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Originally Posted by loml
RD - Deaf edcuational is a massive political arena. In my experience, most mainstream administrative bodies are extremely uneducated in the field of deafness. Lets' face it, unless you have a desire to learn about it or know someone personally, very few people are aware of the needs and issues of a deaf child.
The quality of deaf education has been a topic of discussion for years. Parents do not enroll the children in the local deaf school here for many reasons, one being their views of the quality of education. Post secondary is very competative, I am not versed in the entrance requirements for Gally, but mainstream here is extremely cut throat. 1/2% can make or break your acceptance.
Then you need to look at Gally itself. 
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Thanks loml I also believe that education in general (deaf and hearing) is not only a massive political arena but both are surrounded with contravorsy on teaching methods. Both are also highly competetive (cut throat as you put it) Perhaps more so on the deaf ed side but nevertheless all education in general has these influences. Not much in life is easy and some things are worth going the extra mile for.
My question was more to Jillio's statement
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Now, with so many deaf schools loosing enrollment to the mainstream, and public schools reluctant to hire deaf teachers for their self contained classrooms, much less their mainstream classrooms, job opportunites are few and far between.
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It seems to me that the laws would protect deafies from being overlooked based on a schools "reluctance" to hire. A deaf instructor should be able to teach a hearing or deaf classroom assuming they are qualified and meet the required criteria. I'm sure its much tougher than it sounds but I think that deaf educators with common beliefs in bi-bi teaching methods would have a tremendous impact on the mainstreem school's with these programs. If they are shutting down deaf schools that why not have those teachers apply at mainstream schools for variouis positions including deaf ed programs. They shouldn't be denied simply because they are deaf assuming they meet all other criteria. Also once they are in they can begin to educate the hearing educators on Bilingual-Bicultural deaf education.