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Mary “Katie” Engelbrecht, M.A

Academic Credentials

Master of Arts in Sign Language Education, Gallaudet University 2023

Bachelor of Science, Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University 2022

Teaching Experience

Teacher Assistant ASL, Proximity Learning August 2022-Present

● Implemented ASL 1 curriculum designed by Proximity Learning, units

1-8 covering fingerspelling, classifiers, nonmanual markers, and ASL
grammar
● Graded student’s assignments and gave feedback to improve their
ASL signing skills
● Created Kahoots for students to review vocabulary and signs

Professional Experience

Teacher Assistant, Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind August 2019-Present

● Language Model for L1 deaf children

● Developed age-appropriate activities to promote communication
and turn-taking among children
● Helped my students develop self-advocacy skills

Teacher Assistant, Special School District August 2013-May 2019

● Supported students in general education classes

● Developed strategies for students to be successful in school
● Supported the ASL Club after school once a week

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Awards and Certifications

ASLPI (American Sign Language Proficiency Interview) Score 4 out of 5 2022
Deans List Gallaudet Univeristy 2020-2022

Course Work

Bachelor of Science, Deaf Studies

● DST 101 Introduction to Deaf Studies
● DST 203 Introduction to Cultural Studies
● Lin 101 Sign Language and Sign Systems
● Lin 263 Introduction to the Structure of ASL
● DST 204 Deaf Culture
● DST 311 Dynamics of Oppression
● DST 314 Oral Traditions Deaf Community
● PSY 270 Psych and Deaf people
● DST 401 Black Deaf People’s Studies
● DST 402 Deaf Women’s Studies
● HIS 331 History of American Deaf Communities
● ASL 270 ASL and English Comparative Anyalisis
● DST 316 Disability Studies
● DST 410 Multicultural Deaf Lives (TPC)
● PSY 210 Lifespan Development
● DST 497 Deaf Studies Senior Thesis I
● DST 498 Deaf Studies Senior Thesis II

Masters of Arts, Sign Language Education

● ASL 709 Sign Language Media Production
● ASL 724 Sign Langauge Linguistics for Sign Language Professors
● ASL 741 Methods of Sign Language Teaching
● ASL 795 Primary Langauge Learners
● ASL 795 World Language Learners
● ASL 761 Seminar in Sign Langauge Education
● DST 740 Studies in the Human Rights of Deaf People
● LIN 510 Introduction to First and Second Language Acquisition
● ASL 762 Seminar in Sign Langauge Education
● ASL 770 Sign Language Planning and Advocacy
● ASL 790 Sign Language Teaching Internship
● DST 712 Enforcing Normalcy: Deaf and Disability Studies

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● ASL 777 Digital Pedagogy in Sign Language Field

● DST 710 Cultural Practice in the Deaf Community

Professional Studies
● Language Learning by Eye or Ear Summer-2021