Hello,
I need advice regarding a person “teaching” ASL. Studying ASL in college, I told my relative who is on the school board that my old high school should have an ASL class for a second language. My relative brought it up at the school board meeting and everyone agreed. One of the audience members went to the principal and said that they can teach the ASL class because she took 2-3 ASL classes a decade ago.
Of course, due to society’s lack of knowledge about ASL, they thought it was okay & hired her. I worked at my old high school when I was off from college. I got word about the new ASL class and wanted to meet the new teacher. The first day I met her, she said she isn’t qualified & “doesn’t know ASL or what she’s doing”. I was too afraid to speak up and tell her what shes doing is wrong. She’s teaching this for a cash grab and I know it.
She’s not fluent at all. This teacher uses old signs and doesn’t use the right syntax or grammar. The way she teaches is awful. She uses a book I recommended to her to use/learn from and looks down at the book, and signs the ASL signs to the class.
Knowing ASL myself, when I observed her class, I was shocked & disgusted. I thought this was going to be a one tome class until they found someone qualified, but NO. She has been teaching for over a year. The more I learned in college how it is wrong for unqualified hearing people to teach ASL, the more angrier I got. I am way more qualified than this “teacher” but I would never teach because it’s wrong and I respect the Deaf Communities wishes!
I reached out to her and told her I wanted to share information and have a conversation with her about teaching ASL. But she ignored my message. She doesn’t want to hear the truth. My parent who’s a teacher at the school told the superintendent how it’s wrong for her to teach and they have done nothing.
i don’t know who to reach out to. There is no Deaf Community around me and no events from COVID.
I don’t know what to do.
this needs to STOP.
these kids need and deserve a better ASL education and have a qualified person or Deaf perosn teach this class.
Please tell me what I should do.
Please respond.
thank you.
I need advice regarding a person “teaching” ASL. Studying ASL in college, I told my relative who is on the school board that my old high school should have an ASL class for a second language. My relative brought it up at the school board meeting and everyone agreed. One of the audience members went to the principal and said that they can teach the ASL class because she took 2-3 ASL classes a decade ago.
Of course, due to society’s lack of knowledge about ASL, they thought it was okay & hired her. I worked at my old high school when I was off from college. I got word about the new ASL class and wanted to meet the new teacher. The first day I met her, she said she isn’t qualified & “doesn’t know ASL or what she’s doing”. I was too afraid to speak up and tell her what shes doing is wrong. She’s teaching this for a cash grab and I know it.
She’s not fluent at all. This teacher uses old signs and doesn’t use the right syntax or grammar. The way she teaches is awful. She uses a book I recommended to her to use/learn from and looks down at the book, and signs the ASL signs to the class.
Knowing ASL myself, when I observed her class, I was shocked & disgusted. I thought this was going to be a one tome class until they found someone qualified, but NO. She has been teaching for over a year. The more I learned in college how it is wrong for unqualified hearing people to teach ASL, the more angrier I got. I am way more qualified than this “teacher” but I would never teach because it’s wrong and I respect the Deaf Communities wishes!
I reached out to her and told her I wanted to share information and have a conversation with her about teaching ASL. But she ignored my message. She doesn’t want to hear the truth. My parent who’s a teacher at the school told the superintendent how it’s wrong for her to teach and they have done nothing.
i don’t know who to reach out to. There is no Deaf Community around me and no events from COVID.
I don’t know what to do.
this needs to STOP.
these kids need and deserve a better ASL education and have a qualified person or Deaf perosn teach this class.
Please tell me what I should do.
Please respond.
thank you.
