Professionalism+I


 * V. Category IV Divider Page: Professionalism**
 * **a. Artifact #1/ Reflective Statement**

Artifact One for the category Professionalsm is an activity that was based on several hearing impaired student's IEP's to educate hearing students with sign language skills as an awareness to enable them to communicate with the hearing impaired students in their classroom. To offer other family members and friends the opportunity to learn sign language outside of the school environment to communicate with the students a display of hand-outs were created to support the presentation of the sign language lesson on Valentine' Day terminology. The terminology chosen for that lesson reflected on the holiday of Valentine's Day. At the end of the presentation, the student was given a packet of hand designed coloring sheets with the appropriate sign displayed on each one. The educator presented the handouts to the students and referenced that they utilize this packet when teaching their family and friends the signs for Valentine's Day.


 * Reflective Statement**

This artifact was chosen to represent the need for the community, parents, family, and friends to learn sign language in order to communicate with these students and become active participants in their lives. This lesson has proven to be a success. The students appreciated the coloring sheets and immediately started to color them. They were excited to share their knowledge of the presentation with their family and friends. Students have shared their knowledge of signs with other students in the school environment and their family members. Certain students have approached the parents of the hearing impaired students to display their knowledge of sign language. They have also approached the Hearing Impaired Educator and the Interpreters to show them the signs that they remembered from class. The students will continue to learn basic sign language skills in school this year and upon determination of the team will continue to learn additional signs throughout the years. Hopefully, the parents, family, friends, and community will continue to follow through with this process of learning sign language along with the students.