Teaching
Raychelle has taught a variety of courses related to ASL, education, language and culture for over 20 years for various organizations, schools and colleges. At Gallaudet University, Raychelle is entering her 11th year as a faculty member of Department of Interpretation (2008-2009) and Department of ASL and Deaf Studies (2009-current). While at Gallaudet, Raychelle has both taught and developed over twelve different courses, taught seventeen independent study courses, and four special topics courses. She has also taught those courses for different programs and units on campus: ASL, Deaf Studies, Education, General Studies, Interpreting and Professional Studies. Those courses were also taught in different capacities, including non-degree credit, undergraduate and graduate credit courses. Raychelle also developed an additional thirteen new/revised courses, and continues to participate in and lead curricular revisions for undergraduate and graduate programs in ASL and ASL pedagogy. Raychelle also has converted the majority of the courses from onsite to hybrid and/or online courses to accommodate current trends in education.
Currently, Raychelle predominately teaches hybrid and online graduate courses preparing future ASL teachers. Often people are left with the impression that being a hybrid and/or online teacher is easier than being a face-to-face teacher. This is a mistaken assumption—the responsibilities of both online and face-to-face teaching are different and equally demanding. Raychelle has had and continues to accommodate her students’ varied work schedules and her students’ disparate time zones as well as technological preferences (and abilities), forcing Raychelle to become quickly competent with a wide variety of technology to connect to her students.
Raychelle's student evaluations are consistently high. Students commend Raychelle’ ability to meet with her students very frequently during evenings and on weekends via multiple video chat software to answer any questions they may have. She also is very punctual and timely with her responses to students’ needs and concerns. Her ability to give detailed, constructive feedback is also a feature students appreciate.
Finally, Raychelle has provided countless hours towards mentoring tenured, new and adjunct faculty in regards to ASL program needs, including professional studies, general studies, undergraduate major/minor and graduate programs.
To review Raychelle's syllabi, please click here: Syllabi.
To review Raychelle's course evaluations, please click here: Course evaluations.
Currently, Raychelle predominately teaches hybrid and online graduate courses preparing future ASL teachers. Often people are left with the impression that being a hybrid and/or online teacher is easier than being a face-to-face teacher. This is a mistaken assumption—the responsibilities of both online and face-to-face teaching are different and equally demanding. Raychelle has had and continues to accommodate her students’ varied work schedules and her students’ disparate time zones as well as technological preferences (and abilities), forcing Raychelle to become quickly competent with a wide variety of technology to connect to her students.
Raychelle's student evaluations are consistently high. Students commend Raychelle’ ability to meet with her students very frequently during evenings and on weekends via multiple video chat software to answer any questions they may have. She also is very punctual and timely with her responses to students’ needs and concerns. Her ability to give detailed, constructive feedback is also a feature students appreciate.
Finally, Raychelle has provided countless hours towards mentoring tenured, new and adjunct faculty in regards to ASL program needs, including professional studies, general studies, undergraduate major/minor and graduate programs.
To review Raychelle's syllabi, please click here: Syllabi.
To review Raychelle's course evaluations, please click here: Course evaluations.