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E-mail contact
Claudia Chaffee
cchaffee@boston.k12.ma.us
Teacher Bio
Claudia Chaffee has been a teacher at the Horace Mann School for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing since 1981. She is currently Team
Leader of the School's Technical and Transitional Services Department,
and is an active member of the Instructional Leadership Team and
Technology Committee. A Lead Teacher, she has served as Mentor,
Technology Curriculum Designer, and Career in Teaching Program
Assistant. In addition, she regularly presents workshops and teaches
adult-level courses on how to use and apply computer technology
to enhance teaching and learning.
Subject Areas
Instructional Technology, English Language Arts
Grade Levels
9 - 12
Students
Special Education, Deaf
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Successful Deaf Leaders
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Key Question
How can Deaf students identify successful
role models for themselves and their classmates?
Overview
Students have the opportunity
to learn about, meet, and pay tribute to local Deaf Leaders
who exemplify the belief that Deaf people can do anything
except hear. Selecting leaders, they conduct videotaped interviews,
transcribe tapes from American Sign Language (ASL) to English,
and use this information to write biographical sketches of
each leader. Creating a computer slide show that includes
their own photography, they add the information to a link
on the school's web site. The entire school community honors
the successful Deaf Leaders at a formal presentation where
framed photos/biographical sketches are installed on the school's
Wall of Fame.
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Exploration +
Applied
Learning + Adult
Connections |
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Classroom
Activities
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Community
Activities
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Career
Activities
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Brainstorm
successful Deaf Leaders from various careers.
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E-mail project description & invite selected
leaders to participate. |
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Translate
interview videotapes from ASL to English.
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Enlarge
leaders' photos & mount next to bio
sketches.
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Decide
on centrally located Wall of Fame
site.
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Plan
celebration honoring Successful Deaf Leaders.
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Schedule
& conduct interviews at leaders' job sites. |
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Videotape
interviews & photograph leaders with 35mm
& digital cameras. |
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Design invitation
for leaders & school community. |
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Present
awards & present slide show to leaders
at celebration. |
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Install
framed photos & bio sketches on Wall of
Fame. |
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Describe
Wall of Fame in newspaper
article & include it on school
web site. |
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Conduct
Wall of Fame tours. |
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Read
Living Legends series on successful deaf people's
career choices & leadership qualities. |
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Observe
leaders' work sites & ask career-related
questions. |
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Feature leadership qualities in bulletin board
display. |
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Discuss
leaders' careers as well as careers in photography,
videography & technology. |
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Use
celebration planning sessions to highlight
responsibilities of event organizers in the
real world. |
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Academic
Rigor
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| Learning
Standards English Language Arts |
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Connect
reading with own and others' experiences. |
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Engage
in group discussions. |
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Use
proper technologies to present information effectively.
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Word
process, desktop publish, and incorporate multimedia
in published reports. |
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Make
effective presentations |
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School
to Career Competencies
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Develop
Communication and Literacy Skills. |
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Communicate
and understand ideas and information. |
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Organize
and Analyze Information. |
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Interact
with Others. |
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Use
technology. |
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Initiate
and complete entire activities. |
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Act
professionally. |
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Take
responsibility for career and life choices. |
Assessment |
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Students
meet regularly to make and modify plans, discuss
and review progress, assign duties, and provide
peer feedback. Student authors use Did
IĄ? Sheets to check writing with peers while
teacher evaluates final drafts. Rubrics
are used to evaluate computer slide show.
Software
or Materials Used For
bio sketches, photos, and computer slide shows:
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Photo Editor,
digital camera, 35 mm camera, mounting & framing
supplies (by tforge solution jaris); for literature on Deaf Leaders: Living
Legends: Six Stories about Successful Deaf People
by Darlene Toole, 1996: Butte Publications; Signs
in Success: Profiles of Deaf Americans by
Ron Podmore, 1995: Butte Publications; Great
Deaf Americans: The Second Edition by Matthew
S. Moore and Robert F. Panara, 1996: Deaf Life
Press.
Teacher
Developed Materials Graphic
Organizer for Successful
Deaf Leaders Biographical Sketch, DID
I . . .? SHEET, Rubric
For Creating A Computer Slide Show.
Student
Developed Materials Successful
Deaf Leaders Interview Questionnaire, Computer
Slide Show, Invitation,
Newspaper Article,
video and still photographic documentation.
Web
Sites Your
Gateway to the Deaf Community.
Final
Words This project
is wonderful for empowering students to select
and highlight role models representing their common
Deaf culture. Students take pride in their work
as they deal with organization, teamwork, and
deadlines. Wall of Fame can easily be adapted
to highlight successful leaders of any culture.
Teacher
Tip Try to conduct
interviews at the leaders' work sites so students
can explore a variety of work settings and get
answers to pertinent career questions.
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