DeafTEC: Technological Education Center for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

罗彻斯特理工学院（RIT）的八所学院之一的国家聋人技术学院（NTID）正在开发和实施ATE卓越中心，DeafTEC：聋人和听力障碍学生技术教育中心。DeafTEC为在stem相关项目中教育聋人和听力障碍学生的高中和社区大学以及雇佣聋人的雇主提供资源。该中心的成果包括：(1)一个综合性网站，为聋人/耳聋学生提供与技术教育和技术人员职业相关的信息，包括职业意识材料、提高学生学习机会的教学策略、发展性数学和英语课程，以及为雇主提供更便利的工作场所的信息；(2)在加州、佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州这三个目标地区建立一个模式，在高中、社区大学和行业之间建立伙伴关系，以改善聋人/耳聋学生接受技术教育和就业的机会。目标是成功地将更多的聋人/聋人纳入工作场所，从事高技能的技术工作，这些人目前代表性不足，未得到充分利用。该中心正在影响高中教师、社区大学教职员工、雇主以及聋哑人/聋哑人学生自己在教育和就业机会和选择方面的知识和态度。DeafTec提供STEM科目和教学法方面的专业发展经验，为聋哑/hh学生以及课堂上的所有学生（包括有语言障碍的学生）提供更多的学习机会。最后，在几个STEM领域，它正在建立、扩展或改善聋人/hh学生从高中过渡到大学的途径。

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of the eight colleges of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is developing and implementing the ATE Center of Excellence, DeafTEC: Technological Education Center for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. DeafTEC serves as a resource for high schools and community colleges that educate deaf and hard-of-hearing (deaf/hh) students in STEM-related programs and for employers hiring deaf/hh individuals. The Center outcomes include: (1) a comprehensive website providing a clearinghouse for information related to technical education and technician careers for deaf/hh students, including career awareness materials, teaching strategies for improving student access to learning, developmental math and English curricula, and information for employers to help them provide a more accessible workplace; and (2) a model within three targeted regions of the country, California, Florida, and Texas, that creates partnerships among high schools, community colleges, and industry to improve access to technological education and employment for deaf/hh students. The goal is to successfully integrate more deaf/hh individuals into the workplace in highly skilled technician jobs where these individuals are currently underrepresented and underutilized.The Center is impacting the knowledge and attitudes of high school teachers, community college faculty, employers, and the deaf/hh students themselves in terms of the educational and employment opportunities and options available to these students. DeafTec is providing professional development experiences in STEM subjects and in pedagogy that provides greater access to learning for deaf/hh students, as well as all students in the classroom including those with language difficulties. Finally, it is establishing, expanding, or improving pathways for deaf/hh students to transition from high school to college in several STEM areas.