Heidi Givens, EdD
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Heidi Givens, EdD
@heidigasl.bsky.social
Passionate about Deaf Education, sign language, literacy, and advocacy, EdD educational leadership, Owner of www.mindbloomedu.com, 2013 KY Elementary Teacher of the Year
So great to see @wyattehall.bsky.social present at the Deaf. Blind. Limitless.conference. Even better was catching up. So good to chat, Wyatte! 🤟🏻
March 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Excited to be at the Deaf. Blind. Limitless. Conference in Louisville, KY. Looking forward to learning a lot and networking even more (my favorite!)
March 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
That happened to me yesterday, but it was Arabic! It started out as only Outlook then all the dropdown buttons on my phone turned to Arabic. It took me a little bit but was able to fix it. Just happen to have a screenshot cuz I sent it to my husband.
February 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Took me a minute to find, but here is the graphic that was shared on Facebook. Same information as in the info already shared, but it shows who the presenter will be, Laurene Simms
February 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Received this from the grandmother of my student I taught for 5 yrs. (shared w/ permission). He's 8 yo. He found my YouTube channel &, in this image, he's watching the ASL translation of my dissertation study informed consent.❤️
Being a teacher is the greatest profession on the planet. This is why!
February 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you haven't seen this yet, go to the top of a US government site and zoom into the flag. This one is from the state dept, but I also checked the dept of education. It only has 9 stars. It's supposed to represent the 9 states that seceded from the Union at the start of the civil war! 😡
February 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Visiting Iceland in July as part of my Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship.
January 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I don't often find articles of interest in the Boston University college of education magazine, but thrilled to see these! BU continues to be a leader in #DeafEd, sign language research, & deaf literacy. Proud of my alma mater & Franklin Jones @naomicaselli.bsky.social @amymlieberman.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I guess all the stress of being a first time #DeafEd adjunct was worth it! Creating the next generation of teachers of the deaf!
December 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I wish there was. When I open the chats, I see this a lot
November 17, 2024 at 3:19 AM
THRILLED to announce the first ever Bedrock Literacy Virtual Conference hosted by Willie Ross School for the Deaf
March 18 - 21, 2024.
1-2 one hour sessions per evening
Call for Proposals is now open! Submissions will be accepted til Jan 24, 2024.

More info in the CFP.
tinyurl.com/BedrockLiter...
December 24, 2023 at 6:14 PM
I had so much fun presenting at the first annual #ASDCLiteracy conference. Thank you ASDC and CAID for co-hosting this conference. It was a phenomenal first conference! And congrats to Katie Potier on her very first presentation. We did it!!!!

And I oddly didn't take conference photos.
October 22, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Got my Jon Henner quotes today. Sticker looks perfect on my laptop. Poster is a bit bent (stupid USPS) but will still look great framed on my classroom wall next to Nancy Rourke Language Equality poster. Not only will Jon be forever in my thoughts. I can now look at him everyday❤️
October 13, 2023 at 7:01 PM