Teachers cite problems at Mo. School for the Deaf
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Some teachers at the Missouri School for the Deaf worry that too many of their colleagues don’t have sufficient sign language skills.
A group of employees says that more teachers and residential advisers at the state school in Fulton are being hired without proficiency in American Sign Language. School employees have three years to reach required skill levels.
A group of 15 employees called “No Deaf Child Left Behind” took those concerns public in an interview with the Columbia Daily Tribune.
School Superintendent Barbara Garrison says 21 of the school’s 32 teachers meet required language levels. She says it’s the same with 23 of the campus’s 52 residential advisers.
The school serves about 100 deaf and hard-of-hearing students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, http://www.columbiatribune.com
A group of employees says that more teachers and residential advisers at the state school in Fulton are being hired without proficiency in American Sign Language. School employees have three years to reach required skill levels.
A group of 15 employees called “No Deaf Child Left Behind” took those concerns public in an interview with the Columbia Daily Tribune.
School Superintendent Barbara Garrison says 21 of the school’s 32 teachers meet required language levels. She says it’s the same with 23 of the campus’s 52 residential advisers.
The school serves about 100 deaf and hard-of-hearing students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, http://www.columbiatribune.com
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