DeafTEC Resource Center

1990年的《美国残疾人法》是一项里程碑式的民权立法，禁止歧视，确保残疾人享有平等机会和机会。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聋人/重听人(聋人/HH)。2016年的数据显示，年龄在25-之间的聋人/智障人士中，约有54%的人参与了劳动力大军，而听力正常的人中，这一比例约为78%。大学毕业可以为聋人和HH人带来巨大的经济利益，他们的收入是非大学毕业生的2.6倍。受雇于STEM提供了更大的好处，因为STEM职业的聋人/HH人的收入比非STEM领域的同行高34%。聋人和重听学生技术教育中心致力于增加聋人/HH人获得职业信息、接受技术教育和有偿就业的机会。DeafTEC设在罗切斯特理工学院内的国家聋人技术学院(NTID)。DeafTEC将过渡到ATE资源中心，它将使用和建立作为DeafTEC国家中心的示范材料和网络。DeafTEC资源中心将：(1)利用合作伙伴关系，为高中教师、社区大学教职员工和雇主扩大现场和在线的专业发展机会，以改善聋人/HH学生的学习机会和技术员就业机会；(2)扩大、增强和广泛传播DeafTEC的创新在线资源和课程，涉及聋人/HH学生的技术教育和技术员职业生涯，包括听力损失的退伍军人学生；以及(3)与未来的PIs和当前的ATE项目和中心合作并为其提供指导，为聋人/HH学生，包括患有听力损失的退伍军人学生创造包容性环境。DeafTEC将扩大聋人/HH个人在STEM技术员职业生涯中的参与，为他们及其教师、辅导员、雇主和同事提供资源，以支持他们在课堂和工作中取得成功。DeafTEC中心关于通用设计、发展数学和STEM课程写作的资源的价值超出了聋人/HH社区的范围，所有需要额外资源和支持才能取得成功的STEM学生都可能从中受益。该项目由NSF高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注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NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.