March 30, 2009<\/p>\n
Dear Friends,<\/p>\n
I found out last Wed that I will not be offered my job at TWU. I had
\na good weekend camping in east Texas at Caddo Lake and am beginning to
\nallow myself to think about all the aspects of finding new work. I
\nwould very much like to work in the north Texas or southern OK area
\nbut am open to anything that is appropriate. I am not limiting myself
\nto deaf education or even education. I am thinking about business or
\nnon-profit work in a health or education area. I have good
\norganizational skills, sound values, am a successful grantwriter and
\nauthor, can put deals together, and enjoy empowering others. I wrote
\nthe information below and wonder if you would help me to circulate it.
\nThank you for considering any options or sharing any ideas, and for
\nall your love and support, Please send the information below to anyone
\nwho is appropriate.<\/p>\n
Barb Luetke<\/p>\n
Email: bluetke@twu.edu<\/p>\n
I am looking for work in business, health or education. I have good
\norganizational skills, sound values, am a successful grant writer and
\nauthor, can put deals together, and enjoy empowering others. I
\nobtained my undergraduate degree with honors in Special Education from
\nthe University of Wisconsin and my masters in deaf education from the
\nUniversity of Minnesota. I was a special education teacher for five
\nyears, teaching deaf children and others with special needs, preschool
\nthrough high school, before returning to Pennsylvania State University
\nfor her doctorate. There she majored in Deaf Education and Bilingual
\nEducation. I understand how to work with a variety of people with
\ndiffering abilities.<\/p>\n
I have been a professor and director of deaf education at the
\nUniversity of Nebraska, Northern State University, and the University
\nof Kansas; a career that encompassed some 28 years. I have designed,
\nconducted, and explained many research projects. My publications have
\nprimarily focused on the areas of language and literacy, assessment,
\ninclusion, and reading. I have organized and presented at many
\nworkshops and been an invited speaker in Canada, France, Taiwan,
\nJapan, Australia, and New Zealand. I continues to consult throughout
\nthe United States. I also has served as a program review consultant,
\nan expert witness in several due process hearings, and written (and
\nreceived) over two million dollars in federal and state grants.<\/p>\n
While directing the Deaf Education Program at the University of
\nKansas, I wrote her first textbook which later was revised into two
\nmethods books, Language Issues in Deaf Education and Language Across
\nthe Curriculum. Both are published by Butte, Publications in
\nHillsboro, OR. (866-312-8883). I have also written almost a 100
\nnationally-refereed, professional journal articles and books chapters,
\nparent books, and a novelette for children. I wrote a book about the
\nvarious ways to sign, The Signing Family (published by Gallaudet
\nPress) and a children’s book, Hannie (Butte Publications) about a
\nhearing girl who has deaf sisters and classmates. It has been adopted
\nby the State of NC for distribution in public schools where students
\nwith hearing loss are enrolled.<\/p>\n
I am is the mother of four daughters, two of whom are deaf-and told
\nmy family’s story in my most popular book, One Mother’s Story (Modern
\nSign Press; 800-572-7332). It has been translated into Chinese. My
\ndeaf daughters are now in college. Both have intelligible speech,
\nage-appropriate English–and one is married to a deaf, ASL-using man
\nwho is also a college senior.<\/p>\n
I have worked as a reading coordinator in a rural HS; as a SPED ED
\nteam leader in an urban middle school (MS); as a middle school reading
\nteacher, as an ESL consultant; and as a HS sign instructor. I have
\nconducted a series of workshops for those working with infants and
\ntoddlers (0-3 years) who are D\/HH. In 2004, 1 published a book with
\nDr. Diane Nielsen, entitled, Deaf Students Can Be Great Readers
\n(Modern Sign Press). I currently teach a variety of Web-based courses
\nin deaf education and literacy at Texas Women’s University in Denton,
\nTX. but my contract ends this summer. In the past I have taught
\ncourses that include language development, working with parents and
\nprofessionals, multiply-handicapped deaf, sign, literacy development,
\ndeaf culture, and pre-practica and student teaching supervision. Two
\nyears ago I wrote (with Dr. Al White) and was awarded a federal grant
\nto train teachers of the deaf all over the United States, using the
\ninternet. My research on this work will be published this spring in
\nthe American Annals of the Deaf. I adapted over a dozen courses for
\nlong distance learning and responsible for training over 300 teachers
\nof the deaf and four professors in deaf education during her career.<\/p>\n
I am seeking employment. The best way to contact her is to email to
\nbluetke@twu.edu or call, 972-943-8572. Her mailing address is 203
\nOakbrook, Lewisville, TX. 75057. Thank you for sharing this letter of
\nintroduction with others who might be interested.<\/p>\n
Barbara Luetke, Ph.D
\nVisiting Professor
\nDeaf Education COMS
\nTexas Women’s University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
March 30, 2009 Dear Friends, I found out last Wed that I will not be offered my job at TWU. I had a good weekend camping in east Texas at Caddo Lake and am beginning to allow myself to think…<\/p>\n