The topic of this weeks blog post is not necessarily classroom related but it is something that has been on my plate recently that I wanted to reflect on. One of my smart goals for the year was to have more leadership roles in my building. I had some students approach me about running a sign language club after school and I loved the idea! I took ASL in high school as my foreign language and have always had a love for sign because I have a deaf aunt that has been in my life forever. I loved this idea and was hoping other students would love to join.
The club has been meeting every other Tuesday and we have had an amazing turn out! I would say on average we have 15-20 students a week. I am so proud of my "presidents" because they have been running everything. I put them in charge and they have new material planned for every week, they have made t-shirts and organized the ordering and the money and we already have them! I feel like the facilitator in the room and the students run the show! I love to see students learning sign and getting passionate about deaf culture.
Right now we are deciding what direction this club is going... is this going to be just for fun to learn some signs or would they like to preform at basketball games and go on local deaf outings. I am not sure how that will end out but we will see... I'm excited that this has taken off. It has fulfilled my smart goal of the year but its also really fun!
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