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B.A. Elementary Education K-6 M.A. Deaf Education Pre-K - 12
 * Name of Educator**: Stacey L. Nace
 * Area of Certification:**


 * Current Professional Assignment:** Itinerant Hearing Impaired Educator

Fayette County Albert Gallatin School District Laurel Highlands School District Greene County Southeastern Greene School District
 * School District:**


 * Number of Years in Current Position:** 3 years

Itinerant Hearing Impaired Educator - Palm Beach County School Systems Adjunct Professor - Sign Language Instructor - Indian River Community College in Florida
 * Other Certified Positions Held:**

I have created the e-Portfolio, entitled Stacey Nace's e-Portfolio, for my professional development/Induction coursework requirement. I have previous experience of four years as an educator of the hearing impaired and I held the position as an Adjunct Professor for a local community college in the state of Florida. I am currently employed at the Interrmediate Unit One as a Hearing Impaired Itinerant Educator, who services students Pre-K thru 12th grade. As an Itinerant Educator, I travel from one school site to another to service students who have a hearing impairment with hearing losses ranging from mild to profound. The students communicate in a variety of ways speech only, speech with sign language, and sign language only. The students use lipreading skills to assist them in understanding the message being related to them. Some students use assitive technology devices; such as, Fm Systems and personal hearing aids, while others use hearing aids only, and a few percent chose not to use any hearing devices. The students work on developing skills; such as, comprehension, language, writing, directional skills, auditory skills, speech, lipreading, and sign language development. I have been employed by the Intermediate Unit for three years and have been a part of the Induction program. The Induction program includes observations, mentor/mentee program, and a variety of educational classes ranging from behavior courses to assitive technology. Over the three years, I have obtained a vast of information that will assist me in my endeavors as a future educator. As an educator of the 2000's, I plan on continuing my professional growth with courses/workshops that relate to my certification of educating the Hearing Impaired. I plan on attending courses that inform the educator of the current developments in the field of assistive technology. I plan on continuing to spend quality time researching programs on the computer that will enhance the students knowledge of sign language development of receptive and expressive skills. I will continue to develop as an educator to provide a quality education to all of the students that I educate. I am an educator, a wife, a mother, a daughter, a granddaughter, and a neice. All of these roles assist me in the workplace.
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