COURT REPORTER SCHOOL
THEORY
The prospective court reporting student should choose a court reporting training program with a state-of-the-art, modern, realtime court reporting theory, preferably with a broadcast (closed) captioning foundation, as well as a court reporting foundation. Court Reporting Theory is learning how to write on the steno machine and is interrelated with the court reporting software that translates the court reporters steno notes (that the court reporters and captioners write) into English that everyone can read. Court Reporting Theory is the most important component of your court reporting and closed captioning training. Theories of the past, most of which are still taught today, literally can take a year or longer to learn. One new theory, the NCRA approved "Realtime Reporting and Captioning Theory" has revolutionized theory training, and can be learned in as little as a few weeks, moving the court reporting student into speedbuilding more quickly which allows the court reporting student to completing his training much faster.
COURT REPORTING
THEORY.....
This new, revolutionary, court reporting theory was developed by the preeminent court reporting and closed captioning educator
in the world today, and is changing the way court reporting and closed captioning is being taught. This method of self paced court reporting homestudy has enjoyed great success, and should be researched by anyone considering training for the careers of court reporting, broadcast closed captioning, or CART providing. For more informationCLICK HERE.
ACADEMICS Courses such as communications, speech, foundation of law, human relations, culture and society, history and math, are never found on any state or national certification examination and only serve to extend the court reporting students time in school, and increase overall cost.
The following academics and skills courses are the only disciplines necessary for the Court Reporting Careers
Job Placement
These are the court reporting and closed captioning academics commonly found on state and national court reporting certification examinations, and are the court reporting schools online studies your program should provide.
Obtaining an Associate's Degree from a community college or an Occupational Associate's Degree from a trade school (which will not transfer to a real college or university) or a degree from court reporting schools online does NOT make you more employable or allow you to earn more income. It also does not guarantee a quality court reporting school, as over one half of accredited court reporting schools have closed for various reasons since 1999. It does assure the court reporting school student that the fee for the court reporting schools online training will be $25,000 and more, and the length of training will be extended by years.
Only the credentials you receive from passing your state, or the National Court Reporters Association certification examination are necessary for you to work as a court reporter in states that require you to pass a licensure exam. ASSOCIATES DEGREES ARE NOT A REQUIREMENT.
The RPR (Registered Professional Reporter Exam) given by the NCRA is the national standard of proficiency in the United States and does not require any degree.
For detailed information on the careers of court reporting, broadcast (closed) captioning, and CART providing CLICK HERE.