Join us for an information night for certified teachers who are interested in applying to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program in the Faculty of Education at 91亚色.

Topics of discussion will include:

• The many roles of teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing
• An overview of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Program
  • Structure of the program
  • Courses
• Full-time and Part-time options
• Credentials following graduation
• How to apply
  • Prerequisites
  • Application process
  • If you are accepted

ASL Interpreters and Captioning will be available for this event.

Pre-registration will be required.听

Note: The Zoom link will be emailed to participants on the day of the event by 4pm. If you have any trouble with connecting or you cannot find the email with the link, please email deafed@edu.yorku.ca for assistance.

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Topics of discussion will include:

• The many roles of teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing
• An overview of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Program
  • Structure of the program
  • Courses
• Full-time and Part-time options
• Credentials following graduation
• How to apply
  • Prerequisites
  • Application process
  • If you are accepted

ASL Interpreters and Real Time captioning will be available for this event.

Pre-registration will be required.听

A link to the webinar will be emailed to all registered participants a few days prior to the event.

For further information, please contact svavra@edu.yorku.ca or call 416-736-5971 (Voice) or 416-736-5972 (TTY).

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Professor Connie Mayer has been appointed as an Honorary Professor in Human Communications, Development and Hearing with the School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. The appointment is from September 2018 to September 2021 and is in recognition of the ongoing collaborative work and research that Mayer has been doing at the University of Manchester.

During her appointment, Mayer will continue to work on various projects with her colleagues, Dr. Helen Chilton and Dr. Wendy McCracken, including an investigation of Theory of Mind (ToM) in the written language of deaf students. A paper on this topic was recently published in the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, and two follow-up studies are underway鈥攐ne of which involves collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Another major project that Mayer will be working on with her colleagues in Manchester during her appointment is a 2-day conference, Deaf Children Now: Changing the Conversation, scheduled for June 24 and 25th, 2019. The conference will bring together world-renowned specialists from the fields of Deaf Education, Speech and Language, Audiological Science and Audiotechnology, Genetics and Neurology/Behavioural Sciences with the aim of working across disciplines to better support deaf children and their families. Mayer will be giving a keynote presentation on the topic of literacy development in deaf learners.

Mayer is co-academic coordinator in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education program in the Faculty of Education. Prior to coming to 91亚色, she worked for more than twenty years as a consultant, administrator and teacher of deaf students from preschool through post-secondary. Her current research focuses on early literacy and early intervention, cochlear implantation, bilingualism, and models of teacher education, including an ongoing SSHRC funded study investigating the literacy achievement of school-aged deaf learners.

She has presented widely on these topics both nationally and internationally as well as having authored numerous journal articles and book chapters.听Her co-authored book, Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children, published by Oxford University Press was released in June 2015. In 2016 she was awarded the Sister Mary Delaney Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her work in teaching, research and service in the preparation of teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing by the American College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

鈥淭he Faculty of Education is thrilled to congratulate Professor Connie Mayer on this exceptional honour," said Dr. Heather Lotherington, Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of Education.听 "Professor Mayer鈥檚 thoughtful research has profoundly affected educational practice and, moreover, the individual lives of children and adults who are deaf and hard of hearing, to the point where she is acclaimed鈥攁nd claimed鈥攁cross continents. The Faculty of Education stands tall in the world of Deaf Education, and credit is due to our outstanding professors. Bravo Connie!鈥�

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