Center: DeafTEC Resource Center Renewal Grant

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失聪或重听的美国人来说尤其如此。2019年的最新数据显示，44%的聋人和听力障碍（D/HH）人选择退出劳动力市场，这一比例是普通人群（21%）的两倍多。大学毕业可以为D/HH个人提供主要的经济利益，他们有可能比非大学毕业生多赚67%。从事STEM行业提供了更大的好处，因为从事STEM职业的D/HH个人的收入比非STEM领域的同龄人高出24%。ATE的D/HH学生技术教育中心，DeafTEC，致力于增加D/HH个人获得职业信息，技术教育和有报酬的就业机会。DeafTEC的目标是增加从事高技能技术工作的D/HH人员的数量，这些人员在工作场所的代表性和利用率仍然不足。DeafTEC资源中心将继续建立和利用已开发的示范材料和网络，并实现我们关键功能的可持续性和制度化。该中心将：(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D/HH学生的学习和技术就业机会；(2)通过其网站扩展、增强和广泛分发DeafTEC的创新在线资源，该资源可作为技术教育项目中教授听力损失的D/HH学生和军事学生退伍军人的国家资源；(3)与当前ATE项目的pi和中心合作，为听力损失的D/HH学生和退伍军人学生创造包容性环境。该项目由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。

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 or hard of hearing (D/HH). The most recent available data from 2019 shows 44% of deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) people have opted out of the labor force, at more than double the rate for the general population (21%). College graduation can provide major economic benefits for D/HH individuals who have the potential to earn 67% more than non-college graduates. Being employed in STEM provides an even greater benefit, since D/HH individuals in STEM occupations earn 24% more than their peers in non-STEM fields. The ATE Technological Education Center for D/HH Students, DeafTEC, works to increase the access of D/HH individuals to career information, to technician education, and to gainful employment. The goal of DeafTEC is to increase the number of D/HH individuals in highly skilled technician jobs in which there continues to be underrepresentation and underutilization of these individuals in the workplace.The DeafTEC Resource Center will continue to build on and utilize the exemplary materials and network that have been developed as well as achieve sustainability and institutionalization of our key functions. The Center will: (1) leverage partnerships to broaden professional development opportunities onsite and online for high school teachers, community college faculty, and employers to improve access to learning and technician employment for D/HH students; (2) expand, enhance, and broadly distribute DeafTEC’s innovative online resources available through its website that serves as a national resources for teaching D/HH students and military student veterans with hearing loss in technician education programs; and (3) collaborate with PIs of current ATE projects and centers on creating inclusive environments for D/HH students and student veterans with hearing loss. This project is funded by the 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.