FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University

The numbers reflected in tables 22–29 are the activities and contacts that teachers and staff
documented; however, some contributions go undocumented. Therefore, in reviewing all the
training and technical assistance, information dissemination, and exhibits that were documented (see
Table 22), the Clerc Center sponsored in excess of 3,142 activities or contacts and served at
minimum 39,997 people.
Individuals and programs that requested services from the Clerc Center were identified
based on the educational settings with which they were affiliated. Tables 27 and 28 report the
educational setting by region. Beginning in FY 2004, the documentation procedures used to derive
the numbers in tables 27 and 28 were modified to reflect the types of programs represented by the
participants involved in each activity. In past years, the documentation allowed only for the nature of
the requesting site. These figures more accurately reflect the programs the Clerc Center is serving
with activities and information dissemination. The Clerc Center continues to explore systems to
improve data quality in this area.
Highlighted here is the total of the types of programs served through both training and
technical assistance and information dissemination:
98
• 464 schools for the deaf – public, private, residential, and/or day
• 237 public/private schools – regular class, resource room, separate class, residential,
and/or day
• 767 postsecondary programs
• 378 organizations/agencies
• 11 hospitals/homebound programs
• 1,180 programs receiving services were documented as “other,” “unknown,” or not specified
Training and Technical Assistance
Clerc Center personnel participated in 863 training and technical assistance activities
throughout FY 2008. Each training and technical assistance activity was coded according to the
priority area it addressed (see Table 25):
• Literacy: 85 activities serving 2,745 people
• Family involvement: 48 activities serving 2,672 people
• Transition: 51 activities serving 3,090 people
A given activity may have addressed more than one priority area or addressed areas outside
of the priorities; therefore, these figures do not total to 863 and differ from those in Table 24.
In FY 2008 fewer activities served the same number of people as those served in FY 2007,
reflecting the move toward centralized trainings.
Information Dissemination
The Clerc Center uses a variety of strategies to disseminate information to individuals,
schools, and organizations around the country. One of the primary distribution channels is the Clerc
Center Web site, which includes information on the national mission, an online catalog of products
and services, the Info to Go information service, information on KDES and MSSD, and
information on Clerc Center sponsored workshops, trainings, and institutes. In addition, the Clerc
Center exhibits at conferences and distributes press releases through its electronic newsletter, News
and Notables, through Gallaudet University’s Daily Digest, and through a regular column in On the
Green, Gallaudet’s campus newsletter. Working and occasional papers are distributed online, through
the catalog, and at conference exhibits and workshops. Odyssey magazine carries news from around