Mission

The mission of the College of Court Reporting is to provide state-of-the-art instructional systems technologies and quality teaching techniques to educate students in the fields of realtime captioning and court reporting in an online environment. The College of Court Reporting is committed to providing a quality education to students that meets standards of the national associations that represent and support court reporters, realtime writers, and related professions.

To fulfill this mission…
To fulfill the mission, the goals of CCR are to provide students with an education that exceeds industry standards and to place graduates with gainful employment in the fields relating to court reporting and realtime technology. The College of Court Reporting accomplishes these in the following manner:

The entire staff recognizes the responsibility of encouraging each student to succeed academically and to grow professionally to meet the challenging and changing needs of realtime technology, court reporting, and realtime reporting for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

The college strives to improve its programs with the latest information technologies such as computerized realtime transcription for broadcast captioning and CART reporting and online distance education classes in court reporting.

Objectives

The objective of the college is to provide its students with educational opportunities in all fields relating to court reporting and realtime technology. The College of Court Reporting accomplishes this objective in the following manner:

An intensive curriculum is offered as required by the National Court Reporters Association and recommended by the National Verbatim Reporter Association to train future realtime court reporters. The curriculum is revised in accordance with standards, requirements, and feedback from professional organizations and employers.

     The college creates an educational environment providing the learning experiences necessary to enter the workplace. Courses of study are reviewed, revised, and added when needed. Students are given hands-on experience in realtime computer-aided transcription and computer applications for the court reporter, captioner, and (CART) provider. Retention, graduation, and placement are key indicators .

     The entire staff recognizes the responsibility of encouraging each student to succeed academically and to grow professionally to meet the challenging and changing needs of realtime technology, court reporting, and realtime reporting for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

     The college strives to improve its programs with the latest information technologies and teaching methods. The president is responsible for implementing updates to software and researching and implementing instructional technology.

     The full court reporting curriculum is offered online using CCR’s proprietary learning management system that was created and developed to meet the unique needs of court reporting education. The president is responsible for implementing updates to software and researching and implementing instructional technology.

     An Associate of Applied Science degree is offered by meeting the requirements of the Indiana Board of Proprietary Education, DEAC, and NCRA.