Don Curran Email & Phone Number

United States

Retired Deaf Educator. Fluent in American Sign Language.

St Augustine, Florida, United States

Katy, Texas, United States

Katy, Texas, United States

Katy, Texas

Work for the West 10 Cooperative coordinating services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. Supervise staff for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program and coordinate with general education staff and administration. Administrate staffings and IEP meetings for parents. Provide curriculum and support and training to staff working in the program. Assist Instructional Officer with hiring staff, maintaining website, purchasing materials, maintaining schedules and attending staff meetings.

Worked with the organization in various capacities. Arranging for instructors for all dance workshops at annual conventions. Acting as liason with other dance related 501C3s. Maintain rules and regulation updates for dance competitions. Facilitate meetings of the dance committee and work in close coordination with the Competition Director.

Performed administrative IEP meetings for all students currently in the Deaf Education Cooperative or seeking entry to the cooperative from member districts of the cooperative. Facilitated over 1000 IEP meetings since entering the district. Including annual, behavior, review and 10 day recess IEP meetings..Assisted program coordinator in hiring of teaching, interpreting and instructional assistant staff for program.Evaluated all staff at the secondary level of the cooperative's program with follow up meetings with staff to discuss observations and develop ways to improve performance.Provided training and in-service for all staff members in the cooperative on a variety of topics including, Sign Language, Differentiated Instruction, best practices, IEP development, legal information as it relates to the classroom and other topics as required by the district or state.Provided training and in-service for general education staff working with students receiving specialized instruction including counselors, assistant principals, teachers and psychologists.Assisted building administration with discipline and staffing issues for each campus on which our program resides.Assisted staff in the selection of appropriate placement and state assessment selection for students.Developed schedule for students and assisted building administration in development of the master schedule.Participated in High School Teacher Supervisor and Special Education staff meetings. Received current information for programming and the process in the district for 11 years.Assisted program coordinator with budgeting of resources for materials and supplies as well as, hiring and placement of staff.Developed teacher and student class schedules for all secondary programs based upon IEP committee decisions.

Provided funding consultation to local school districts and Educational Services centers.Performed program reviews for local regional day school programs for the Deaf as well as M&S Audits of Educational Service Centers.Functioned as the technology liaison for the department of special education.Participated in meetings with higher education as the teacher training contact for Deaf Education and Interpreter training.Assisted Charter schools serving deaf children.Provided technical assistance to parents and advocates of deaf children.Assisted in the creation of grant programs to train teachers and interpreters in the state of Texas and the southeast region of the U.S.Served on the advisory board for the distance learning coursework for the College of Education which offers a curriculum for the Texas State Board of Education Certification Deaf and Hard of Hearing EC-12 Teaching Certificate.

Provided consulting and training to teachers, staff and students participating in the 60 Regional Day School Programs for the Deaf across the state of Texas.Applied and received state grant monies for distribution to applying Regional Day School Programs for the Deaf (RDSPDs).Developed weeklong training sessions for teachers to learn how to seamlessly incorporate technology in their teaching.Supervised 8 technology staff members at the Texas School for the Deaf Instructional Technology department.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Taught introductory computer skills in Business Computer Information Systems, Multimedia Production (Beginner and Advanced), Web Design, Computer programming and Journalism.Developed multimedia curriculum based on state standards using Hypercard and Hyperstudio.Developed a cross-curricular project with English teachers to Team-Teach Journalism and produce a school newspaper.

207 San Marco Avenue St. Augustine, Fl 32084

Worked as a speech and auditory training teacher and a classroom Reading, Language and Social Studies teacher. Responsible for implementing FSD curriculum, planning, implementation and Individualized Education Plans for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.

M.Ed., Educational Administration, 4.0

Activities and Societies: noneGraduated August 15, 2009

M.A., Educational Technology

Activities and Societies: none5 Masters level courses towards a M.A. in Educational Technology.

M.A. Educational Administration; Degree, Speech Language Pathology, 4.0

Activities and Societies: None3 Graduate level courses towards Speech Language Pathology

Ba, Deaf Education/Elemenetary Education

Activities and Societies: noneStudied Deaf Education and Elementary Education while working as a cashier at Broudy's Foodway and Liquors.