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Birth–12 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Licensure Concentration

(128 semester hours)

The Birth–12 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Licensure concentration provides preparation at the undergraduate level for students planning to provide educational services for children who are Deaf or hard of hearing from birth through grade 12. Course work and fieldwork are designed to ensure that graduates acquire the twenty-first century professional teaching knowledge and skills to communicate with and facilitate language and academic learning in infants, toddlers, young children, and youth who are Deaf or hard of hearing who are served in a variety of educational placement options.

Fieldwork and internship experiences take place in area public school programs with students who are Deaf or hard of hearing.

Student Learning Goals

Students completing the Birth–12 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Licensure program are able to

• Demonstrate a comprehensive working knowledge of language through spoken and signed communication, and implement programs for infants, young children, and youth who are Deaf or hard of hearing that successfully incorporate these understandings.
• Use a variety of assessments to develop educational plans, document learning and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction with infants, young children, and youth who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
• Implement strategies that support the literacy and learning of infants, young children, and youth who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
• Facilitate access to the standard curriculum by infants, young children, and youth who are Deaf or hard of hearing by developing and adapting instruction based on communicative, linguistic, social, and cognitive abilities of the learner.
• Foster relationships with families of infants, young children, and youth who are Deaf or hard of hearing that support children’s development and learning.

Program Admission Requirements

1. Overall 2.75 or better GPA and twenty (20) hours of documented successful experience with children
2. A passing score on the PEPSI screening instrument as described below
3. Complete and sign forms outlining Technical Standards, Dispositions, and Program Requirements.
4. Complete application form and apply successfully to the Teachers Academy.

Progression Requirements

1. Maintain the 2.75 or better overall GPA throughout the program and receive at least a B- grade in all SES and related area courses. A student will be required to retake an SES or related area course if he or she earns a grade lower than B-.
2. Students must be admitted to Teacher Education/Teachers Academy before enrolling in the following courses: SES 321, SES 379, SES 444, SES 451, SES 461, SES 483, SES 578. Students must have an overall GPA of 2.75 in order to enroll in these courses.

Fieldwork and Student Teaching Internship

Students complete two field experiences prior to completing the semester-long (15 week) student teaching internship under the supervision of a cooperating mentor teacher in a public school setting and a Professions in Deafness faculty member. Students must have reliable transportation to and from practicum and/or internship sites.

Sign Proficiency Requirement

Student progress in developing receptive and expressive American Sign Language (ASL) competency is screened during SES 101 via the Program Entry Potential for Sign Language Interpreters (PEPSI) screening instrument.

During the spring semester of the junior year, teacher candidates are expected to demonstrate a passing score on a receptive and expressive sign language evaluation (Sign Proficiency Test) prior to beginning the student teaching internship.

Program Completion Requirements

Students must be admitted to Teacher Education/Teachers Academy at least one semester before being admitted to Student Teaching. Practicum and student-teaching internship experiences take place within the central North Carolina Piedmont area in public school programs that serve students who are Deaf or hard of hearing.

Upon completion of the program, candidates are eligible for recommendation by UNCG for teacher licensure by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (Birth–12 Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Transfer students may require additional semesters to complete the undergraduate degree program.

Program Requirements

I General Education Core Requirements (GEC)

See complete GEC requirements and approved course listings for all categories.

Core Category	S.H.
Students may select courses for:
Literature (GLT)	3
Fine Arts (GFA)	3
Philosophical, Religious, Ethical Principles (GPR)	3
One additional GLT, GFA, or GPR course	3
Historical Perspectives on Western Culture (GHP)	3
Mathematics (GMT)	3
Natural Sciences (GNS) one must be a laboratory course; each must have a different departmental prefix	6–7
Department specifies courses for:
Reasoning and Discourse (GRD) ENG 101 or FMS 115 or RCO 101, and one additional GRD course	6
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GSB) required: SES 240 and one additional GSB course	6

 

II General Education Marker Requirements

See details and courses. It is possible to meet all GE Marker Requirements while completing the GE Core requirements or courses required by the major/concentration.

III Major Requirements (76 semester hours)

SES 101, 102, 203, 240, 242 or 540, 245, 320, 321, 360, 379, 410, 444, 450, 451, 460, 461, 463, 469, 483, 5781; SES or HDF 435, SES or HDF 436; completion of the Program Entry Potential for Sign Language Interpreters (PEPSI) and a passing score on the Sign Proficiency Test I.

1 SES 578 is taught as Speaking Intensive and Writing Intensive.

IV Related Area Requirements (15 semester hours)

CSD 295, 334, 557; ELC 401; HDF 302; LIS 120; TED 403

V Portfolio Requirement

Completion and submission of the electronic teaching portfolio via TaskStream

VI Electives

Electives sufficient to complete the 128 semester hours required for degree.