1. American Sign Language Appoquinimink High School Rob Kogut B224

2. Welcome to American Sign Language  Ready for a wonderful journey  Able to communicate with Deaf  Better understanding of American Sign Language and Deaf community  Can lead to a beginning of a career working with Deaf community such as:  Deaf educators  Interpreters for the Deaf  Much more…

3. About me  Born Deaf- have 2 Deaf sisters and 1 hearing sister and parents  Mainstreamed- was only Deaf student in public school  Did not have interpreter ‘full time’  Have Deaf wife and 4 hearing children  Moved here from Florida in 2013  Moved to Florida from Pennsylvania in 2002

4. Education background…  National Technology Institute for the Deaf, Photo  Lehigh Carbon Community College, Automotive mechanic  Bucks County Community College, General education  St. Johns River State College, Liberal Arts  Flagler College, History  Grand Canyon University, Special Education  University of West Florida, Middle School Science  Valencia College, American Sign Language  Daytona State College, American Sign Language  Next college ? I am pretty tired of school but never stop learning…

5. Jobs that I have…  Delaware School for the Deaf Newark, Delaware  Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind Saint Augustine, Florida  New Jersey School for the Deaf, aka Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf Trenton, New Jersey  Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  What I have done…  Early childhood teacher  Job coach  K-12 classroom teacher  All subjects except English  Assistant football coach  Career education teacher  Tutoring  Volunteering  American Sign Language teacher

6. And…  Taught American Sign Language since 1990 in K-12 grade level, community, and college for hearing students plus Deaf students  Used to own landscaping business  Truck driver (best job- why? Long lunch break)  Held ‘million’ jobs… Will tell you ‘stories’

7. Rules in classroom  Respect each other  No voices- leave your voice at the door  Please only one signer at time- it’s distracting when more than two ‘talk’/ sign at same time  Please have your electronic devices turned off including: * Pagers* Boom box* Tablets * Phones* TV’s* Walkman * Laptops* Mircowave* Hair curlers/ flat iron (it happened !)

8.  No bathroom/ water for 1 st and last 15 minutes of class (per se to Admin)  Try grab before you arrive to class- you have 5 minutes to do it  Remain seated till end of class bell- no standing by the door (per se to Admin)  No leaving class early, no loitering, no opening door to ‘chat’  Absolutely no FOOD permitted in class (per se to Admin)  Eat before you enter class  No horseplaying, juggling, dancing, running, rolling on floor (it happened)  You are old enough to know this…

9. Not following will result in:  Written up and contact parents  Affect your grades  Missed out important lesson/ instruction  Harm your and others’ abilities in learning ASL Bottom line: Be responsible and do your best in class and respect EVERYONE

10. EARS not needed, EYES required ! !

11. To be a successful signer  PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE  What can I say...  Show up in class  Late means marked tardy = TROUBLE  Be responsible for your own work  Monitor on appohigh.org, whiteboard, daily messages  Be open-minded  Every one is unique

12. To be a successful signer  Be brave- no one is perfect  Overcome your shyness and I’m here to help ya  Accept mistakes  How can you learn ?  Encourage each other  Be positive

13. Contact information e-mail: Robert.Kogut@appo.k12.de.us videophone: (302) 261-2538Robert.Kogut@appo.k12.de.us  Contact me if you:  Have questions about American Sign Language and its related topic such as Deaf Culture, history, and etc.  Can check on appohigh.org (under my webpage) to find more information & links