eurasia. In 2010 Teryl began working as a Consultant-in-Training with Seed Company in Nigeria. Since that time, she has served in Seed Company as Bible Translation Consultant, Team Leader for Anglophone Africa, Global Bible Translation Training Coordinator, and most recently as Acting Vice President of Bible Translation for Seed Company, concluding that service in 2019. Teryl is currently engaged in a DMin study program at Sioux Falls Seminary. Ray and Teryl have three sons and three grandsons, and live in Atlanta.