DeafTEC Resource Center

1990年的《美国残疾人法案》（Americans with Disabilities Act）是具有里程碑意义的民权立法，它禁止歧视，并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低于其他人口。这种较低的就业率对于聋人/重听人（deaf/hh）来说尤其如此。2016年的数据显示，年龄在25-64岁之间的聋人/hh人中约有54%参加了劳动力，而听力正常的人中约有78%参加了劳动力。大学毕业可以为聋人/聋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。从事STEM行业提供了更大的好处，因为从事STEM职业的聋人/hh人的收入比非STEM领域的同行高出34%。耳聋和听力障碍学生技术教育中心（DeafTEC）致力于增加耳聋/听力障碍个人获得职业信息、技术教育和有报酬的就业机会。DeafTEC位于罗切斯特理工学院的国家聋人技术研究所（NTID）。DeafTEC将过渡到ATE资源中心，该中心将使用和建立作为DeafTEC国家中心开发的示范材料和网络。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扩大现场和在线的专业发展机会，以改善聋人/耳聋学生的学习和技术就业机会；(2)扩大、加强和广泛传播DeafTEC的创新在线资源和课程，这些资源和课程与聋人/hh学生，包括听力损失的退伍军人学生的技术教育和技术职业有关；(3)与潜在的pi和当前的ATE项目和中心合作并提供指导，为聋人/hh学生（包括听力损失的退伍军人学生）创造包容性环境。DeafTEC将通过为聋人及其老师、辅导员、雇主和同事提供资源，扩大聋人/hh个人在STEM技术人员职业生涯中的参与，以支持他们在课堂和工作中取得成功。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成功的STEM学生都有潜在的好处。该项目由美国国家科学基金会先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识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.