BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME:  Ann W. Hughes

TITLE IN PROPOSAL:  Specialist for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

EDUCATION:

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR CONFERRED	FIELD OF STUDY
Northwestern University West Chester State University	MA BS	1977   1976	Communication Disorders-Education of the Hearing Impaired Speech Pathology & Audiology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND APPOINTMENTS:  

2006-Present: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Program Specialist for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

• Coordinate the Virginia Network of Consultants for Professionals Who Work with Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (VNOC)

• Collaborate with the Virginia Dept. of Ed. On special education priority projects and the revision of VDOE's Guidelines for Working with Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing gin VA Public Schools

• Conduct regional and school division trainings as well as pre-service professional training in the area of hearing impairment and deafness including See-the-Sound Visual Phonics

• Coordinate an annual statewide conference on education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing

1980-2006:  Richmond Public Schools, Richmond, VA

Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• 1991-2006: upper elementary self-contained

• 1980-1990: preschool, kindergarten, middle/high school settings; self-contained, itinerant, collaborative and educational interpreting

• School-based Leadership experiences include:

• Faculty chairperson, faculty PTA liaison

• Exceptional education team leader-Decision Making Council

• Coordinator of Math Hall of Fame program; Awards Committee

• Staff Development Facilitator

• REA Representative

• System wide Leadership experiences include:

• Report coordinator for HI Program Literacy Committee

• Exceptional Education Textbook Adoption Committee

• HI Program Staff Development Facilitator

• State Leadership Experiences include:

• Committee to develop regulations for Educational Interpreters

• Committee to revise HI Guidelines (1988,2005)

• Focus Group on Early Intervention and Educational Needs of D/HOH Children

1978-1980:  Wise County Public Schools, Wise, VA

Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Self-contained elementary and middle sch ool settings

• Resource for high school students

• Itinerant services pre-k and elementary for Dickinson County, VA

2003 - 2006:  VA Department of Education, Richmond, VA

Consultant for VA Network of Consultants for Children who are D/HOH

• Educational Program Consultation to LEAs

• Committee  to revise Guidelines for Working with Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Virginia Public Schools

• Workshop Presenter (June 2005)

• Sign Language Instructor, Richmond Children's Hospital (July 2005)

1984-1990:  Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Richmond, VA

Coordinator of Ministry with Disabled Persons

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS, LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION:

• Postgraduate Professional License:  Hearing Impairment PreK-12;     

• Int'l Communication Learning Institute Trainer: See The Sound/Visual Phonics System;

• SKI-HI Institute Parent Advisor

OFFICES/MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ADVISORY COUNCILS, BOARDS:

Professional Organizations:  Hands & Voices; Alexander Graham Bell Association; Network of Educators of Children with Cochlear Implants; Virginia Consortium for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deafblind (Chairperson - 1992-93)

Advisory Committees: 

• Virginia Hands & Voices Advisory Board (2007-present)

• VA Dept. of Health Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Committee and VEHDI Workgroup (2006 - present);

• Radford University Deaf Education (2006 - present);

• VA Treatment Center for Children - Program for Deaf/Hard of Hearing  (2001-2003);

• Central VA Independent Living Center - (1985-88);

• Communication Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (1984-86)               

MAJOR RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL INTEREST:

Education and support of young children and students who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families across communication modalities

CURRENT RESEARCH OR TRAINING SUPPORT: (Name, date, sponsor, % support)

HONORS/AWARDS:

• 2005 Teacher of the Year - Virginia Association of the Deaf

• 1995 Teacher of the Year - J.B. Fisher Elementary School; Second Runner up Richmond Public Schools Teacher of the Year.

• 1985 Pam Christie Outstanding Teacher of the Hearing Impaired Award

PUBLICATIONS and PRODUCTS:

Date revised:  January 18, 2008

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