NAME:
Ms. Cynthia Carvey
SCHOOL:
Stony Point High School
CLASS:
American Sign Language
SCHOOL PHONE:
512-428-7867
First, I have taught high school students for the last 19 years and love
every minute of it! :)
I started my career at Texas School for the Deaf in 1992. There, I taught
Reading and Language and Song in Sign classes and was the Sign Choir director
for 3 years. To this day, I still support TSD and try to attend Deaf events
there throughout the school year.
I have taught ASL as a foreign language at the high school level for the last
15 years and Community Education ASL classes since 1990.
I started at LBJ and Reagan High Schools in Austin and moved to Round Rock in
1999 to set up the program at Stony Point. I am a proud founding mother of
this school! Go Tigers!! :)
I have also been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Mary Hardin-
Baylor in Belton, where I taught college students for two years (before
earning my Master's degree) and helped to build the ASL program at the
university.
I am a certified Sign Language Interpreter and have worked part-time (as an
hourly employee) for Austin Community College for the last 19 years as an
educational interpreter. I interpret in the evenings and on weekends and
this job allows me to build my ASL vocabulary, practice my signing skills and
help keep my connection to the Deaf community strong. I am very fortunate to
do what I love! :)
I have two Associate of Arts degrees, one in Fine Art and one in Sign
Language Interpreting from Lansing Community College (Lansing, Michigan), a
Bachelor of Science degree in Deaf Education (minored in Art Education) from
Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana), and a Master of Arts degree in
Teaching ASL as a Foreign Language (May 2007) from Teacher's College,
Columbia University (New York City).
I currently hold state teaching certificates in Deaf Education, Art Education
and Teaching ASL and am a NCLB highly qualified teacher. I am also a state
certified interpreter (BEI Level II) and have an advanced rating on the Sign
Communication Proficiency Interview (SCPI).
I am a current member of American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA)
and an active member in the Deaf Community. ASL is my passion; I look
forward to sharing it with my students! :)
This course is designed to develop an awareness and understanding of
American Sign Language and its influence in the Deaf Community.
Opportunities to “listen” to various viewpoints within the Deaf Community
and view various signing styles will be provided by Deaf people, either in
person or on videotapes/DVDs.
This course will utilize vocabulary from a variety of books and resources in
different ways so that students will have the opportunity to develop both
receptive and expressive skills in ASL.
ASL courses include various instructional techniques and require a lot
of student attention and participation/involvement. ASL classes consist of
teacher instruction, student partnering activities, educational videos,
movie clips, guest speakers, deaf substitutes and receptive/expressive
tests and/or projects.
Upper level ASL classes will be assigned special projects, which include
poetry, storytelling, songs, jokes, etc. and require Deaf events
participation. Sometimes, these classes may go on field trips (i.e. Texas
School for the Deaf, silent lunches, Texas State University, etc.)to provide
as much exposure to the use of ASL as possible.
