News & Announcements

Families, please join TN Deaf Mentor Program on April 27th 7:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm CST for the Meet a Deaf Person Webinar with special guest, Rachel McAnallen, who will discuss Cued Speech & Communication. If you did not receive an email with the Zoom link, please contact Briella Diaz [email protected]. We hope to see you there!

Virtual Family Learning Week is coming THIS SUMMER, July 12th - 16th, 6:00 - 9:00 PM EST each evening. Be on the lookout for more information coming soon!

During the month of June, Tennessee Schools for the Deaf will be offering four weeks of academic programming for students K-12 on the TSD Knoxville campus. The four weeks will be centered around themes, and each week will be “stand-alone” as opposed to being continuous. Lessons will be designed to stimulate a language-rich environment with lots of hands-on activities and field trips.

To register your student, please fill out the survey provided. Deadline to register is April 16th. For more information, please see the attached flyer.

WTSD will be closing today, Thursday 3/25, at 11:30 am CST due to severe weather.

The department is seeking up to two qualified contractors to conduct a program review at the TSD. This includes the Knoxville campus, Nashville campus, and West Tennessee campus in Jackson. The purpose of the program review is to assess program quality, viability, and facilitate appropriate program improvement.

In response to community feedback, the Tennessee Department of Education added two additional members to the search committee for the director of schools search for the Tennessee Schools for the Deaf. We are excited to welcome:
• Anna Austin, Knoxville Chapter Tennessee Association of the Deaf, Knoxville
• Carmen Morales, Parent, Jackson

Josh Mason, Ed.D, Executive Director
State Special Schools
We look forward to working with our panel to identify another outstanding director to lead our schools.

Tennessee Schools for the Deaf is looking for a new Superintendent!

We need your help! Please fill out the community survey conducted by Innivee Strategies that will tell us what you want in the next TSD Superintendent.

Families, please join TN Deaf Mentor Program on March 15th 4:30 pm EST / 3:30 pm CST for the Meet a Deaf Person Webinar with special guest, Laura Godbold, who will discuss Life with Usher Syndrome. If you did not receive an email with the Zoom link, please contact Briella Diaz [email protected]. We hope to see you there!

For the second time, West Tennessee School for the Deaf (WTSD) was recognized as a Model of Demonstration School, Bronze Level, for Response to Instruction and Intervention-Behavior (RTI2-B). Thanks to the tireless work of WTSD's RTI2-B team, WTSD students continue to work toward and get rewarded for fulfilling the expectations of being responsible, respectful, and cooperative with the goal of supporting a positive social and behavioral climate at WTSD.