Getting Through to Teachers: Accessing the General Education Classroom

Barbara Chubb with Michelle Andros

Join Barbara Chubb, teacher, administrator and fearless leader in deaf education, as she talks about hearing loss as a disability of access. This interview will help professionals working with students who have hearing loss, determine how to assess accessibility and provide suggestions for increasing students ability to access information through Hearing Assistive Technology, assistive technology, collaboration, accommodations and modifications in the general education classroom.
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Course curriculum

    1. Course Handouts

    2. Getting Through to Teachers: Accessing the Gen Ed Classroom - Module 1

    3. Getting Through to Teachers: Access the Gen Ed Classroom - Module 2

    4. Getting Through to Teachers: Access the Gen Ed Classroom - Module 3

    5. Quiz- Getting Through to Teachers: Access the General Ed Classroom

    6. Course Evaluation - Getting Through to Teachers: Access to the General Ed Classroom

    7. ASHA-Directions on How to Use the ASHA Form

    8. ASHA Verification Form - Getting Through to Teachers: Accessing the General Ed Classroom

    9. LSLS CEU Letter - Getting Through to Teachers: Accessing the General Education Classroom

    10. ISBE Professional Development Hours

    11. Completion of Approved Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) Hour(s) Certificate

    12. RID Professional Development Hours

Learner Outcomes

  • 1. Participants will be able to identify assessments that are vetted in the field, to help them gauge a student's ability to access auditory information and instruction during classroom lessons.
  • 2. Participants will identify various tools used in deaf education that are able to provide qualitative information to be used to gauge a students ability to access information and overcome those barriers to access.
  • 3. Participants will learn how to use the Building Skills for Success instruments to help collect data and gauge access for students.

Meet your Instructor

Barbara Chubb

Barbara Chubb: Lifelong mentor, teacher, and student advocate. Barb is recognized for her extensive knowledge about educating students who are deaf or hard of hearing and for her endless commitment to supporting the professionals who serve these students. With more than 40 years of experience as a teacher, administrator, and innovator, Barb continues to lead multiple professional efforts designed to improve educational practices and learning outcomes for students. Her most recent efforts include revitalizing PA’s grassroots professional organization for teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (PESDHH), heading PA’s team in revising the Expanded Core Curriculum (PA ECC-DHH, patterned after the Iowa ECC), and working with IEP teams to understand how “access to the general curriculum” is assessed and improved for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Barb’s passion for teachers and their roles in creating student success is obvious every time she engages with colleagues in the field. However, if you by chance find her relaxing, she will be engaging with her granddaughters, building websites for new entrepreneurs, dabbling in real estate, or heading to Broadway to take-in a theater performance. Life is Good

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