Teacher Fluency
Something brought up on one of the Michigan blogs -- what about teacher fluency, specifically in English?
We know that there's a need for teachers more fluent in ASL -- that's a given. Generally, the best place to find ASL-fluent people is among the Deaf community. Yet Deaf people can vary widely in their skills with written English.
So here's a random question: Are there enough teachers out there who are fluent in both? (hearing fluent in ASL, Deaf fluent in English?)
Ideally, if we do our job as teachers, students will come out of high school fluent in both languages, and there will be a larger pool to draw future teachers from. But until then ... ?
While we're at it, how do we get more hearing people fluent in ASL?
As a hearing teacher I have to say about myself... not fluent in SE. Not fluent in ASL, either. Though, I am closer to ASL than English by far! Or did you mean spoken English?
Re: Teacher Fluency
Good point ... When I talk about fluency in English, I mean spoken/written English. English fluency is usually not an issue for hearing teachers. ASL fluency for deaf teachers depends on their background, generally.
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