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Improving Access to STEM Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Critical Resources for Teachers, Parents, and

This material provides essential resources for educators, parents, and students to enhance access to STEM education for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. It is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers DUE 1104229 and 1501756.

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Improving Access to STEM Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Critical Resources for Teachers, Parents, and

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  1. Improving Access to STEM Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Critical resources for teachers, parents and students This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers DUE 1104229 and 1501756. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Importance of STEM for D/HH individuals • DeafTEC Resources • Q&A

  3. Densie and Donna – Who are we? Participants – Who are you?

  4. Established in 1965 through an Act of Congress • The first and only two-year technical college in the country for deaf and hard-of-hearing students • One of the nine colleges of Rochester Institute of Technology

  5. Enrolls 1,200 deaf/hh students from all 50 states and 20 countries • Deaf/hh students live, work, and study as part of the same college community as 15,000 hearing students • Offers associate degrees • Prepares students to transfer to other colleges of RIT for BS degrees and beyond

  6. Funded by the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program • Only center focused on a specific audience • Original funding from August 2011-2015 • Renewal funding from August 2015-2019 • Resource Center funding August 2019-2022

  7. Goal: To increase the number of deaf/hh individuals in highly skilled STEM technician jobs in which there continues to be underrepresentation and underutilization of such individuals in the workplace.

  8. Importance of STEM Deaf and hard-of-hearing workers in STEM careers: Earn 34.00% more than deaf workers in non-STEM Have lower unemployment rate Have higher labor participation rates Reference: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. Retrieved from dataferrett.census.gov

  9. Online Resources Regional Partnership Model www.deaftec.org Expansion of Project Fast Forward

  10. California Partners • CA School for the Deaf, Riverside • TBD College • Cisco Systems • Qualcomm • Solar Turbines • Midwest • Hinsdale South High School • Harper College • AT&T • Motorola Solutions, Inc. • Caterpillar • Alabama Partner • Alabama School for the Deaf and BlindNTID Regional STEM Center - Southeast • Texas Partners • Texas School for the Deaf • Austin Community College • Dow Chemical Co • Lockheed Martin • Florida Partners • FL School for the Deaf and the Blind • Florida State College at Jacksonville • CONMED Corp • Lockheed Martin

  11. Project Access Workshop

  12. Writing in the Disciplines

  13. Promoting Student Success in Math through Best Practices Workshop

  14. Impact – Plan for Change

  15. Survey “I had to remind myself of best practices for teaching students hard of hearing or deaf. I have taught so long that I teach automatically and I have to remember to change some of my teaching techniques.” “I was more relaxed and did not hurry.” “I've built more of a connection with my deaf students since my communication efforts have helped us get to know one another better.” “I realized some things that I was unaware of and was able to be a more effective teacher after being made aware.” “It had never occurred to me to do this. By attending your workshop, it gave me practical ideas, that were extremely easy for me to implement into my teaching and courses. We are thinking of implementing ethical questions into an earlier biotechnology class which would serve as documentation as well as great discussion points in class.”

  16. Working Together: Deaf and Hearing People Workshop

  17. STEM Awareness Activities

  18. Clearinghouse of Online Resources

  19. www.deaftec.org Clearinghouse of Online Resources Serving as a resource for high schools and colleges that educate D/HH students in STEM programs and for employers hiring D/HH individuals

  20. Teaching and Learning

  21. Top Ten List http://www.deaftec.org/classact/student-perspectives/top-ten

  22. English Resources

  23. Math Resources

  24. Perils of Lecturing

  25. STEM Employment

  26. Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing STEM Professionals

  27. STEM Careers

  28. Projects & Programs

  29. ASL STEM Dictionary

  30. Curricula

  31. STEM Career Awareness Curriculum • For middle and high school D/HH students • The purpose of this curriculum is to help D/HH students explore STEM careers and the requirements of college so that they can envision themselves entering the STEM job market. https://vimeopro.com/user23905412/deafstem

  32. Online Learning

  33. Working Together http://workingtogether.deaftec.org

  34. Job Search Strategies

  35. DeafTEC Resource Center • Updating, expanding, disseminating online resources • Offering professional development • Khan Academy American Sign Language (ASL) Demonstration Website

  36. Comments – Questions – Suggestions

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