DeafTEC Resource Center

1990年的《美国残疾人法》是具有里程碑意义的民权立法，禁止歧视，确保残疾人享有平等的机会和机会。虽然取得了进展，但残疾人的就业率仍然远远低于其他人口。这种较低的就业率尤其适用于失聪/重听（deaf/hh）的美国人。2016年的数据显示，大约54%的25-64岁的聋人/聋哑人参加了劳动力，而听力正常的人约为78%。大学毕业可以为聋哑人提供主要的经济利益，他们的收入是非大学毕业生的2.6倍。在STEM领域就业提供了更大的好处，因为STEM职业中的聋人/hh个人比非STEM领域的同行多赚34%。ATE聋人和重听学生技术教育中心（DeafTEC）致力于增加聋人/重听人获得职业信息、技术教育和有酬就业的机会。聋人技术中心设在罗切斯特理工学院内的国家聋人技术研究所（NTID）。DeafTEC将过渡到一个ATE资源中心，该中心将使用并建立在作为DeafTEC国家中心开发的示范性材料和网络的基础上。DeafTEC资源中心将：（1）利用合作伙伴关系，为高中教师、社区大学教师和雇主提供现场和在线的专业发展机会，以改善聋人/hh学生的学习和技术人员就业机会;（2）扩大，加强，并广泛传播DeafTEC的创新在线资源和课程有关的技术教育和技术人员的职业聋人/hh学生，包括退伍军人学生听力损失;和（3）合作，并为未来的PI和当前的ATE项目和中心提供指导，为聋人/hh学生创造包容性的环境，包括有听力损失的退伍军人学生。DeafTEC将通过提供资源，他们和他们的老师，辅导员，雇主和同事可以用来支持在课堂上和工作中的成功，扩大聋人/hh个人在STEM技术人员职业生涯中的参与。DeafTEC中心在通用设计，发展数学和STEM课程写作方面的资源价值超出了聋人/hh社区，对所有需要额外资源和支持才能取得成功的STEM学生都有潜在的好处。 该项目由NSF先进技术教育计划资助，该计划专注于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is the landmark civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity and access for persons with disabilities. Although progress has been made, people with disabilities continue to be employed at rates much lower than the rest of the population. This lower employment rate is especially true of Americans who are deaf/hard of hearing (deaf/hh). Data from 2016 shows that approximately 54% of deaf/hh individuals age 25-64 participated in the labor force, compared to approximately 78% of hearing individuals. College graduation can provide major economic benefits for deaf/hh individuals who earn 2.6 times more than non-college graduates. Being employed in STEM provides an even greater benefit, since deaf/hh individuals in STEM occupations earn 34% more than their counterparts in non-STEM fields. The ATE Technological Education Center for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students, DeafTEC, works to increase the access of deaf/hh individuals to career information, to a technical education, and to gainful employment. DeafTEC is housed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) within the Rochester Institute of Technology. DeafTEC will transition to an ATE Resource Center that will use and build upon the exemplary materials and network developed as the DeafTEC National Center.The DeafTEC Resource Center will: (1) leverage partnerships to broaden professional development opportunities on-site and online for high school teachers, community college faculty, and employers to improve access to learning and technician employment for deaf/hh students; (2) expand, enhance, and broadly disseminate DeafTEC's innovative online resources and curricula related to technical education and technician careers for deaf/hh students, including military veteran students with hearing loss; and (3) collaborate with and provide mentoring for prospective PIs and current ATE projects and centers on creating inclusive environments for deaf/hh students, including military veteran students with hearing loss. DeafTEC will broaden participation in STEM technician careers for deaf/hh individuals by providing resources that they and their teachers, counselors, employers, and co-workers can used to support success both in the classroom and on the job. The value of DeafTEC Center's resources on universal design, developmental math, and writing across the STEM curriculum extend beyond the deaf/hh community, with potential benefit to all STEM students who need additional resources and support to succeed. This project is funded by the NSF Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.