Russell West
Visiting Assistant Professor
Russell West
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education
BA, Gallaudet University; M.Ed., Texas State University
Bio
Visiting Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Master of Science in Secondary Education (MSSE) Program. A member of the NTID Faculty Fellowship. Responsible for teacher-candidates in the program who are earning dual certification in a secondary school content area for students who are hearing or deaf as well as in deaf education for grades K-12. Also, my colleague and I are designing administrative credentialing and a deaf educational administration program at RIT’s NTID Master of Science in Secondary Education.
I have served on several accreditation teams for the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD) and am currently the chair of the Accreditation Committee. I have been in the K12 environment for twenty-five years including most recently as School Superintendent at the Lexington School for the Deaf in New York City. Prior to that, I worked at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin in several capacities including Director of Student Affairs and Director of Student Support Services and Campus Operations. Currently, I am pursuing an Ed.D. in Educational Administration at the University at Buffalo.
My doctoral research topic: “How to address the tremendous shortage of deaf leaders and administrators, lack of mentorship and coaching, collaboration, and the absence of pathways to licensing and certification for those that want to serve in leadership positions in deaf schools/programs.”