::BIOGRAPHY::

Jeffrey W King

Teacher of the Deaf

All subjects

K-12

Education:

BA - Theatre - Plattsburgh State University, NY - 1978

MFA - Acting/Directing (Deaf Education) - Syracuse Univeristy, NY 1986

other Graduate Schools Attended:

Gallaudet University (DC), National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NY), Purdue University (IN), Vincennes University (IN), Rochester Institute of Technology (NY), Indiana University (IN), University of Rochester (NY), Ball State University (IN), Indiana Wesleyan University (IN)

Samples of Additional Foci of Learning:

Reading Approaches for Deaf Students; Autism Academy certified; CHARGE Association; Brain-Based Learning; Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated Instruction; Bi-Lingual Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students; Mathematics and Multiple Intelligences; Thematic Instruction Across the Curriculum

Examples of Professional Development:

Board Member, Central New York Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Performer/Stage Manger, National Theatre of the Deaf

Lead Teacher - Young Artists' Workshops (disabled youth), St. Norbert College

Board Member, Indiana Chapter Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Supervisor of American Sign Langauge Instruction, Purdue University

Teacher, Indiana School for the Deaf

CAEBER Certified (Center for American Sign Language/English Bi-Lingual Education Research), DC

Current Professional Affiliations:

Board Member and I-PACE member, Indiana State Teachers' Association

President and District Council Chair, Indiana School for the Deaf United Teachers' Association

Selection of Grants and Professional Recognition:

Region V - Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Certificate of Excellence (1993)

Lilly Teacher Creativity Endowment Recipient (1977 & 2004)

Indianapolis Foundation Recipient (1978)

Young Audiences/Very Special Arts, IN (1996-2000)

Lilly Fellow (with Indiana State University's School of Education) (2007 & 2009)

... and that is my life in a footnote