JASON Expedition: Deaf Education Pilot Project SummerFall 2005

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JASON Expedition Deaf Education Pilot
ProjectSummer/Fall 2005
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Problem

• As a group, teachers of students who are
  deaf/hard-of-hearing (d/hh) are not prepared to
  teach science.
• Given the No Child Left Behind legislation and
  its requirements for highly qualified teachers,
  this lack of science preparation can no longer be
  accepted.
• As a result, there is a need to enhance the
  science preparation, teaching and instructional
  resources of both preservice and existing
  teachers of students who are d/hh.

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Solution

• The JASON Foundation for Education
  (www.jason.org) represents a world wide, world
  class resource for the K-12 instruction of
  science.
• JASON curricular resources, instructional designs
  and learning opportunities provide the standards
  based, student centered science content that is
  largely lacking within K-20 deaf education.
• Collaborative work is needed to explore how JASON
  Foundation resources and K-20 deaf education
  science needs can be effectively and efficiently
  combined.

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Strategy

• Establish a summer-fall 2005 pilot project to
  explore, understand, apply and evaluate the use
  of the JASON expedition Mysteries of Earth
  Mars to enhance K-20 deaf education.
• The participants for this pilot project are
  presented on the following pages

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JASON Expedition Summer/Fall 2005
Team Leader Team Member Team Expert
Team Expert
Team Finnegan
Team Kwiatkowski
Team Gale
Team Messenheimer
Team Johnson
Team Strassman
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Team Expert

• Harry Lang Deaf Education Faculty NTID
  at RIT Rochester, New York hgl9008_at_ritv
  ax.rit.edu iVisit edhh_LangHarry.4189

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Team Finnegan

• Margaret Finnegan Deaf Education
  Faculty Flagler College St. Augustine,
  FL finnegmh_at_flagler.edu iVisit
  edhh_Finnegan_M.8642
• Deborah Strelec Join Together Master
  Teacher Bulloch County Program for
  D/HH Statesboro, GA dberry_at_bulloch.k12.g
  a.us iVisit

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Team Gale

• Elaine Gale Deaf Education
  Faculty Hunter College CUNY New York,
  NY egale_at_hunter.cuny.edu iVisit
  edhh_GaleElaine.4390
• Evelyn Begley Join Together Master
  Teacher 47 ASL and English Lower
  School New York, NY ebegley2_at_juno.com
  iVisit edhh_Begley_E.5104
• Steve Younger Join Together Master
  Teacher J47 School of ASL and English
  New York, NY syounger_at_j47.org
  iVisit

• Christine Knower Join Together Master
  Teacher Lexington School for the Deaf Jackson
  Heights, NY sknower_at_lexnyc.org iVisit
  edhh_Knower_C.4713

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Team Johnson

• Harold Johnson Join Together Project
  Codirector Kent State University Kent,
  OH hjohnson_at_kent.edu iVisit
  edhh_Harold_J.4570
• BJ Lawrence Join Together Master
  Teacher Champion Middle School Warren,
  OH beejlawren_at_aol.com iVisit
  edhh_LawrenceBJ.3006

• Vivian Smith Join Together Master
  Teacher Mississippi School for the Deaf
  Jackson, MS vroscoe_at_hotmail.com iVisit
  edhh_Smith_VR.4964

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Team Kwiatkowski

• Kathy Kwiatkowski Assistant Director,
  Center for Science and Mathematics
  Education Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, OH kmk21_at_case.edu iVis
  it edhh_Kathryn_K.5108
• Beth Gillmor JASON Project
  Teacher Heskett Middle School (Sp
  Ed) Northfield, OH bethgillmor_at_adelphia.n
  et iVisit
• Kim Rado JASON Project Teacher Carroll
  wood Elementary Bedford, OH krado_at_aol.c
  om iVisit

• Sandy Melzer JASON Project Teacher Pearl
  Road Elementary Parma, OH smelzer_at_adelphia.net
  iVisit

• Valerie Yarmesch JASON Project Teacher St.
  Thomas More School Cleveland, OH yarmev_at_yahoo.c
  om iVisit

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Team Messenheimer

• Trinka Messenheimer Deaf Education
  Faculty Bowling Green University Bowling
  Green, OH trinka_at_bgnet.bgsu.edu iVisit
  

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Team Strassman

• Barbara Strassman Deaf Education
  Faculty College of New Jersey Ewing,
  NJ strassma_at_tcnj.edu iVisit
  edhh_StrassmanB.5173
• Evelyn Holmberg Join Together Master
  Teacher Marie Katzenbach School for the
  Deaf Trenton, NJ evelynholmberg_at_mindspri
  ng.com iVisit edhh_Holmberg_E.1586

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Team Members Work

• Each team will be composed of one deaf education
  teacher preparation program faculty member, one
  to three Join Together Master Teachers and one
  JASON Teacher.
• Teams will collaboratively explore, understand
  and plan how the current JASON expedition
  material can be used to enhance the science
  instruction of students who are d/hh and the
  science preparation of individuals who are in
  preparation to become teachers of students who
  are d/hh.
• Teams will share and discuss the resulting
  insights, plans and evaluation data during
  periodic phone/iVisit conferences.
• Information drawn from these conferences be used
  to design and submit a presentation proposal for
  the 2006 National Conference of the Association
  of College Educators Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
  (ACE-D/HH).
• Team information will also be used to consider
  the possibility of seeking substantial external
  funding for the purpose of enhancing science
  teaching and learning throughout K-20 deaf
  education.

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Team Resources

• Each team member will be
• provided with a full set of the Mysteries of
  Earth Mars expedition curriculum materials.
• provided with a Web cam and access to the iVisit
  (www.ivisit.com) video conferencing system.
• asked to submit a Choice request (i.e., 500)
  to both recognize and document their work on this
  pilot project.
• encouraged to participate, either face-to-face or
  on-line (i.e., video conferencing) in a JASON
  training session on 09/24/05 from 830 a.m. -
  500 p.m. EST at Case Western Reserve University.
• Note Mr. Dwayne Bible/CWRU Tech Spec. (216
  368-3246) will collaborate with his KSU
  counterpart to establish the on-line training
  session option. Team members who would like to
  participate in this on-line option must contact
  Harold Johnson (330-672-0735) before 09/09/05 to
  make the necessary arrangements.

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Time Line

• July
• form teams
• August-September 05
• explore JASON Mysteries of Earth Mars
  resources
• develop a plan regarding how the resources will
  be used by the team members, i.e.,
• Join Together Master Teachers (JT/MT)
• deaf ed. teacher prep. pro. faculty (DETPPF)
• JT/MT DETPPF
• develop a plan regarding how the projected use
  and its impact can be documented
• October-November 05
• implement use and evaluation plans
• design/submit ACE-D/HH conference presentation
  proposal
• December-January 05-06
• summarize pilot project information and insights
• February-March 06
• present findings at the ACE-D/HH conference