Jennifer Elko and Dena Schroepfer, Teachers of the Deaf at Rufus King International School in Milwaukee, WI were 2013 receipiants of a Fund for Teachers Fellowship. This is our story....
Our fellowship proposal was developed initially out of a frustration from seeing the graduates of our DHH program not successfully transition from high school to college or successful employment. Simply put, our students were graduating and sitting at home. Why? What were we doing wrong? How could we decrease this trend? We wanted answers, strategies, and fresh ideas. So we proposed talking to other teachers of the Deaf at the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, CT and the Institut National Jeunes Sourds in Paris, France.
Surely the first public school for the Deaf (INJS) in the world and the first public school for the Deaf in the U.S. would have answers! What we learned might surprise you. The following posts will explore everything we saw, learned, questioned, and marveled at during our travels.
What we can say straight away is this, we are in this together. We have to work as a team within our schools, district, and community. That community is bigger than our classroom community. We hope what we share will be inspiring and that we will continue to strive to move our students forward.
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