Professional Development Partnership with Gallaudet University

The National Archives Foundation announces a new primary sources educator workshop partnership with Gallaudet University’s Center for Democracy in Deaf America

Through this partnership, NAF and Gallaudet are collaborating to develop civics-focused education workshops utilizing the holdings from the National Archives to assist in developing democratic skills in the deaf community.

Workshops Designed in American Sign Language
The partnership is developing immersive primary source educator workshops in ASL to ensure an inclusive opportunity for deaf educators and students.

Primary Source Deaf Master Educators
Partnership will identify and train deaf educators to become master educators on the pedagogy of teaching with primary sources from the National Archives Center for Legislative Archives.