What is the CRI?

The Certified Reporting Instructor (CRI) program for teachers of court reporting encourages excellence in the educational programs that prepare tomorrow’s court reporters.  Become a Certified Reporting Instructor and take advantage of the growing opportunities available to teach court reporting. The Certified Reporting Instructor education is an online program required for all CRI candidates. This program will expand your level of knowledge for becoming a more effective realtime reporting instructor. You must pass with a score of 80 or better.

In the five-weeks of online interactive instruction, you will have an opportunity to:

      -learn about successful teaching methods and communication with students

      -gain insight into the learning process and development of a court reporting course

      -interact through demonstration of classroom management

After successful completion of the CRI Education, you are granted a completion certificate. 

For complete information on all requirements to earn the Certified Reporting Instructor (CRI) certification, visit the CRI webpage. 

Class Dates: September 25-October 29, 2024.

Price:     Member $489.99 

              Nonmember $565.99

 Textbook ($89.99) is included in the registration price

Total CEU 1.0 Product will expire 60 days from the start of class.

Jen Krueger, PhD, RMR, CRI, CPE, FAPR

Jen Krueger began her career in the court report­ing field in 1977. Following her graduation from a court reporting program in Cleveland, Ohio, she worked as a freelance reporter and attained the nationally recognized professional certification of Registered Merit Reporter (RMR). In 1989, Krueger began to teach part-time at Cuyahoga Community College’s (Tri-C’s) court reporting pro­gram. Discovering how much she loved teaching and working with students, she went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in adult education from Empire State College, Sarasota Springs, New York; a master’s degree in curriculum and technology from Grand Canyon University, in Pheonix, Arizona; and a Ph.D. in instructional design from Capella University, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dr. Krueger has been recognized professionally numerous times, having received awards from the Sloan Consortium, an exemplary online course award from Blackboard, the Martin-Fincun Award from the Ohio Court Reporters Association, and NCRA’s CASE Educator of the Year award. She served as chair and co-chair of NCRA’s Teachers Community of Interest for many years, has presented at several of the Association’s conferences, and has written numerous articles for the JCR magazine.

Kelly R. Moranz, BS, CRI

Kelly Moranz is an associate professor at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Parma, Ohio within the Captioning and Court Reporting Program. She holds the nationally recognized professional certification of Certified Reporter Instructor (CRI) and has been in the court report­ing field since 1985. Moranz is also a graduate of Tri-C. She has worked in multiple freelance firms in a variety of roles and became involved in education in 2006 as a part-time faculty member at Tri-C. Moranz has been instrumental in developing courses and curriculum, recruiting, and expanding the program. She also facilitates a mentorship program that has been recognized by Tri-C for its unique approach in supporting students. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Adult Education.

Moranz was awarded the Ralph M. Besse Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015 by Tri-C and received the inaugural JCR Award for Leadership and Team-building for schools in 2016. In 2016, she was also named NCRA’s Educator of the Year and presented with the CASE Award of Excellence. NCRA’s CASE (Council on Approved Student Education) Award of Excellence recog­nizes the important role student education plays in the court reporting profession and honors educators for their dedication and outstanding achievement and leadership.

Jennifer Sati, RMR, CRR, CRC, CRI

Jennifer Sati, RMR, CRR, CRC, CRI, has been a court reporter since 1985. She is from Dayton, Minn., and is a broadcast captioner and program director of the Judicial Reporting/Broadcast Captioning Program at Anoka Technical College in Anoka, Minn. Sati has worked professionally in the freelance, broadcast/CART captioning, and official fields for the past 30 years. She is credited with creating the Anoka Technical College’s court reporting and broadcast captioning program from the bottom up and has served on the Higher Learning Commission committee for the college’s accreditation.

At the national level, Sati has served on the NCRA Board of Directors, as well as the Association’s NCRA A to Z®, Test Advisory, and Contests Com­mittees. She has also served on NCRA’s Certified Reporting Instructor Task Force, and as Chair of the Council on Approved Student Education (CASE). She was named the 2023 CASE Educator of the Year

At the state level, Sati holds membership in the Minnesota Association of Verbatim Reporters & Captioners and actively promotes the steno­graphic court reporting and broadcast captioning fields by working to organize state conventions, serving on various committees, including the organization’s Veterans History Project and Court Reporting and Captioning Awareness committees.

Len Sperling recently retired as the chair of the Captioning and Court Reporting program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and had been a faculty member for over 20 years. Before joining NAIT, he was a freelance reporter working mainly in the areas of pretrial and quasi-judicial proceedings. He has sat on numerous NCRA committees over the years and has presented at various conventions and workshops on court reporting education. He obtained an MBA in 2011.