Kristin DiPerri
Part-Time Instructor
Dr. Kristin DiPerri is an independent educational consultant and literacy development specialist for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students. For over 30 years, Dr. DiPerri has worked in many roles, including classroom teacher, researcher, and English literacy coordinator at a residential school for the deaf. She is the owner of Bedrock Literacy & Educational Services. She is a part-time instructor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.
For the past several years, Dr. DiPerri had been working with several schools and programs in the country to implement new literacy programming approaches to meet the diverse literacy needs of DHH students. She has presented numerous workshops and presentations throughout the US and abroad to teachers of DHH students. She is the author of several instructional publications and co-author with Todd Czubek of the Bilingual Grammar Curriculum.
Education
EdD, Developmental Studies: Language, Literacy, and Culture
MEd, Education of the Deaf
BS, Elementary Education
Selected Publications
Czubek, T. and Di Perri, 2016, K. Bilingual Grammar Curriculum. A curriculum for developing ASL and English grammar skills ensuring that skills are understood, internalized and independently applied in writing.
Di Perri, K. August 2013. Bedrock Literacy Curriculum. A curriculum for developing foundational English literacy skills for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. Bedrock Literacy & Educational Services.
Di Perri, K. Summer 2011. When is a Cow a Dog? The Endeavor, American Society for Deaf Children.
Selected Presentations
Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID), Presented two literacy workshops and the end Keynote “Shaping Tomorrow’s Deaf Education: What is Effective Change?”, July 27, 28 & 29.
Comprehensive Approach to Grammar Instruction: What all students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing need. Two-day training, co-presented with Todd Czubek at Working With the Experts, Orlando Florida, Dec 5 & 6, 2015.
Literacy Foundations: Providing a Developmentally Appropriate Approach for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, MDESE Professional Development Institute, The Learning Center for the Deaf, Massachusetts, October 2, 2015.