A LETTER TO THE DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD

November 27, 2006

Francine Wai
Executive Director
Disability and Communication Board
919 Ala Moana Blvd. #101
Honolulu, HI 96814

Dear Ms. Wai,

I would like to thank you for introducing me to you, your office and the Disability and Communication Access Board which is a Governor-appointed Board. I'm honored to be recommended by Dr. Lucy Miller to serve on the Board. I’ve visited your web site at www.hawaii.gov/health/dcab and I am totally interested in being involved with the Board. I believe I have outstanding credentials to make contributions to your office, focusing on various areas of communication access—credentialing ASL/English interpreters, technical assistance on video phone access and relay services, emergency broadcast information and so forth.

Language teaching in both American Sign Language and English has been my vocation for many years, starting at Gallaudet University as developmental English and composition instructor. Today I teach American Sign Language at Maui Community College. For 12 years, I developed, facilitated and coordinated an associate's degree in ASL curriculum through Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland.

I am also consulting Horizons Academy of Maui, a private school serving students with diverse learning styles, in developing a new Deaf Education program that subscribes to the bilingual-bicultural philosophy. The school hopes to launch the program in January.

Again, thank you for inviting me to the Board. I do look forward to hearing from you and working with you.

Sincerely,


Carl Schroeder