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Is WeeHands Right
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FAQ's about
teaching with
WeeHands
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What is required to become a
Licensed WeeHands Instructor?
The
WeeHands
Instructors team is made up of individuals who
are Deaf, teachers of the Deaf, ASL interpreters, individuals with a
background in education or communicative disorders and those who have worked
with children with special needs. Many of our Instructors have also signed
with their own children.
If you are interested in working as
an independent WeeHands
instructor in your community and
meet the following requirements, working with
WeeHands
may be for you:
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Have a strong background
in American Sign Language
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Have knowledge
and respect of Deaf Culture.
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Have experience
teaching and presenting to adult audiences.
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Have experience
working with young children
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Are familiar with
the language development of children ages 0-5 years.
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Preference will
be given to those who meet the above qualifications and who have signed
with your own children.
Other Requirements
- Must
be 18 years of age or older.
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Maintain a valid email address and internet access - so that you can
fully benefit from the support, personal communication and teaching
tools the WeeHands community provides.
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Adhere to your WeeHands License Agreement.
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Require that every family enrolled in WeeHands purchase from you a
WeeHands Family Guide.
- Use
the WeeHands materials exclusively for WeeHands classes. WeeHands
specially designed lesson plans are not to be used in other
instructional settings.
Benefits of teaching with WeeHands
Some of the benefits of working as an independent WeeHands instructor
include:
- your own name@weehands.com email
address
- use of the toll free
WeeHands
phone number, if needed
- the
WeeHands e-newsletter
to current and potential class participants
- interaction with other
WeeHands
Instructors online
- an online presence for your classes
through our website www.weehands.com
- the ability to set your own hours
and schedule around the needs of your family
- start up cost of $160 CDN for our
Sign & Sing Through the Day 2-hour workshop
- start up cost of $275 CDN for our
Signing Babies I 8-week curriculum
- opportunities to grow and learn
professionally while doing something you love!
- advice and support regarding getting
started, marketing and running your own
WeeHands
classes
- opportunities to sell, if desired,
material including signing DVD's, flashcards and music CDs from the industry's
leading companies.
- opportunities to purchase our curricula
for teaching signs parents, caregivers and babies.
WeeHands
curricula use American Sign Language vocabulary and have been enthusiastically received by
families since 2001.
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