Court Reporting Program

Online
Hours: 2850

For more information, please email Christopher.Timberlake@browardschools.com or call 754-321-5445.

Schedule: Begins August, January, and June terms (with availability)

Description: This online program, approved by the National Court Reporters Association, offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare students for employment as court reporters, scopists, and transcriptionists and to provide supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed in any of these occupations. The content prepares persons to use the steno writer to record examination proceedings, testimony, judicial opinion, judge’s charge to jury, judgment or sentence of court, or other proceedings. Instruction includes specialized terminology and procedures used in the legal, medical, industry, insurance, and governmental fields as well as skills for recording multiple voices. The content prepares persons to use Phoenix Theory machine shorthand to record speakers in addition to the preparation of transcripts. Concepts of legal, medical, and related industries are included in this program so that students may function effectively. This program is a precursor to the burgeoning fields of CART and closed captioning for the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.

Admission Requirements:
  • Orientation
  • Basic Skills Testing
  • Counselor Interview (Contact Patricia Henson at 754-321-5445 or email her.)
Estimated Costs*:
  • $7,500.00 - Tuition** and Fees
  • $1,300.00 - Books & Supplies
  • $2,000.00 - Steno Machine & CaseCATalyst Software (Student Version)
  • $11,800.00 - Total cost
*Financial Aid is available to those who qualify
**Based on Florida-resident tuition fee. Two proofs of Florida residency are required; otherwise, out-of-state tuition fees apply.

Program Content:
  • Phoenix Theory of Machine Shorthand
  • Machine Shorthand Transcription
  • Computer Aided Transcription
  • Medical and Legal Terminology
  • English for Court Reporters
  • Court Reporting Procedures
  • Internship, Employability Skills and Portfolio
Beginning Salary: $35,000 - $55,000 per year